# Research On Ethical Companies (Tech) ### Companies With Best 'Overall' Track Record - HP - Consistently ranked in the top - Intel - Nokia - Fairphone ### Companies With 'Some' Ethical Supply Chain Controls - Dell - Microsoft - Samsung? Not sure they belong here. ### Companies/Products You Should Probably Avoid - Google Pixel - Lenovo - HTC - Sony - LG - Huawei - Apple (While Apple could go based on scoring from third parties in the 'some' category. I rank them here due to their suggest lobbying against bill on China forced labor ) ### Links For Research: - http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/newscast/348 - https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/responsible-investing/sustainable-stock-showdown-apple-vs-samsung-15706340/ - https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/company-profile/apple-inc - https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/technology/why-internet-privacy-important-how-are-people-fighting-it - https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/09/apple-complicit-in-labor-law-violations/ - https://knowthechain.org/benchmark/ - https://knowthechain.org/wp-content/uploads/KTC_BenchmarkMethodology_Oct2017_v3-1.pdf - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/29/lens-technology-apple-uighur/ - https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/apples-employee-uniforms-tied-forced-labor-xinjiang - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/20/apple-uighur/ - https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/12/15/apple-among-companies-sued-over-brutal-child-labor - https://knowthechain.org/2020-ict-overview/ - https://www.worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees/ - https://www.endslaverynow.org/media/4100/slave-free-guide.pdf - https://www.worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees/ - https://www.aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs-sale - https://guide.ethical.org.au/guide/browse/guide/?type=632 - https://www.pcmag.com/news/us-blocks-imports-from-chinese-laptop-maker-tied-to-lenovo-google - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/20/apple-uighur/ - https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/nintendo-sony-microsoft-implicated-in-chinese-forced-labor-camps - https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/03/02/study-nike-apple-bmw-among-83-brands-using-chinese-muslim-slave-labor/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn - https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=lenovo+child+labor&segment=startpage.brave Video Segments: 1. 3:20 Research & Benchmarking 2. 5:20 The Problem Explained 3. 7:30 Does Apple Have An Ethical Supply Chain? 4. 13:57 The Other Tech Companies Ratings 5. 21:00 In Conclusion
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Getting Fedora To Work On Razer

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