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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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