1970s that this message became indelibly clear as a result of the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)‚ the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)‚ the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)‚ and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). These new governmental bodies established that national public policy now officially recognized the environment‚ employees‚ and consumers to be significant and legitimate stakeholders of business. From that time on‚ corporate
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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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Introduction Mattel‚ the world’s leading toy and children’s good manufacturer has cultivated a strong portfolio of well known brands and products while being recognized as a highly responsible corporate citizen that makes ethics and safety a priority. However‚ Mattel has had to overcome a few hurdles in order to stay on top; the first major problem they ran into was the recall of millions of products in 2007. The recall of toys because of health concerns has hurt the company’s brand image with
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the meaning of safety in a product view‚ it would be related directly to a product’s quality. For example‚ consumers tend to assume that high quality is equal to safety‚ such as high quality cars are safer than standard quality cars. Also‚ safety can be measured how a product affects to human body when we use or consume it. Precisely‚ The U.S citizens in this case‚ we can say that they are having one of the highest consumer expectations in the world. In addition‚ after 9/11‚ safety is the most important
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Producer Mattel was one of the first to utilize independent monitoring of its manufacturing facilities and make findings available to the public. Informationweek.com stated that "Mattel can meet demand because it spent the last few years paying a lot of attention to software and processes that simplify its supply chain‚ cut costs‚ shorten cycle times‚ and bring more science to the art of meeting customer demand." With headquarters in El Segundo‚ California‚ Mattel has offices and facilities
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Toyota Recall 1. WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY CAUSES OF TOYOTA’S RECALL PROBLEM? The primary cause of Toyota’s recall was outsourcing their pedal manufacturing and assembly. To this day Toyota has recalled an estimated 2.3 million cars in the U.S. affected by the accelerator assembly problem‚ 4.2 million vehicles to fix the floor mat issue and out of all those vehicles 1.7 million of them were involved in both recalls (Linebaugh & Shirouzu‚ 2010). Amongst them are the 2008-2010 Sequoia sport utility vehicles
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Research Paper “Brand recall of car manufacturing companies (in India)” INTRODUCTION While automobiles were introduced to India in the late 1890 ’s‚ the manufacturing industry only took off after independence in 1947. The protectionist economic policies of the government gave rise in the 1950 ’s to the Hindustan Motors Ambassador‚ which is still ubiquitous in the roads and highways of India. Hindustan Motors and a few smaller manufacturers such as Premier Automobiles‚ TATA Motors‚ Bajaj
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Financing the Toyota Recall. INTRODUCTION In May of 2006‚ The Toyota Motor Corporation initiated a recall of nearly one million vehicles around the world to replace faulty parts that could cause drivers to lose control of the steering wheel. The recall affected vehicles across 10 models‚ including the popular Prius. The intermediate shafts and sliding yokes in the recalled cars lacked the necessary strength and could distort or crack under strong pressure‚ causing drivers to lose control
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billion‚ equivalent to 58.2% of the market’s overall value. Mattel recorded revenues of $ 5.65 billion in 2006 and $ 5.97 billion in 2007. Mattel’s key competitors in the traditional toy industry include Hasbro‚ Bandai‚ Lego‚ The Middleton Doll Company‚ Atari‚ Electronic Arts‚ Blitz Games‚ Leapfrog Enterprises‚ Inc. and several others (Datamonitor). Mattel is a designer‚ manufacturer‚ and marketer of traditional toy products. Mattel’s products are sold directly to retailers and wholesalers in 150 countries
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Mattel vs Hasbro Mattel: History: Mattel was founded in 1945 by Matt Matson and Elliot and Ruth Handler as a picture frame manufacturing company. The name Mattel was derived from a combination of the two names‚ Matt and Elliot. They operated out of a garage in Southern California. Handler then recognized an opportunity and began to manufacture dollhouse furniture with scrap material from the picture frame business
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