What Went Wrong at Mattel The toymaker is recalling more dangerous toys made in China. Its troubles may be a warning sign for other multinationals Elmo‚ Barbie‚ Big Bird‚ and Dora. They are some of the most familiar and best-loved children’s characters. Now they’re caught up in the global debate about the safety of Chinese-made products. Mattel (MAT)‚ the world’s largest toymaker‚ announced on Aug. 14 an expanded product recall‚ involving vehicles based on the hit movie Cars that had lead paint
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KFC for Kentucky Fried Chicken is a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is headquartered in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ United States (US). It is the world’s second largest restaurant chain overall (as measured by sales) after McDonald’s‚ with over 18‚000 outlets in 120 countries and territories as of December 2012. The company is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands‚ a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurant chains. KFC was founded by Harland Sanders
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Ethical human resource policies are vital to creating and maintaining an ethical company culture. Employees who are treated with basic decency are more likely to be content with their jobs. When employees feel exploited‚ they are prone to overt unethical behavior such as theft‚ as well as more subtle offenses such as using company resources for personal gain. When employees are fairly compensated for their work‚ they are likely to give more to the company and less inclined to take advantage of opportunities
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Assignment 2: Unethical Advertising Dupree Clark B6003: Ethics in Business Argosy University Professor Marla Brady February 11‚ 2013 To: Harris CC: Human Resource Department Subject: Advertisement Campaign Promoting Bait and switch is a dishonest marketing tactic in which a marketer advertises a very attractive price/rate/term that is really a teaser rate meant to attract customers. One good example of bait and switch is in the mortgage market. In a mortgage bait and switch an agent
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* Pick your company as a team: MATTEL * Get an annual report and 10K or similar recent financial statements from 2011 or most recent year available. Besides Edgar (the government SEC site)‚ and company sites‚ you may want to look at Hoover or other sources such as Wards‚ Mergent’s Industry Review‚ Dun & Bradstreet‚ or Standard & Poor’s for company and industry info. These can all be found online or through the library (note: for some resources you might need to be connected to IU/IUPUI
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Based in California‚ Mattel‚ Inc. designed‚ manufactured‚ and marketed a broad variety of toy products. The company’s core product lines included Barbie fashion dolls‚ Hot Wheels die- cast vehicles‚ Fisher-Price preschool toys along with Disney toys and games like Scrabble (Johnson‚ 2010). Summer of 2007‚ Mattel‚ a global leader in toy manufacturing was faced with a tough challenge of restoring their consumer confidence following several recalls of their toys made in China. Mattel known for possessing
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Ethical Theory on the Terri Schiavo case Cindy Sherman Title of Class: Ethics in Society The Terri Schiavo case was a legal struggle involving prolonged life support in the United States that lasted from 1990 to 2005. The issue was whether to carry out the decision of the husband of Teresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo to terminate life support for her. Terri was diagnosed by doctors as being in a persistent vegetative state. The highly publicized
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consumer products companies. Marketing strategy: Mattel’s global marketing success can be linked to its new-product development effort. Mattel markets as much as 80 percent of its product offerings to a global audience‚ with just 20 percent geared to individual country markets. Mattel’s product introductions as well are global in scope. For example‚ Mattel launched Rapunzel Barbie on the same day in 59 countries supported by a televised advertising campaign broadcast in 35 languages. The widening
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products our consumers trust. Mattel has received several honors for our global citizenship efforts. In 2009‚ Mattel is listed in the top 10 of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens‚” is ranked one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” and has been named for the second consecutive year to FORTUNE Magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.” These honors speak directly to the heart of Mattel’s culture and the values shared by our employees around the world. Today‚ Mattel is the largest toy
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The company that I chose to use as the basis for this assignment was Mattel‚ Inc. and Subsidiaries. They have their most recent financial statements available right on their website. This paper will analyze the disclosures related to cash and cash equivalents‚ receivables‚ and inventory. It will also identify the components of cash and cash equivalents. Cash and Cash EquivalentsThe balance sheet lists a balance for cash and equivalents at $997‚734 (in thousands). The disclosure for cash and equivalents
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