Ethics and Compliance - Apple (2024)

FAQs

What are the ethical considerations of Apple? ›

Apple requires the people it does business with to comply with our principles of Honesty, Respect, Confidentiality, and Compliance, and with all applicable policies, when providing goods or services to Apple or acting on our behalf. Read more about our policies and practices.

Honesty—Demonstrate honesty and high ethical standards in all business dealings. Respect—Treat customers, partners, suppliers, employees, and others with respect and courtesy. Confidentiality—Protect Apple's confidential information and the information of our customers, partners, suppliers, and employees.

In the context of corporate governance, compliance means obeying the law. Ethics is the intent to observe the spirit of the law, in other words, it is the expressed intent to do what is right.

Apple's external helpline is available for both employees and external parties to report concerns, and also provides the option of anonymous reporting, where permissible. The external helpline is available 24/7, and provides a multilingual reporting service with local, toll-free numbers.

Ethical considerations in research are a set of principles that guide your research designs and practices. These principles include voluntary participation, informed consent, anonymity, confidentiality, potential for harm, and results communication.

The type of compliance program that Apple must participate in is Environmental and Ethical compliance. Environmental compliance refers to adhering to laws, regulations, and standards related to environmental protection. Apple must ensure that its operations, products, and supply chain are environmentally sustainable.

Examples of ethical behaviors in the workplace includes; obeying the company's rules, effective communication, taking responsibility, accountability, professionalism, trust and mutual respect for your colleagues at work. These examples of ethical behaviors ensures maximum productivity output at work.

Compliance simply means following laws, rules or policies to the letter of the law. The government requires compliance from all incorporated entities, and it's up to boards to establish policies that ensure it. Ethics means doing what is right regardless of what the law says.

If you need support for your Apple product or service, please visit the Apple Support site for assistance. Apple welcomes your feedback on its products. To comment on a particular product line, visit the Apple Product Feedback page and select the appropriate link.

What laws does Apple have to follow? ›

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”) governs the authorized disclosure of data, including customer content, by Apple. An exception to the requirement that government or law enforcement obtain a search warrant for customer content is provided by ECPA in situations in which the case involves an emergency.

Final answer: Apple was not wrong for not complying with the FBI's request. The ethical issues involved include the balance between national security and individual privacy. The stakeholders in this situation include Apple, the FBI, users, and the general public.

In 2023, across more than 800 Code of Conduct assessments, we found no instances where anyone was forced to work in our supply chain. To date, our suppliers have directly repaid $34.5 million in recruitment fees to over 37,700 of their employees due to Apple's zero fees policy.

Despite the vast sums of money at the top of Apple's supply chain, the workers that make its products face a myriad of abuses: poverty wages, excessive and unpaid overtime well in excess of legal limits, long-term exposure to toxic chemicals without proper protective equipment, unsafe work environments including ...

Ethical Consumer Magazine ranks Apple to be mid-table in terms of the ethics of its laptop and phone manufacturing processes, and above some of its biggest competitors, such as Samsung, Sony, HP and Toshiba.