I believe Mattel and China were responsible for the lead and the fact children were exposed to potential dangerous toys. “The toy manufacturer Mattel, the parent company of Fisher-Price, extends its previously announced worldwide recall of approximately 1.5 million toys. As with the previous Mattel toys recall, the items being pulled from shelves may contain high levels of lead paint which, if ingested or inhaled, can pose a serious health threat to infants and children. The company also stated that it may be recalling more of these Chinese made toys, if it finds that additional items also contain lead paint or tiny magnets that, if
Consider this: a person gets a job for one of the largest revenue producing Companies in America and they cannot put food on the table for their family. Wal-Mart is built on the motto “Save money, live better.” Wal-Mart promises the American dream to its shoppers, not its employees. Over years Wal-Mart has not been paying workers enough especially women. Female workers earn $5,200 less per year than male workers (Reed 1). Wal-Mart has brought more jobs to China than the U.S. with more than 5,000 lawsuits towards illegally dumping hazardous waste and low wages.
The OSHA investigation concluded that if these regulations were followed, the tragic event could have been avoided. The legal issue is whether or not the courts and the construction company itself should up hold the violations of specific OSHA standards. Explain what the employer did or failed to do that violated the OSH Act. Williams Construction failed to do four very important procedures in regards to the regulations of OSHA. The first violation was the failure to provide training to employees and their managers about how to recognize and avoid unsafe working conditions.
I feel the largest issue with Coca-Cola is they have ignored the research and studies putting many communities in India such as Kala Dera and many others in dire straits when it comes to keeping their promises. In the end they will have paid for their indiscretions to some extent but only time will tell to what degree that extent
But consumers aren't helping their fellow countryman earn his own living by buying these imported items. Consumers are giving their hard-earned money to Walmart to go back to China to buy more items. (Smith & Young, 2004). Walmart has created new jobs for people when they open new stores, but they are underpaid jobs. Many of the positions are part-time, therefore, they are positions without benefits.
One former branch chief eluded to manipulative management techniques such as “setting up a meeting and not give any idea on what it’s about” (68). Even Chinen’s qualifications have come under fire. The Department of Land and Natural Resources Chairman, Peter Young, was questioned about Chinen’s lack of qualifications and about the numerous complaints lodged against her during a confirmation hearing. Mr. Young was not confirmed because he was “not doing enough to address the root of the problem” (68). Chinen herself admits she does not have experience in historical preservation but has been working with other
The recording of the vendor booths were not accounted for in conformity with GAAP. Just for Feet recorded vendor allowances as receivables and advertising expenses before the related advertising or promotional programs took place. Most of the vendors that Just for Feet dealt with offered financial assistance to help pay for expenses which was termed “advertising co-op” or “vendor allowances.” Just for Feet received millions of dollars each year of this financial assistance from the major vendors to help subsidize advertising costs of its superstores. The vendors would pay
Due to the company’s weak controls, the accountants did not take the time to review each invoice or study the signatures that were most definitely forged in an unmistakable font immediately recognizable to the person who had been forged. According to the 2010 Global Survey, 42.1 percent of perpetrators were employees, accounting for most of the perpetrators of that year. It was a close first to the upper management who held second at 41 percent. They state that more than 80 percent of frauds are committed by individuals in six departments including accounting, operations, sales, upper management, customer service and purchasing. Miano was involved with the operation of the project therefore enabling him to the opportunity of such easy access to committing the actual crime (ACFE,
Lack of equipment could’ve been one of factors that contributed to our errors. During this lab, we only had access to one spatula. Due to the lack of time we continued to use this one spatula despite the fact that it may not be cleaned properly and could still be dirty. The dirty spatula could’ve caused our results to be inaccurate because the different samples could’ve mixed causing the color of the flames emitted to vary. Another error that we made was due to lack of equipment once again.
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS SUBMISSION: Investor Relations case - Steelcase Steelcase, Inc was one of the largest manufactures in office furnishings. It was a private company for approximately ninety (90) years before it ventured into becoming public. As they became public they began having problems. These problems stemmed from; 1) their internal structure lacking a clear channel for Investor Relations staff to respond to the concerns of their shareholders, 2) a decrease in their stock price and 3) a weakening profitability from purchasing the remaining fifty (50) percent of Strafor. Steelcase management was not used to additional requests for information so they held a defensive posture towards inquisitive analysts and investors.