Recently Apple computer company and one of its main subsidiaries, the Taiwan-based technology provider, Foxconn, agreed to be audited. The auditors from the independent Fair Labor Association did not look into the accounting books, but into the company's working conditions.
The investigation was one of the largest ever undertaken into a U.S. company's business operations outside the country. It followed years of allegations about poor standards at Chinese factories where workers assemble iPhones, iPads and other popular consumer items.
As a result of the audit, Apple and Foxconn admitted many problems and agreed to find solutions.