Date of publication: December 18, 2006
Source: Buffalo News
Author: Douglas Turner
Excerpt from article:
When I asked Fisher-Price Toys, owned by Mattel, about a recent riot at a Chinese plant where Mattel toys are made, Fisher-Price shunted that and other questions to Mattel headquarters.
Mattel responded with an e-mail listing a number of purportedly do-good organizations it joined or helped found in countries like China.
Included in the list are Business for Social Responsibility, Governance Metrics International, FTSE4Good and Domini 400 Socially Responsible Investment.
The announced goals of these corporate organizations are to create a workers' paradise. So shining bright, perhaps, that many unemployed American factory workers might wish to emigrate to Shanghai. Referring to FTSE4Good, Mattel maintained it is "listed on two of the best respected Socially Responsible Investment indices, which only include companies that meet their stringent and specific corporate responsibility standards." ...