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Apple is a leader among tech giants in banning discrimination by caste

India has announced it will cut import duty on mobile phones and some key parts to 15% from 20%, a move that will directly benefit Apple.

America’s tech giants are “taking a modern-day crash course in India’s ancient caste system, with Apple emerging as an early leader in policies to rid Silicon Valley of a rigid hierarchy that’s segregated Indians for generations,” according to Reuters.

The article says that Apple updated its general employee conduct policy about two years ago to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of caste, which it added alongside existing categories such as race, religion, gender, age and ancestry. The inclusion of the new category, which hasn’t been previously reported, goes beyond U.S. discrimination laws, which do not explicitly ban casteism, according to Reuters.

Apple reportedly introduced the policy after a claim of caste-based discrimination at Cisco.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.