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Mattel, Inc v. Bryant Mattel, Inc., the plaintiff, sued Carter Bryant, a former employee and defendant, for a breach in a contract and various torts. The claims were involved with Bryant’s product line of dolls, “Bratz”. Bryant tried to remove the case twice, but, Mattel moved to remand and diversity jurisdiction had not been satisfied. MGA Entertainment, Inc. intervened as he pursuant to Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Diversity jurisdiction existed in the controversy between Mattel

accountable for any of its actions that affect people, their communities, and environment. Ethics is a conception of right and wrong conduct, serving as a guide to moral behavior. Based on the definitions I believe Mattel did not act in a social responsible way but did act in an ethical way. Mattel has to be held responsible for the lead that was in the toys to cause the huge recalls for those toys. What they could have done differently was have had U.S. safety standards, consumer product safety commission

Introduction This paper will focus on three virtues chosen as it relates to the ethical and legal challenges to the Mattel, Inc. organization. In addition, this paper will provide three examples of virtue ethics: courage, humility, and. Each will be described on how the virtues selected might have been used to more appropriately guide the actions, behaviors, and/or policies of the Mattel Company. Organizations who want to be successful must commit to finding leaders who are willing to exemplify

In 2009, Mattel opened a store celebrating 50 years of Barbie in Shanghai, China. Two years and 30 million dollars later Mattel closed the store (Wang, 2012). An analysis of the case study for Mattel’s failed Barbie venture reveals international marketing must observe local norms and cultural standards in order to be successful overseas (Nemani, 2011). This paper will discuss the problems Mattel faced in China and identify cultural issues U.S. businesses must address before attempting to sell their

(1999, Annual Report) In order to develop a strong supply chain, Mattel has outsourced their manufacturing to Asian and Mexican partners and also uses company-owned facilities. By outsourcing, Mattel aim was to prevent disruption in distribution and provide sufficient inventory for future seasons. Competition is increasing due to increasing technology, shorter toy life cycles of, and co-branding is becoming prominent. Mattel is currently researching and developing and forming new alliances with

Applying Duty Ethics to the Mattel Case Study Introduction Duty ethics is also known as Deontology, a word that comes from the Greek word “deon”, which translates to 'duty '. Duty ethics is a moral theory that focuses on people’s actions, regardless of their consequences. This moral theory teaches that individuals should do the right thing, simply because it is the right thing to do. The same applies to the contrary: do not do wrong things, all wrong things should be avoided because of their

three on Mattel I couldn’t help but notice how similar a case study this was to another multinational corporation (MNC). That corporation is Nike. It seems that around the time I was entering my teenage years more and more corporations where being placed under this microscope. This was a direct correlation of globalization. Every industry leader has gone through this as a result of being a industry leader and a trailblazer in globalization; Wal-mart in retail, Nike in shoes and Mattel in toys

Abstract In this paper I will analyze the case study of Mattel Inc. and their Global Manufacturing Principles (GMP) and applying it to three different virtue ethics; fairness, honesty and justice. Then I will apply deontology, “always act in such a way that you can also will that the maxim of your action should become a universal law.   Public concerns about worker exploitation and environmental degradation arose with the expansion of outsourcing and production in emerging economies

I vividly remember at my 6th birthday party blowing out the candles on my Barbie doll cake. Neither my parents nor I knew that would be the start to my obsession with Barbie, a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, an American multinational toy company. For every holiday and birthday, I received anything associated with Barbie. Over the years, I accumulated an absurd amount of Barbie and Ken dolls, along with clothes and accessories. I even had a Barbie bike and a helmet. My fascination with Barbie

the following report, we consider three companies namely Mattel, Clorox and MGM Resorts International whose operations are different and make recommendations for their capital structure which refers to the way the companies finance their assets through combination of debt and equity while considering the nature of business, riskiness of each of the company and the advantages and disadvantages of debt over equity financing. Discussion Mattel, Inc. is an international public company whose operations