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information mean?
• Has anyone in your company completed
Undue Influence Training?
• Have any chemicals been intentionally
added to this product that would trigger
California Proposition 65 warning labels
and how do you manage the application of
those labels?
• Do you have a code of conduct and are your
factories required to follow it?
• Does each factory have a current Social
Responsibility Audit? Is it done by a third
party? Was what the outcome of the
Audit? If non-conformances are found, is
there a corrective and preventative action
initiated? When did you most recently
conduct a social responsibility audit? If
not, would you be willing to undergo a
Social Audit?
• Do you provide education for your factories
on your expectations and corporate social
responsibility policies?
Everyone Is Responsible
Buyers typically rely on distributors for
protection and compliance the same way
distributors rely on suppliers. This does not
mean end buyers can avoid responsibility.
Generally, the law holds—and users
expect—that everyone in the supply chain
has the responsibility to protect the end
users (target audience) of the promotional
products distributed.
This article is sourced from PPAI’s Product
Responsibility Best Practices at
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Anne Lardner-Stone is PPAI’s
director of public affairs. Reach
her at
ONLINE RESOURCES
The following materials and information are available on PPAI’s website
( ). Click on the Inside PPAI tab and then on Product Responsibility.
• CPSC Guide to Promotional Products
• Children’s Product Certificate (CPC)
• General Conformity Certificate (GCC)
• PPAI Product Safety Communication Tool
• PPAI Best Practices
• PPAI Prop 65 Best Practices
• PPAI Determining Children’s Products Best Practice
• PPAI Code of Conduct
• PPAI TurboTest
• PPAI Tracking Labels
• PPAI Product Safety Aware Program
• UL Responsible Sourcing
• PPAI Undue Influence Best Practices
• PPAI Social Responsibility Best Practices