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The Consumer Product Safety Commission said toy maker Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price unit will pay a $2.3 million civil penalty to settle allegations that they knowingly imported and sold up to two million children’s toys that violated a federal lead-paint limit.

It is the agency’s highest toy-related penalty ever. The agency said that as part of the settlement agreement, the companies deny the allegations.

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See also the Consumer Product Safety Commission press release.

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The Harvard Crimson
William N. White
The goal is that half the class will sign it?
Excerpt:

As they prepare to graduate on Thursday, many second-year Harvard Business School students have signed a pledge to act ethically in the business world.

Over 335 Harvard students had signed the pledge, known as the MBA Oath, as of yesterday afternoon, according to organizer Maxwell F. Anderson, a graduating business student. Anderson’s goal is to have 50 percent of the class—or 450 students—sign before graduation on Thursday.

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This Huffington Post article contains the full text of the oath.

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