Product Recall Due To a Quality Issue The product recall I will be discussing is that of Motrin Infants drops which occurred in early September of this year. These infant drops are manufactured and distributed by Johnson & Johnson in the US through their subsidiary McNeil Consumer healthcare. Motrin is a baby drop formula used to treat fever‚ aches and pains in children 2 years or younger (webMD.com 2013). The recall occurred when plastic particles the size of a poppy seed were found in a batch
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1. The main reasons of Toyota’s recall issues Lately‚ people most concerned about the recall event which happened on the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers‚ Toyota. This event affect all over the world including China‚ USA‚ Europe. The incident makes the corporate brand image dropped and also loss the consumer confidence. Why this event did occur? During the research and analysis‚ the major cause of Toyota’s recall is the quality issues. For example the accelerator pedal problem‚ many different
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The Ford/Firestone Case This case involves Ford and the Japanese tire manufacturer‚ Bridgestone/Firestone. The Ford Explorers which were prone to rolling over‚ came equipped with Firestone defected tires. The tire seemed to have a defect that caused the tread to separate from the whole of the tire and cause the vehicle to flip. Although Firestone knew about such defects‚ they continued to produce despite knowing the deadly consequences that lay behind their actions. The Explorer also had a
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wanted Cap to work all night long. But Arthur refused as he had a baby. Cap and his wife started coming office with their baby Ben. This incident make Arthur furious but he didn’t discuss it with them instead he complained to other employees. The crisis occurred when cap and his wife return from a vacation. Arthur asked them into his office and told them that he would like to discontinue the relationship. Cap left the office in silence and collected his belonging. Cap still bitter‚ says ‚ “The business
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Identify Your Crisis Communications Team A small team of senior executives should be identified to serve as your organization’s Crisis Communications Team. Ideally‚ the organization’s CEO will lead the team‚ with the firm’s top public relations executive and legal counsel as his or her chief advisers. If your in-house PR executive does not have sufficient crisis communications expertise‚ he or she may choose to retain an agency or independent consultant with that specialty. Other team members are
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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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Mattel toy recall Discussion Questions 1. How could Mattel have allowed these problems to happen? Aside from simply not using Chinese suppliers‚ could Mattel have avoided the toy quality/safety problems to begin with? Explain your answers. 2. Were Mattel’s responses to the toy recalls appropriate? Why or why not? 3. As supply chain trading partners‚ what responsibilities do Mattel and Early Light have towards one another? Should Mattel continue to use Early Light as a supplier-partner
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KOLEJ TEKNOLOGI YPC-iTWEB Merck‚ the FDA‚ and the Vioxx Recall Coursework 1 Business and Society YPCBM4005B Miss Rozlina binti Mat Shadid Student ID Name B124001 Ahmad Wahab bin Muklis LJMU ID: 639986 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction Merck‚ one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical markets‚ had enjoyed a long reputation as one of drug companies that prioritize ‘ethical and socially responsible’ as their company’s main core values. They once had
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Sleep Recall and Dream content with ADHD children The study explores dream recall frequency and dream content in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. (ADHD) There have been many sleep complaints about children and adults with ADHD. The hypothesis of dreaming is that when someone is awake if reflects what they will dream about. In studies it shows that adults and children with ADHD have dreams that correlate with the daily activities going on in their life. Children with
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A. U.S industry crisis‚ and Ford By 2008‚ a global-scale economy crisis affected the United States economy‚ followed by several years of automobile sales declining. By the years of 2008 and 2009 that automobile sale declining‚ lead to crisis in the United States automobile industry. Affected by the United states economy crisis‚ the big three U.S. automakers General Motors (GM)‚ Ford Motor Company‚ and Chrysler were very affected that they requested emergency loans to help them fill in the money
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