Is Apple Losing Its Shine?: Concerns over worker safety in Chinese consumer electronics factories

As the world's most valuable publicly traded firm, Apple Inc. has earned the respect and trust of many millions of customers for its well-engineered products. But an accident in 2012 revealed that Chinese workers in factories that make Apple products may be paying a price in the form of hazardous working conditions, and Apple's heavy reliance on the Chinese market for growth may have contributed to its recent decline in revenues.