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Taking A Look At The Honest Company

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In this paper we will be discussing the Honest Company that was created by co-founders Golden Globe nominated actress Jessica Alba and former CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World Christopher Gavigan. This company was created to help moms and top give all children a better and safer start. We will explore their mission and vision statements the culture of the company and what scandals they may be dealing with relating to their products (The Honest Company, 2017). The Honest company deals with all things baby diapers, feeding, personal care, cleaning, vitamins and more. They pride themselves in providing quality non-toxic (chemical free), organic products to care for your baby. The home of their customers sets the stage for their life. They design …show more content…

They also feel a tremendous responsibility to the earth. They are also serious about being honest agents of the natural environment and protectors of the people. Therefore, they seek to inspire fresh solutions, reduce overall impact, to cause no unnecessary harm, and to make products that are considered as non-toxic and healthy as possible (The Honest Company, 2017). But with all that’s said what the company has been trying to do is admirable but has not come without a price. What is meant by that is because of what the Honest Company stands for there is bound to be scandal created by people who seek to prove that the company is not totally honest about everything that goes into that creation of their products. This is where we will look at some of those scandals involving the Honest Company (Scipioni, 2017). In 2015, three years after the company began, it was hit with its first class-action lawsuit that sought $5 million in damages for false advertising and causing physical harm to their customers. The suit claimed that their Honest Sunscreen SPF 30 made some customers suffer from severe burns and that the product was ineffective. During this time the Honest Company released a statement and said that its sunscreen was tested by an independent third party and that they planned to “make things right.” This suit is still ongoing (Scipioni,

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