1984?

I find this photo of a factory in China that produces Apple products weirdly 1984, although not in the way Steve Jobs intended.

As mentioned Sunday on This American Life, (Note:  Disclaimer on the truth of that story) Apple does make available on its website a report that includes a section referred to as "Supplier Responsibility", yet failing to mention which suppliers Apple utilizes in the making of its products. Without transparency in allowing for a 3rd-party independent investigation into their suppliers, what is the authenticity of this document?

Excerpt from report:

Apple’s procurement decisions take into account a facility’s social responsibility performance, along with factors such as quality, cost, and timely delivery. When social responsibility performance consistently fails to meet Apple expectations, we terminate business. 


So is this true? 


Maybe Orwell was referring to the increasing necessity for corporate responsibility in 1984, rather than banality of design. Good design also means ethical business practices. Unethical manufacturing practices abroad overrides American innovation, pure and simple. With a recent fire at one of Apple's plants in China, it's disappointing this invention in particular is deservant of better public scrutiny.