Corporate giants win "Bad Product" awards


	Corporate giants win "Bad Product" awards

Grant-Bruce

10-31-2007 7:11 PM

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coca cola, kellogs, mattel, takeda, awards

Grant-Bruce says:

The CEO of the Chinese factory painting Mattel's toys committed suicide when the scandal broke. His supplier had changed the paint and he was unaware of it.

Who would you regard as ethical???

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</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV><B>Kellog’s</B> was guilty of advertising junk food to children using cartoon characters and product promotions.</DIV>
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Toy manufacturer <B>Mattel</B> was singled out for its poor response over the recent <B><A href="http://www.choice.com.au/goArticle.aspx?ID=105951&p=01">large-scale toy recalls</A></B>. The company’s CEO Robert Eckert was accused of 'stonewalling' investigation into the safety of its products in the period following the recalls.</LI>
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