This was because during this period the company had used a yellow pigment paint which contained high levels of lead. Another product that was discovered to contain high levels of lead was the Sarge cars paint. The product was manufactured by Early L Continue Reading...
Mattel Toy Recall In 2007, Mattel was dealing with a number of challenges surrounding the quality of toys that were manufactured at their plants China. This is because lead paint was found in a number of toys which were produced in the country. Thes Continue Reading...
Last year, China also was the source of 81% of the counterfeit goods seized by Customs officials at ports of entry in the United States -- products that typically are not made according to the standards on the labels they are copying (Lipton 3). In Continue Reading...
Mattel understands that for its customers and retailers, there is nothing worse, ethically, than putting profit over the health of children. It would appear that Lee Der did not share these values. Thus, part of the problem lies with communication o Continue Reading...
It is worth noting that like many companies, Mattel has grown since its inception largely on the basis of population growth. Not to take anything away from Mattel's products, but the population of the world and its wealth have increased substantiall Continue Reading...
Mattel Manufacturers of products that are aimed at children do have a special obligation with respect to their products and the marketing thereof. Considerable controversy has erupted as the result of advertising to children. Children are impression Continue Reading...
Products Liability Research: Mattel Inc. is a company that was founded in 1944 by Elliot and Ruth Handler that designs, manufactures, and markets a huge range of toy products. The firm is headquartered in California with its core product lines inclu Continue Reading...
Ethics Lapse Business Ethics Mattel: Five lessons learned from its ethical lapse In the 21st century globalized economy, it is not uncommon for companies to use outsourcing to keep costs under control. This is particularly true regarding relativel Continue Reading...
Tainted Meat Recalls of tainted meat by government authorities Consumers don't know when and where it's being recalled from III. The Solution -- Disclosure The Case Against Disclosure Why Disclosure, ethically, is the right thing to do. "Tastes Continue Reading...
Implicit in the use of these internal controls is keeping strategic plans and initiatives on track. This focus on continual alignment of strategies to their objectives through the use of internal controls is what separates those organizations attain Continue Reading...
Product Recalls: Reaction Every now and then, I will turn on the morning news and hear that there has been a product recall for something I consider vaguely absurd, such as a product that can possibly cause harm if it is misused in some extraordinar Continue Reading...
Devise PR and marketing strategies to earn greater trust, typing their performance back to the perceptual maps as a measure of performance. This is also a critical step as it will show the progress over time of selected marketing and PR strategies Continue Reading...
duty-based or deontological ethics will be defined and applied to Mattel Inc.'s case. Duty-Based Ethics Duty-based or deontological ethics deals with what individuals do, rather than the outcomes of their doings. Its key tenets are: Do what is et Continue Reading...
Question 1 Background: A relational contract can be described as “informal agreements and unwritten codes of conduct that powerfully affect the behavior of individuals, clearly emphasizing the informal nature of contracts.” (Ho?hn 35) The Continue Reading...
global impact, as well as how it related to the programmatic level. Based on that original idea and any feedback you received from your classmates in the Discussion, you will extend that idea and develop an outline for a logical, scholarly argument Continue Reading...
Explore the ethical issues that arise due to Dr. Moriarty's recommendation of the OMG treatment option. Clearly there is a conflict of interest in Dr. Moriarty prescribing a treatment he has received Drug Company funding to validate, promote and pu Continue Reading...
12). Six weeks after that public relations disaster for RC2 Toys, other toy company, Fisher-Price, was obliged to recall "nearly 1 million of its most popular character toys, also because of lead paint," Field continues. Not long after those embarra Continue Reading...
Conclusion Standing at the pivotal point of a changing world economy offers companies and business organizations new opportunities, but they must heed the lessons learned thus far, and make wise and pragmatic business decisions. These business cho Continue Reading...
Mattel must not only have an adaptive management set up but they also must have introduced only those products in the market that ride well with their corporate values and culture. Gilbert (1996) asserts that one of the responsibilities of the top Continue Reading...
Mattel Inc.'s case study with regard to the principle of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Corporate Social Responsibility CSR requires the engagement of a corporate accountability vision to a broad array of stakeholders, aside from investors Continue Reading...
1073). Brocklesby advocates 'Soft OR' approaches such as Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Data Envelope Analysis, Cognitive Mapping, Soft Systems Methodology and the Theory of Constraints to allow for "conflicting objectives and multiple subjectivi Continue Reading...
World-Wide Concepts, Inc. (World-Wide): Risk avoidance Because World-Wide Concepts, Inc. is an internationally-based company with operations in a wide variety of sectors spanning across the developing as well as the developed world, it must proceed Continue Reading...
In this case, the authors say not much is understood in terms "…of how it support for knowledge management practices in organizations affects the development of TMS (transactive memory system) (Choi, et al., p. 855). In this research, the trio Continue Reading...
credible sources support claims. Identify purpose, incorporate audience, establish a desired tone, and organize information/claims effectively. Automotive company: Causes and effects of importing most of its materials from foreign manufacturers In Continue Reading...
Marketing Plan for a New Product Marketing Plan New Product Launch Background and Competitors Brite Briks is a multinational company in the business of manufacturing construction toys. Brite Briks ranks third in size with Lego leading this market, Continue Reading...
(Euro Monitor, 2010) Thus the attempt must be made to connect the characters or pokemons of the game with the pets of the owners in such a way that the pets remind them of the great game they once played. Nostalgia is a great way to market to the ad Continue Reading...
These examples indicate that a Machiavellian approach to corporate ethics and an utter lack of concern for the state of the environment in the future is poor business practice. Yet the ethical arguments in favor of businesses showing concern for th Continue Reading...
The use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on individual chocolate packing is making it possible to know item-level inventory positions within the largest retailers for example including Wal-Mart, an early adopter of this technology (Zhou, 200 Continue Reading...
There is an increasing amount of research also showing how big box retailers including Wal-Mart when they enter local economies, are driving smaller retailers that provided a basis of price competition and employment are being driven out of business Continue Reading...
307). Yet American Girl dolls, perhaps because of their expense but also because of their reliability seldom provoke such mutilation. "I have to confess -- I have an emotional connection to this brand," admitted one adult, female NPR commentator, re Continue Reading...
