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ADVENTURES IN CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
AGENDAOBJECTIVES FOR TODAY INCLUDE:
Major safety and social compliance legislation Headline making news What The Image Group is doing to help
It’s scary out there.
Prop 65
WARNINGPROPOSITION 65 COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS BUSINESS TO WARN ITS CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES THAT PRODUCTS SOLD OR USED ON THESE PREMISES MAY CONTAIN CHEMICALS KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER OR BIRTH DEFECTS.
CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 25249.5 ET SEQ.
BOUNTY HUNTER PROVISION:The attorney, law firm, prosecutor’s office, or person initiating the lawsuit receives 25 percent of the civil penalties collected.
1000 timesbelow the level of no observable effect
CPSIA Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
Added tougher national regulations and stringent testing requirements for children’s products – and for certain non-children’s products
CPS
IA
WARNING
SECTION 108Defines “children’s product”
as “a consumer product designed or intended primarily for children twelve years of age or younger.”
In the news...
“McDonald’s Recalls Movie Themed Drinking Glasses Due to Potential Cadmium Risk”
Press Release, June 4, 2010U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
“It’s important to know that CPSC has said the glassware is not toxic. There have been no confirmed cases of illness or injury.”
–McDonald’s
I met workers who were 14 years old, 13 years old, 12. Do you
really think Apple doesn’t know?
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”Transcript: “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory” Public Radio International’s This American Life
originally aired on January 6, 2012
Podcast downloads
880k
“Ira Glass
I have difficult news. We’ve learned that Mike Daisey’s story about Apple in China – which we broadcast in January – contained significant fabrications. We’re retracting the story because we can’t vouch for its truth.”
Host and Producer, This American Life March 16, 2012
“Green Toys has received 10 reports of wheels and hubcaps detaching or loosening from the vehicles. There have been no reports of injuries.”
Press Release, July 31, 2012U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
QCAQuality Certification Alliance
Self Assessment + Third-Party Audits =
maintained by Quarterly Audits
QCA ACCREDITATION COMPONENTS
Product Safety
Social Accountability
Environmental Stewardship
Quality
Supply Chain Security
Distributors who have demonstrated the strongest
commitment to compliance, and who use QCA as a key criterion for
selecting preferred suppliers.
Distributor Advocacy Council
We’re “all in”
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“Product safety and compliance programs are about the journey rather
than the destination.”
–Quality Certification Alliance
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to
ruin it.” Warren Buffet
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