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Mattel previously said many of the toys were recalled because of design problems. It also said certain vendors in China or their subcontractors violated Mattel's rules by failing to use safe paint or to run tests on paint.
On Friday, Debrowski acknowledged that the "vast majority of those products that were recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel's design, not through a manufacturing flaw in China's manufacturers."
Lead-tainted toys accounted for only a small percentage of all toys recalled, he added
Originally posted by Beachcoma
What matters the most to corporations is money and the bottom line. Morality has no place in capitalism.
Mattel previously said many of the toys were recalled because of design problems. It also said certain vendors in China or their subcontractors violated Mattel's rules by failing to use safe paint or to run tests on paint.
Originally posted by DontTreadOnMe
Are we being fooled into thinking it is a problem only with China? Are the mega-corporations hiding behind the media and blaming China for what is partialy their problem, too?
Originally posted by DontTreadOnMe
We now hear that Mattel had to apologize to China. Seems like they neglected to mention their responsibility in the recalled toys.
Originally posted by uberarcanist
Think about it: the vast majority of consumer products are safe when used properly.
Originally posted by uberarcanist
But I wouldn't generalize this incident to claim that morals don't have a place in capitalism.
Originally posted by Beachcoma
I'm still wondering what prompted Mattel to come forward with this news. And highly doubt it has anything to do with ethics.
He suggested Mattel may want to prevent China from imposing more taxes or regulations.
"China's embarrassment in all this could lead to that, and I think they were trying to head that off with this apology," Johnson said.
Peter Navarro, a business professor at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of "The Coming China Wars," also suggested Mattel was trying to avoid punitive measures.
"Mattel is worried that the Chinese government is going to make it difficult for them to produce, put their costs up and hurt their stock price," Navarro said.