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Nintendo Investigating Foxconn’s Underage Employee Admission

Nintendo Investigating Foxconn’s Underage Employee Admission

Foxconn has been in the news quite a bit these past few years. From horrible living/working conditions to employee suicides, they’re not exactly seen as a model employer. Even so, they manufacture some of our most used electronics, including The Wii U, The Xbox 360, The PlayStation 3, and even several Apple products.

Recently, Foxconn has admitted that it employed underage interns (children under the age of 16) in violation of Chinese law. As a result, Nintendo is now personally investigating the matter, stating that they are currently in communication with Foxconn to get to the bottom of this.

“We take our responsibilities as a global company very seriously and are committed to an ethical policy on sourcing, manufacture and labor,” Nintendo said in a statement to IGN. “In order to ensure the continued fulfillment of our social responsibility throughout our supply chain, we established the Nintendo CSR Procurement Guidelines in July 2008. We require that all production partners, including Foxconn, comply with these Guidelines, which are based on relevant laws, international standards and guidelines. If we were to find that any of our production partners did not meet our guidelines, we would require them to modify their practices according to Nintendo’s policy.”

Now the question is, will Nintendo continue dealing with Foxconn for the production of their consoles? If not, then production of the Wii U may be set back, and the console is already scarce. Then again, it’s probably not worth subjecting children to underage labor just so we can get a new Nintendo console before the holiday season.

Foxconn has said that it has sent all underage interns back to their schools.

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