Kwakungu-2014 lapho Tim Cook wanquma ukuvula impilo yakhe yangasese emphakathini isikhashana ngeBloomberg to qinisekisa ubungqingili bakho esivuna labo abase-US abasasokola wesaba ukuxhashazwa ezikoleni, emisebenzini nasemndenini wakho.
Ezitatimendeni zakhe, i-CEO yakwa-Apple isho lokho akazibheki njengesishoshovu, kepha uyabona ukuthi ukwazile kangakanani ukuzuza kulokhu okukhulu umzamo owenziwe ngumphakathi we-LGTB esivuna ukulingana nokuhlanganiswa emphakathini. Ngemuva kwesigameko e-Orlando (eFlorida) UTim Cook uphinde akhulume.
Yize angikaze ngibuphike ubulili bami, angikazisanga obala futhi. Ngakho-ke ngizocacisa: Ngiyaziqhenya ngokuba yisitabane, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ukuba yisitabane njengesinye sezipho ezinkulu uNkulunkulu anginikeze zona.
Yile ndlela umphathi omkhulu wakwa-Apple akhuluma ngayo ngonyaka we-2014 ngempilo yakhe yangasese, evuma ukuthi akazange enze "isikhulu ekhabetheni", futhi eqinisekisa ukuthi akaboni kunesidingo sokuba naso aze azizwe isibopho sokuxhasa iqembu esidlangalaleni.
Ukwesekwa kukaTim Cook emphakathini we-LGTB
Ngempelasonto edlule, umlando wase-US uphinde wangenwa ukungabi nabulungiswa kokungalingani emphakathini. A Indoda eneminyaka engu-29 ehlomile wangena iklabhu ehlonishwayo edolobheni kwashona abantu abangu-50 kwashiya abangaphezu kuka-53 belimele.
Lokhu kuhlaselwa kubekwe nguhulumeni njengo ukudubula okuphindwe kaningi kakhulu kwirekhodi emlandweni wezwe, nakumongameli U-Barak obama ukhulume wakufanelekela ukubulawa kwabantu njengo "isenzo sobuphekula nenzondo".
Ukuma kwendabuko kwe-Apple eceleni kwabantu baseMelika abakanye nabo kanye ne iyunithi lezwe kuholele uTim Cook ukuthi akhombise eyakhe ukwesekwa emphakathini we-LGTB evela enkampanini. Le yindlela esiyihlola ngayo ku- si-akhawunti ye-Twitter esemthethweni.
Sizwelana kakhulu nezisulu zenhlekelele engachazeki e #I-Orlando, imindeni yabo nabo bonke abasosizini kanye nabo.
- U-Tim Cook (@t_cook) 12 Juni ka-2016
Kwaphinda lokho ukungabekezelelani yenza izihloko ezishaqisa kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Siyethemba ukuthi ngosizo lwezinkampani ezinkulu, izinhlangano zomphakathi kanye ukubekezelelana kwezakhamizi, ukubhekana ngezimbangela ezingasebenzi kuyaphela.
