Can You Buy Tech With a Clean Conscience?

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 26, 2012 @04:21AM from the no-amoled-screens-were-harmed-in-the-making-of-this-post dept.

Barence writes "Is it even possible to buy technology with a clean conscience? With the vast majority of gadgets and components manufactured using low-paid labor in Asia, manufacturers unable to accurately plot their supply chains, and very few ethical codes of conduct, the article highlights the difficulty of trying to buy ethically-sound gadgets. It concludes, 'The answer would appear to be no. Too little information is available, and nobody we spoke to believed an entirely ethical technology company exists – at least, not among the household names.'"

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Re:I'm fine with that by the+eric+conspiracy · 2012-05-26 05:05 · Score: 5, Interesting

Oh bullcrap. The west built it's industry through the industrial revolution - machines increasing productivity.
Yes the industrial revolution gave them the economic power to build empires, but if your society doesn't have a competitive economic system, well it's going to be a backwater.
Japan got smart and bought into the new ways, and China is moving along that path now.
It's a choice people have to make if they want it.