Apple mulling Pathways, a career path program for new retail hires:
Instead of choosing to be proactive and institute supply chain and retail changes for others to follow, Apple was content with sitting on the sidelines and reaping the benefits of cheap labor. This all changed when the media exposed the company’s business operations that usually are of no interest to readers.
It was only when Apple’s supply and retail practices made headlines that had become a poster child for corporate greediness, which forced the change.