An unnamed girl employed by the Shenzhen plant in China, operated by subcontractor Foxconn Technology Group, has become popular overnight after photos of her presented on an iPhone customer’s device.

A British customer reportedly turned on his iPhone last week to find photos of a plant worker posing and making the peace sign. The user posted the photos and that note on the Web: “Not certain whether that is or is not the ‘norm,’ but I just received my type new iPhone here in the UK and once it had been activated on iTunes I found that the home screen (the screen you can personalize with a photo) already had a photo set against it !!!! It would seem that someone on the production line was having a bit of fun — has anyone else found that?”

A spokesperson for Foxconn said it was a “beautiful mistake,” according to published reports. Some, however, believe it was a publicity stunt to show a happy worker in a clean factory

environment after a 2006 study by a British newspaper said the plant forced employees to work 15-hour days and live in overcrowded dormitories while earning just more than US$49 a month.

Factory Audit

After the British paper’s report, Apple sent its own team of auditors to China to conduct random employee interviews, view living conditions, and dispel any allegations of mistreatment, child labor, or substandard living conditions.

In August 2006, Apple released a report of its findings, admitting it found some mistreatment of workers that violated its zero-tolerance labor policy and its supplier cipher of conduct. That cipher specifically states that “suppliers may not use any style of forced, bonded, indentured or prison labor,” and “all work must be voluntary.”

Apple’s audit plus found that employees were working enlarged hours.

“We found no instances of forced…

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