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Between October 2009 and June 2010, the District’s program manager was transitioning the District program to the private company. The Executive Director of Facilities was aware of this transition. During this time, the program manager hired consultants to provide services benefitting the private company and directed them to bill the District. The program manager approved these invoices and submitted them for payment. Due to inadequate oversight of the program manager, the District paid these invoices. Also, in March 2010, the program manager contracted with the city of Bellevue. | Apple Supplier Responsibility 2012 Progress Report Apple Supplier Responsibility 2012 Progress Report 2 Contents Page 3 Apple and Supplier Responsibility Page 5 Apple s Auditing Process Page 6 Labor and Human Rights Audit Results Core Violations Labor Initiatives Page 12 Worker Health and Safety Audit Results Core Violations Working with Combustible Dust Page 16 Environmental Impact Specialized Environmental Audits Audit Results Core Violations Page 22 Ethics Audit Results Core Violations Page 24 Management Systems Audit Results Page 26 Worker Education and Development SEED Program Expansion Apple Supplier Responsibility 2012 Progress Report 3 Apple and Supplier Responsibility Apple Supplier Code of Conduct The Apple Supplier Code of Conduct spells out responsible practices in the following areas Labor and human rights Worker health and safety Environmental impact Ethics Management systems Learn more about Apple and Supplier Responsibility including the entire Code at supplierresponsibility. Apple is committed to driving the highest standards for social responsibility throughout our supply base. We require that our suppliers provide safe working conditions treat workers with dignity and respect and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes wherever Apple products are made. Our suppliers must live up to Apple s Supplier Code of Conduct as a condition of doing business with us. Drawing on internationally recognized standards our Code lays out Apple s expectations in the areas of labor and human rights worker health and safety the environmental impact ethics and management systems. We insist that our manufacturing partners follow this Code and we make sure they do by conducting rigorous audits with the help of independent experts. If manufacturers don t live up to our standards we stop working with them. Apple s audit program reaches all levels of our supply chain including final assembly and component suppliers. We continue to expand our .