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On January 11, 2018, two French NGOs, Sherpa and ActionAid France filed a lawsuit<\/a> against Samsung Global, and its French subsidiary, Samsung Electronics France for misleading advertising. On Samsung\u2019s website<\/a>, the company makes a series of claims such as a commitment \u201cto complying with local laws and regulations\u201d and \u201can aim to become one of the most ethical companies in the world\u201d. However, China Labor Watch\u2019s previous investigations into Samsung\u2019s factories in China reveals Samsung\u2019s claims to be false.<\/p>

Samsung\u2019s website goes on to list the company\u2019s business principles. The first business principle states, \u201c[w]e respect the basic human rights of all people. Forced labour, wage exploitation and child slavery are not allowed under any circumstances.\u201d Yet CLW\u2019s August 2012 report<\/a>showed that one of Samsung\u2019s factories, HEG Electronics (Huizhou) Co., Ltd, commonly used child labor. Even though the factory was aware of the child laborers, it did not make any effort to stop their employment but rather moved them to rented dormitories off of factory grounds to escape detection.<\/p>

Conditions did not markedly improve two years later. In August 2014<\/a> CLW conducted a follow up investigation into HEG Technology and discovered 78 student workers not allowed to leave the factory after they had quit. It was only after CLW wrote a letter to Samsung were the students allowed to quit. Investigators also found more instances of child laborers, who were under the age of 16.<\/p>

Samsung\u2019s first business principle also claims \u201cwe do not discriminate against nationality, race, gender, religion, etc,\u201d but CLW\u2019s September 2012<\/a> report brought to light the severe discrimination based on age, gender and individual characteristics present at eight Samsung factories in China. Six of the eight factories were reported to be restricting the age of new workers to only young workers and refusing to hire either males or females.<\/p>

Samsung\u2019s fourth business principle is \u201cwe obey safety regulations, create a comfortable work environment and prevent negligent accidents.\u201d CLW\u2019s September 2012 investigation found that workers at Samsung factories, Intops and Chaarmtech, were not provided with safety training and that Intops workers, who worked in positions which exposed them to printing fumes, did not receive personal protective equipment.<\/p>

Lack of proper personal protective equipment \u201cmay have led to incurable diseases for several employees\u201d as stated in Sherpa and ActionAid France\u2019s press release. This is further evidenced by the many former Samsung workers who have sought compensation from Samsung for possible occupational diseases. In 2016, South Korea\u2019s Supreme Court <\/a>ruled that the family of a Samsung worker, who had died from a brain tumor, was eligible for state compensation for an occupational disease.<\/p>

Sherpa and ActionAid France\u2019s lawsuit against Samsung points out \u201c[t]he gap between these ethical commitments and the reality in factories as described by the NGOs is unacceptable and should be sanctioned.\u201d Serving as a world leader in electronics manufacturing and with a brand value of $56.2 billion<\/a>, Samsung has not only the unique ability to greatly impact the lives of the workers on its multinational supply chain but also a responsibility to honor its espoused commitments to laws and ethical standards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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