![]() ![]() A 2012 cover story exposed death and environmental destruction in the global supply chain for all smartphones and tablets, for which Apple also later acknowledged its role.īeyond tech companies, Simpson's reporting also included a 2014 piece detailing the role of the largest-listed hedge fund on Wall Street in providing a $100 million cash infusion for Robert Mugabe’s government as he was rolling out a campaign of violence, torture and murder to hold onto power in Zimbabwe. After a 2013 story about the exploitation of foreign migrant workers who made iPhone cameras, Apple said it banned all forms of bonded labor from its supplier factories worldwide. ![]() ![]() A 2014 piece detailed how Samsung tried to silence or thwart the families of young women who contracted rare cancers working on its assembly lines (the company issued an apology on South Korean television for its treatment of the families). In an interview with the Poynter Institute, Simpson said many of his investigative pieces for Businessweek focus on connecting people who pull the levers of power in the world with "the people who get caught in the gears." Several of Simpson’s investigative features for Businessweek have focused on the world’s technology giants. He obtained his degree in political science and journalism from Eastern Illinois University. ![]()
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