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 [...]

AmCham Shanghai CSR newsletter - Sept. 2007

Check out the latest CSR Newsletter from AmCham Shanghai, courtesy of the Corporate Social Responsibility Department:
september-csr-newsletter.htm

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Fabulous and Fortunate

“ASIAN FAB 50″
Forbes released its third annual Asian Fab 50 list. India led the pack with a total of 12 companies, ranging in sectors from banking to construction. Taiwan followed with 10 companies, most of them in the tech industry. China made the list with seven entries, more than in any previous year. (To [...]

They’ve got Barbie now…

Mattel Issues Third Toy Recall Of the Summer
The Washington Post
By Renae Merle
September 5, 2007
For the third time this summer, Mattel issued a major recall, telling parents yesterday to watch out for Chinese-made toys with excessive amounts of lead, including locomotive toys and accessories for its iconic Barbie brand.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the company [...]

Total Recalls in Toyland or Mattel’s Hell

Polly Pocket. Doggie Day Care. Barbie and Tanner. Batman. No longer just the kid-friendly names of innocent toys; instead, they’ve become the labels of dangerous Made-in-China goods that made headlines around the world this week.
Mattel Recalls Chinese Toys, Second Time in Two Weeks
Bloomberg
By Heather Burke
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — Mattel Inc., the world’s biggest toymaker, [...]