Samsung posted via its blog official statement regarding the employment of children in factories. The company responded to the reports and immediately after Dongguan Shinyang Electronics Co. was accused. Ltd., Samsung conducted a survey in its factories. It was there that the company discovered evidence that recorded the statement that Dongguan Shinyang employs minors and decided to immediately, if only temporarily, end cooperation with the company.
At the same time, Samsung announced that it had visited the factory of the Chinese company three times since 2013, the last time it was visited on June 25.6.2014, 29, when it did not find any mention of the fact that the factory employs minors. However, during the latest trial, it found that the Chinese company employed minors only shortly after the inspection left the factory, specifically on June 2014/June XNUMX. Samsung has temporarily suspended cooperation with the company, but if it is proven that the company did indeed employ minors, then plans to immediately and permanently terminate cooperation with the company.
