Petition calls for "ethics" Apple iPhone

Korea Herald / ASIA AP) - An online petition urging Apple to monitor working conditions and practices of foreign manufacturers for their next iPhone 'iPhone ethics first. "

SumOfUs advocacy group released a request to Apple to "make the iPhone 5 ethics", referring to the use of companies like Foxconn company in China that have been criticized for treating its workers, CNET reported Tuesday.

The petition, which said SumOfUs attracted more than 35,000 signatures within 24 hours, Apple asks to "review the way its suppliers treat their workers," before the release of its next smartphone model.

Foreign manufacturers supply many U.S. companies with its high-tech products have come under fire for labor of the working poor and security problems.