Tofani’s “American Imports, Chinese Deaths”

(Photo via Salt Lake Tribune)
The World Security Institute’s Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting recently funded a news series about China factory conditions, titled, “American Imports, Chinese Deaths,” for the Salt Lake Tribune.
Veteran reporter Loretta Tofani’s most recent investigative project took her to China, where over a 12-month period she visited more than 25 factories and [...]

Chinese chemical companies evading the law, still actively pushing drugs

(Image via RSC.org)Another front page story in the New York Times today about blind spots in the global supply chain leading to devastating consequences in consumer product safety.
Chemicals Flow Unchecked From China to Drug Market
By Walt Bogdanich
New York Times
October 31, 2007
Pharmaceutical ingredients exported from China are often made by chemical companies that are neither [...]

AmCham honors responsible businesses in China

Companies Honored For Sustainability In China At Annual CSR Awards
ChinaCSR.com
October 30, 2007
General Electric has been honored in Shanghai for their commitment to corporate social responsibility in China.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai held its Third Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Conference and Awards at the Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where GE and other companies were recognized [...]

Business ethics podcast, hosted by The China Business Network

A message from Christine Lu at The China Business Network:

Do you have thoughts on business ethics in China to share? In preparation for next month’s CIBE conference in Beijing on Consumer Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility, I’m conducting a series of podcast segments on the issue that will be featured on both The China Business [...]

Mattel: Sorry, China

Last week, Mattel Chairman and CEO Robert Eckert formally apologized for his company’s product safety lapses and tried to explain how millions of toys were recalled. (Read his full testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations here.)
“As I said at the outset of my testimony, these recent recalls have been a personal disappointment to [...]