Resolving Ethical Business Challenges As a new employee at Acme Corporation‚ Frank Garcia knew few mistakes were allowed. He had sold medical supplies to Thermocare. Thermocare was a company Acme had been trying to do business with for a while. Otis Hillman‚ buyer for Thermocare‚ was happy with the products supplied by Acme. When Frank wanted to sell additional items to the company‚ Otis would question whether Acme was the right company for supplying products and would outright hint that he wanted
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Mattel - Code of Conduct: At Mattel‚ playing fair is one of our core values and the cornerstone of our ethical compliance program. We know that how we achieve success is just as important as the success itself‚ and this recognition underscores our commitment to conduct our business with the highest level of integrity. In business‚ we may not always be able to choose the challenges we face‚ the problems we must solve‚ the obstacles we must overcome and the opportunities we may embrace‚
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Case Summary: Mattel‚ Inc has the vision of being the world’s premier toy brand‚ for the present and the future. It currently sells products in over 150 nations. The company was founded in 1945 by Harold Matson and Elliot Handler. It has gone to be 30‚000 employees strong working in 43 countries. Mattel‚ Inc includes a number of toy brands such as Barbie‚ Fisher Price‚ Hot Wheels‚ American Girl‚ Tyco‚ and others. In 2008‚ the company was recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the “100 Best
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1. What are the potential ethical issues faced by ACME Corp? Frank from ACME corp. is leveraging his personal relationship and offering bribes and kickbacks to Otis of Thermocare to increase purchase contracts. This could potentially be a large problem if Thermocare becomes aware of such practices. The purchase of product should be warranted w/ quality of products and price structures‚ not because it gets you tickets to baseball games and Cancun. If ACME is competitive‚ there is nothing
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Case Memo:Mattel And The The Toy Recalls Summary: Mattel‚ a global leader in toy manufacturing is currently faced with a tough challenge of restoring their consumer confidence following the increased recalls of their toys made in China. At present the most important goal for Mattel is to reassure their customers that kids’ safety is their highest priority and they are committed to provide good quality toys that are safe to play with. The main impediment in achieving their goal is not having an
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Executive Summary Mattel has been criticized heavily for having to recall not once but thrice in 5 weeks 20 million toys manufactured in China with lead paint and/or loose‚ potentially dangerous magnets. Clearly Mattel does not have sufficiently tight quality control procedures in its supply chain to compensate for the extra risks of outsourcing to Chinese subcontractors and clearly there are design flaws in the toys with the magnets that could come loose. Although many observers give the company
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Mattel Case Development of Major Issue Mattel was the world’s largest toy manufacturer with revenue over $5 billion. It had been doing business in China for 25 years. China was Mattel’s most important manufacturing country. 65% of Mattel’s toys were manufactured in China. It owned 5 factories in China and had a network of contract manufacturers for the remainder of production. In August and September‚ 2007‚ Mattel recalled for three times globally 21 million problematic toys that were made
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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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Mattel and Toy Safety Mattel‚ the world’s largest toys company‚ had been faced with some rough challenges due to some safety scandals revolving toy design and manufacturing in China. During August 2007 Mattel was forced to extremely recall toys due to loose magnets and excess lead found in some of the Mattel toys that posed immediate danger to the children that played with them. “Mattel voluntarily recalled 1.5 million Chinese made‚ Fisher-Price product‚ after the company learned that they
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outsourcing at Mattel Abstract This study addresses the ethical issues related to Mattel Corporation. This study presents a chronological dateline highlighting the illegal and unethical activities that took place by suppliers for Mattel as well as Mattel’s reaction to the crisis. In addition‚ this article will address how corporate culture played a role in the decision to outsource the manufacturing process to facilities‚ which were not following legal standards. Keywords: Mattel‚ corporate culture
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