Steve Jobs Was Brilliant, His Company However...

Let's face it, Steve Jobs was one of corporate America's leading visionaries and leaders, gone at age 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.  That may say more about the state of corporate America than Steve Jobs, for Apple was no corporate saint by any means on the issue of underage Chinese labor, something the struggled with for several years... but Steve Jobs will be missed.



To his credit, Jobs did come clean on the company's audit and fought to remedy the situation, but the efforts to do so have stalled out in the wake of fabulous iPhone/iPad profits.  Perhaps the best way to remember the company's founder is to see the efforts to correct Apple's child labor issues through.

In a New York Times article last week by Catherine Rampell, performing artist Mike Daisey talked about his trip to Shenzhen, China, where he posed as a wealthy businessman to infiltrate factories where Apple products and other electronics are made. He says he witnessed inhumane conditions and interviewed workers outside of factories who said they were as young as twelve.

Apple?  Honor Steve.  Fix this.  Now.

On the other hand, Westboro Baptish Church?  You can suck it.