富士康十三連跳後，郭台 銘雖親臨深圳鞠躬道歉，但得不到輿論原諒。人們覺得，郭台 銘這麼有錢，身為臺灣首富，為甚麼只 熱衷於不斷賺錢，而不理工人死活？賺這麼多，帶得入棺材嗎？
我相信有這種想法的讀者也不少，但現實是做OEM(為他人的品牌與設計做生產)的盈利十分微薄，遠遠談不上剝削。以去年富士康的業績來看，營業額雖高達七十二億一千三百六十三萬美元(下同)，但毛利祇有四億二千八百三十六萬，扣除其它開支後，年內溢利祇有三千九百六十二萬，盈利率祇有0.5%，食水一點不深。
如果這筆錢郭台 銘願意不賺，拿來分給六十萬員工，平均每人也只 得六十六美元，分成人民幣也祇有四百五十元，相等於每月可以加薪四十元左右。由此可見，要富士康進一步改善廠內生產環境，物質條件並不太足夠，富士康祇能從調整管理文化，改善對工人的態度上，去防止再出現跳樓事件。
當然，去年並非富士康的好年，它的業績這麼不濟是受到金融海嘯的影響。零六年它業績好的時候，營業額高達一百零三億八千一百二十三萬，年內溢利七億一千七百八十五萬，比零九年的溢利多18倍。但即使在好年，它的盈利率也祇是7%左右。花這麼多的錢，聘用了幾十萬工人，才 賺這7%的利潤，絕不算是一份好做的生意。
另一方面，我們如果看看讓富士康為他們生產的那些公司，如蘋果、戴爾、惠普等電腦公司，他們一般的盈利都在雙位數字以上。一部iPhone毛利率更可達70%，但負責生產的富士康，毛利好的時候，也不足10%。究竟哪間公司食水深？哪間公司在剝削工人？請讀者說句公道說話。
但香港的傳媒，卻一味把矛頭指向 富士康，對美國的大公司則只 曉得阿諛奉承，說他們很有社會責任，在落訂單給工廠的時候，會要求廠方善待工人，注意環保，否則就可能撤單。現實是這類大公司要求多多，就是不肯付錢，他們只會把訂單交給報價最低的公司。這種情況下，廠方為了節省成本，惟有向 工人開刀，還要被輿論指責為社會罪人。
其實，大部分中國的廠商利潤都很微薄，他們只要是靠規模賺錢。但規模大，風險亦大；因此，做廠做到破產要走佬的也不少。我也投資過內地的玩具廠與制衣廠，賺埋，賺埋，一次失誤就全部蝕出去。李嘉誠先生佩服郭台 銘能把生產規模做得這麼大不是沒有道理的。
富士康去年在中國的生產成本高達六十七億八千五百二十七萬美元(約四百六十多億人民幣)，帶來了大量工人的就業機會，此外它還要建工廠、添機器、買原料，帶動經濟蓬勃發展，而自己卻賺錢不多。因此，我們可敦促富士康改善管理模式，但不宜把富士康弄到辦不下去。即使是要求富士康停產一段時間，對社會也可能弊多於利。
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Showing posts with label Human Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Human Rights. Show all posts
Jun 3, 2010
施永青: 富士康「食水深」嗎？
Apr 17, 2008
[fun] Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen!
Share with you a video that's recommended by my Investment and Portfolio Analysis Prof. Dragon~ I LOVEd it!!! Don't forget our rights to enjoy life while working hard for everything~
Make sure to bring Sunscreen with you to Cambodia, haha^o^
Mar 28, 2008
What is a "HUMAN-RIGHTS BASED APPROACH"?
HIF is currently using a human-rights based approach in designing and implementing our overseas projects.
What is a HUMAN-RIGHTS BASED APPROACH (HRBA)?
This concept is actually from the UN. It means that integrating human rights norms and principles in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of related policies and programmes. In contrast to CHARITY APPROACH, which mainly involves donation to the poor, HRBA focuses more on recipients' rights and feelings.
To be more specific, Human rights include the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled. For instance, civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the law; and social, cultural and economic rights, including the right to participate in culture, the right to food, the right to work, and the right to education. (from Wikipedia)
Why do we choose HRBA?
What is a HUMAN-RIGHTS BASED APPROACH (HRBA)?
This concept is actually from the UN. It means that integrating human rights norms and principles in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of related policies and programmes. In contrast to CHARITY APPROACH, which mainly involves donation to the poor, HRBA focuses more on recipients' rights and feelings.
To be more specific, Human rights include the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled. For instance, civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the law; and social, cultural and economic rights, including the right to participate in culture, the right to food, the right to work, and the right to education. (from Wikipedia)
Why do we choose HRBA?
In UN's explanation of HRBA, they gave an example:
"Even if he can vote to choose his rulers, a young man with AIDS who cannot read or write and lives on the brink of starvation is not truly free. Equally, even if she earns enough to live, a woman who lives in the shadow of daily violence and has no say in how her country is run is not truly free."
There is actually lots of possibility for us to explore to further help those people, and it is that possibility that determines whether we have really helped them.
Back to HIF, after we told others what we saw in Cambodia and inspired some people to take action, what's next that we can do to further maximize our impact? Can we dig even deeper into humanity issues and spread our understanding to others in addition to facts? In Cambodia, we have started to leave impression to those little children. However, is there anything we can do to help them gain the same rights we enjoy? How can we start?
Well, HRBA seems to be abstarct because rights are not that concrete and are not uniformly defined. But taking up HRBA can be a good start. We can think more about what the children in the Cambodian villages need, about how they will grow up and create the sky of their own.
Mar 27, 2008
There is Beauty in All People
Angola is an African country. It is one of the Africa's major oil producers, but is also one of the world's poorest countries. Apart from the long civil war, Angola is also "famous" for its unregulated diamond trade - blood diamond.
Millions of mines were planted in Angola during a 27-year civil war that ended in 2002. Tens of thousands have been injured by mines. They have lost limbs or suffered other injuries in mine explosions. And they continue to do so, even though the war ended six years ago. Indeed, landmine is still a global issue.
It is very interesting to learn that it is going to have a BEAUTY CONTEST - the "Miss Landmine Survivor" - for landmine victims on 2 April in Angola. The pageant has been organised by Angola's de-mining commission, and aims to restore the confidence of victims and raise awareness of their plight. Eighteen women will take part, one from every province in the country. All of the contestants have been maimed by landmines.
No matter how one looks or how poor one's situation is, all we need is ... respects from others. The co-ordinator of Angola's de-mining commission, Madalena Neto, says the aim of the competition is to restore self-esteem in women injured in mine explosions, and to show that there is beauty in all people.
Millions of mines were planted in Angola during a 27-year civil war that ended in 2002. Tens of thousands have been injured by mines. They have lost limbs or suffered other injuries in mine explosions. And they continue to do so, even though the war ended six years ago. Indeed, landmine is still a global issue.
It is very interesting to learn that it is going to have a BEAUTY CONTEST - the "Miss Landmine Survivor" - for landmine victims on 2 April in Angola. The pageant has been organised by Angola's de-mining commission, and aims to restore the confidence of victims and raise awareness of their plight. Eighteen women will take part, one from every province in the country. All of the contestants have been maimed by landmines.
No matter how one looks or how poor one's situation is, all we need is ... respects from others. The co-ordinator of Angola's de-mining commission, Madalena Neto, says the aim of the competition is to restore self-esteem in women injured in mine explosions, and to show that there is beauty in all people.
Mar 19, 2008
Is it Justified to Politicise the Olympics Games?
This article does not aim at giving arguments favour or against the statement. It aims at giving a brief background on recent hot human rights related issues in China and how individuals or organisations have linked them with the Olympics Games.
Darfur Controversy
In recent weeks human rights groups and a number of Hollywood personalities, including Steven Spielberg, have stepped up criticism of China's record. “I find that my conscience will not allow me to continue with business as usual,” Mr. Spielberg said in a statement released in February. He accused the Chinese government for not taking any action against the Sudan government on the Darfur crisis, while the Chinese government could indeed exert influence on the Sudan governmnet since the Chinese government has been an ally of the Sudan government and bought two-thirds of Sudan’s oil.
Working Conditions of Workers
Apart from the Darfur crisis, the Chinese government is also being accused of the exploitation of migrant workers in Beijing. According to a report from the Human Rights Watch, migrant construction workers building the “new Beijing” are routinely exploited by being denied proper wages, under dangerous conditions with neither accident insurance nor access to medical and other social services. The HRW argued that the Chinese government has failed to take any REAL action to protect its migrant workers.
In response, the Chinese officials strongly criticised "anti-China forces" which politicise this year's Beijing Olympics. BeijingChina's foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, said individuals and groups were trying to tarnish China's image.
Dilemma Posted by the Protests in Tibet
In addition, Tibetans clearly view the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a high-profile opportunity to draw attention to the problems in Tibet. This has created a dilemma for the Chinese government. With the Beijing Olympics just months away, China's top leaders surely do not want the monks' protests to become the country's defining image. The Chinese government is under the world’s eyes on how to handle the Tibet crisis. It is expected that the Chinese government would try to avoid the reoccurrence of the Burma crisis in 2007. However, it is likely that suppression is a must and independence would not be allowed.
Boycotting the Opening Ceremony
The Tibet crisis has intensified the debate on whether the Beijing 2008 Olympics Games shall be boycotted. When being interviewed, France's outspoken foreign minister, former humanitarian campaigner Bernard Kouchner, said the idea of boycotting the opening ceremony of the Games "is interesting" suggested such a possibility and the likeliness for other heads of states to follow suit. Such an opening ceremony boycott presumably would not include the athletes, who under Olympic rules are forbidden from making any kind of protest at events or venues.
So, what do you think? Do you think the Oylmpics Games shall be boycotted due to the human rights issues in China?
Darfur Controversy
In recent weeks human rights groups and a number of Hollywood personalities, including Steven Spielberg, have stepped up criticism of China's record. “I find that my conscience will not allow me to continue with business as usual,” Mr. Spielberg said in a statement released in February. He accused the Chinese government for not taking any action against the Sudan government on the Darfur crisis, while the Chinese government could indeed exert influence on the Sudan governmnet since the Chinese government has been an ally of the Sudan government and bought two-thirds of Sudan’s oil.
Working Conditions of Workers
Apart from the Darfur crisis, the Chinese government is also being accused of the exploitation of migrant workers in Beijing. According to a report from the Human Rights Watch, migrant construction workers building the “new Beijing” are routinely exploited by being denied proper wages, under dangerous conditions with neither accident insurance nor access to medical and other social services. The HRW argued that the Chinese government has failed to take any REAL action to protect its migrant workers.
In response, the Chinese officials strongly criticised "anti-China forces" which politicise this year's Beijing Olympics. BeijingChina's foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, said individuals and groups were trying to tarnish China's image.
Dilemma Posted by the Protests in Tibet
In addition, Tibetans clearly view the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a high-profile opportunity to draw attention to the problems in Tibet. This has created a dilemma for the Chinese government. With the Beijing Olympics just months away, China's top leaders surely do not want the monks' protests to become the country's defining image. The Chinese government is under the world’s eyes on how to handle the Tibet crisis. It is expected that the Chinese government would try to avoid the reoccurrence of the Burma crisis in 2007. However, it is likely that suppression is a must and independence would not be allowed.
Boycotting the Opening Ceremony
The Tibet crisis has intensified the debate on whether the Beijing 2008 Olympics Games shall be boycotted. When being interviewed, France's outspoken foreign minister, former humanitarian campaigner Bernard Kouchner, said the idea of boycotting the opening ceremony of the Games "is interesting" suggested such a possibility and the likeliness for other heads of states to follow suit. Such an opening ceremony boycott presumably would not include the athletes, who under Olympic rules are forbidden from making any kind of protest at events or venues.
So, what do you think? Do you think the Oylmpics Games shall be boycotted due to the human rights issues in China?
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