Mattel and Toy Safety Gabriel Caldwell BUS 250 Pof. Robert Hamamoto May 11‚ 2014 In 2007‚ the Mattel toy company recalled around 20 million of its toy products do to contamination of lead in the paint and safety issues dealing with parts of its products (magnets) that was manufactured in China. The Mattel Company is considered the “global leader’ in toy manufacturing with over 30‚000 people employed in over 40 countries and operates in more than 150 countries. The Mattel Company faces
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Toy World‚ Inc. is a fairly healthy toy manufacturing business that is looking at a cross roads in it ’s main operating procedure. Jack McClintock is President and partial owner of Toy World. His new production manager‚ Dan Hoffman‚ has been on the job through one business cycle (about one year). This toy business is a seasonal business with most of the sales coming between August and December. Since its inception Toy World has followed a seasonal production schedule to match customer demand
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stakeholders who claim both legal and ethical rights. A.B. Carroll‚ (1991). In this paper I will discuss the issue of toy safety in reference to Mattel‚ Inc.‚ one of the world’s leading toy makers. Mattel had ordered a series of recalls of children’s playthings that had been found to be coated with lead paint. The toy recalls had alarmed parents and consumer activists‚ as well as the toy industry‚ retailers who marketed their products‚ and product safety regulators. I will address the following circumstances
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blue and are tough. For this socialization experiment‚ I have picked two different children’s toys; one clearly aimed towards girls and the other aimed towards boys. For the toy aimed towards girls‚ I have chosen the Barbie STEM kit. For the toy aimed towards boys I have chosen the DC Justice League action figure set. The purpose of this experiment is to analyze and discuss the possible implications these toys can have on a child’s perception on their role in society. With the findings of this experiment
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Toy Evaluation Paper I This paper will summarize the ERR articles from the bulleted topics and issues. This paper will also include summaries on toys that may encourage violence and aggression‚ toys that may promote pro-social behavior‚ gender stereotyping in toy selection‚ and cultural stereotyping or‚ lack of cultural awareness in toys. Influenced Behaviors; Toys can influence a child’s behavior‚ and his or her identity. Children are given toys that demonstrate different significance
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Should Toys Be More Gender-Neutral? This topic is one that does hit me close to home because I have a ten year old sister and a few other cousins younger than her. Though I did not really think about this topic much until now. It is the twenty-first century after all‚ shouldn’t gender-neutral toys be a thing? With this I researched this topic more with this help of my sister to learn more about. Though sadly I do believe that toys should be more gender-neutral even though they currently aren’t.
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1. What are the special days celebrated in your country? There are many special days celebrated in my country. Such as Tet holiday‚ beginning from January the first on the Lunar Calendar National holiday‚ Septemper the second Independence day‚ April 30th 2. Which is your favourite and why? I like Tet holiday the most because I can meet my cosins‚ relatives‚ friends who live far away. People get together to eat‚ drink‚ and entertain themselves . I also receive “lucky money” in red envelopes
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Social media has changed the face of our personal interactions‚ with a new rate of adoption that outpaces previous innovative products. The modern tools allow people to share information‚ criticize‚ collaborate‚ discuss the common interests‚ and build relationships. With such a new trend‚ modern businesses are trying to explore how social media can help them grow and improve profits‚ not just with the regular practices such as outbound marketing‚ but towards enhancing business interactions as part
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children’s toys (Wagner-Ott‚ 2002‚ p. 246). Socialization begins from the day we are born and will continue until the day we die and since toys take place in children’s lives from the day they are born; it is safe to say that they play an important role in a child’s gender socialization (Wagner-Ott‚ 2002‚ p. 246). The nature of this project will be to compare and evaluate children’s toys on the basis of gender. I will be discussing the differences that are portrayed amongst children’s toys and what
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Mattel‚ Inc. is the largest toy company in the world. This largest toy company in the world was founded by Harold Matson and Elliot Handler in 1945‚ as they started to produce picture frames. However it was Elliott Handler who had a visionary of a side business in dollhouse furniture out of the converted garage (Mattel). As a top company‚ the primary activities of Mattel are to design‚ manufacture‚ and market the toys. As the company’s sales growing slowly‚ Mattel started to produce varieties of
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