Week 1 - Mission Statement And History

         Apple INC. has strived to protect the environment, health and safety of there employees, customers and the communities where they run there business. Apple does there best by incorporating ways to protect there customers by putting safety management practice into the aspects of the business, for example apple offers a setting on the ipod that puts the volume at a certain level in the way that it cannot hurt your eardrums. Apple also offers advanced technology products while maintaining and conserving resources for future generations. Apple is always seeking for improvement in the environmental and health management systems in all of the quality of there products and services. Apple is dedicated to bring top of the line products to its consumers, the company is always upgrading it programs and computers . Applications such as the iLife is a professional app and it makes sure that users will continue to be amazed by the company's success. Apple has revolutionized the music experience by creating the apple ipod which is a music player that can fit into your pocket and hold a variety of music and can store more music than a regular mp3 player.

       Apple was founded in April 1976 by  Steve Wozniak who at the time was 26 and Steve Jobs who at the time was 21. Both men were college dropouts, they met a couple of years earlier when Steve Wozniak who is a self taught electronic engineer began building boxes that made long- distance calls free.Then in 1976 Wozniak began working on another box - which is known as the Apple I computer. Both men had no money so they sold there possessions and raised $1,300 to start a company. A local retailer ordered 50 of the computers and eventually they sold hundreds of computers for about $666.00 a computer. They began working on the Apple II and hired computer techs and then they had consulted a man name Mike Markkula , he was a retired electronic engineer for Intel Corporation and he bought one third of the company for 250,000 and in 1977 was hired as the president. They soon hired someone to advertise them. By the end of 1978 apple was one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. After this time they had some minor bumps in the road and had lost a lot of money and investors, Today Apple is one of the most advanced companies in the United States. Not only do they make Desktops, laptops and music players but they now offer a cell phone called the iPhone.