Challenges and Legal Response to Human Rights Protection: A Case Study of Foxconn

This essay is a discussion of human rights issues based on the Foxconn suicide jump and the judicial system in China today regarding the protection of human rights of workers. This essay will analyze the reasons behind the Foxconn incident, and at the same time, it will deeply study the factors that human rights protection laws and regulations are not well enforced from different perspectives, as well as give feasible solutions. This essay uses both case study method and literature analysis method. Using the Foxconn incident as a case study, this paper enters into an in-depth analysis of the societal problems that existed within the company and offers solutions. By collating and studying the existing literature, drawing on the research ideas and findings of scholars, and analyzing the omissions and shortcomings of their research logic and methodology, this essay aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the Foxconn incident. This paper finds that even though there are existing laws in China on the protection of workers' human rights, the judicial system does not adequately regulate this area, and the enforcement of existing laws is also inadequate, which can be attributed to the attitudes of enterprises, the actions of the government, and the development trends in society.