Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090122/pl_bloomberg/adlzws6fbwro
Date: February 4, 2009
Summary: This article refers to how small businesses struggle because they cannot afford the prices for testing their products; vendors are required by Wal-mart to test their toys to meet lead testing guidelines. Such tests can go up to $4000 / item and small businesses don’t have the infrastructure to manage these costs. In 2007 there were found 21 millions toys with high lead content. If small businesses don’t follow the tests guidelines required by Wal-mart, they could decrease profitability by not negotiating with Wal-mart.
Discussion question: What do you think it would be the best ethical approach to this problem? Who should be responsible for testing the toys, Wal-mart itself, the small vendors? Can factories and suppliers be more conscious about the materials the use in the production of such toys?
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