Mitsubishi Electric

Business Ethics of Mitsubishi Electric

IBM-Hitachi The Software Cnnection? - Copyright Law
In October 1983 Mitsubishi Electric pleaded no contest to charges of conspiracy to transport stolen material. The company announced "We didn't surrender and are rather feeling we've won." (April 1984)

Mitsubishi Electric - Complaints and Problems

Dog killer. That's what one of Mitsubishi Electric's TVs alleged did when it exploded. Of course, the company denied that its televisions can explode; later it admitted that it knew of at 10 incidents involving its TVs that caught fire.

Article(s) on how Mitsubishi really treats its customers.

Targeting Japan Inc.
Tim Larimer reports that amid a series of product scandals like the exploding Mitsubishi TV sets, the nation's consumers are using new product-liability laws to fight at last for their rights. (September 2000)

Mitsubishi News and Analysis

News and Analysis. Besides providing with the archives of media's coverage of Mitsubishi group, this site is currently striving to get a selected group of experts on Mitsubishi and its issues. Plan is to have a few regular contributors and a few special invitees on occasions. Others are also welcome to submit their well-researched writings, however, it will be more fruitful for you to discuss that matter with me before starting to write. ALerting me to any Mitsubishi-related new developments will be appreciated.

Mitsubishi! site is going to cover Mitsubishi group of companies exclusively. Scope of coverage will be limited to its slave labor, employment sex, age, race and disability discrimination and harassment, consumer complaints and fraud, environmental damage including rainforests, deforestation, nuclear plants, biotechnology issue. Goal is to become an information portal on Mitsubishi for consumers, workers, businesses, activists, and even regulators.

Environment

Mitsubishi Electric's Environmental Record.

Landmark Settlement Reached in Long-Running Environmental Boycott of Two Mitsubishi Companies
Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi Electric and Rainforest Action Network Announce Unprecedented Joint "Eco-Agreement" but consumer boycott continues against other Mitsubishi companies including Union Bank of California. (February 1998)
Boycott Campaigns Support Human Rights in Burma
A "haiku attack" was coordinated in Osaka to bring public attention to Mitsubishi's major role in world deforestation, and its dubious business connections with Burma's military dictatorship. Kyoto Journal.(1996)

Racism/Age Discrimination and Harassment

While Mitsubishi Motors was hit with the biggest employment-related sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuit in America, a few years earlier Mitsubishi Electric was sued by an Indian employee for job race discrimination in Japan in a rare lawsuit in Japan. While the public version was the usual discrimination case, it seems that the real situation was quite interesting, to say the least. Moreover, Mitsubishi Electric seems to have adopted the disability rights theme in its USA operations, one should ask them how many disabled workers are in their Japanese operations.

A few articles on race and age discrimination

Culture Clash Leads to Age Discrimination Claim Against Mitsubishi Electronics
Mitsubishi Electronics senior manager made a statement "about getting rid of managers who were over 40 and replacing them with younger, more aggressive managers." (Fall 1997) (Mote: Mr Kawasaki of Mitsubishi Electronics USA is the same kawasaki who recruited the plaintiff in the case that follows.)
A Case of Racial Discrimination?
Robert Guest interviews [name removed] and his lawyer Satoshi Murata regarding his discrimination lawsuit against Mitsubishi Electric, Japan. (November 1992)