| Summary: An email was sent accusing
Fujifilm of distributing a map of the middle east omitting Israel as a
country and calling for a boycott of Fujifilm. The map was not
authorized by Fujifilm. |
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An e-mail encouraging the boycott of
Fujifilm has been circulating stating that Fujifilm franchises outside of the
U.S., claiming the company's stores are providing customers with complimentary
world maps that omit Israel as a country in the Middle East.
The message calls for a general boycott of the
company and linked Fujifilm corporation to Fuji-Subaru, the manufacturers of
Subaru cars and a division of General Motors. Fujifilm has no actual connection
to Fuji-Subaru.
Fujifilm has issued a statement saying
that it never authorized the distribution or production of a map of this kind.
After further investigation, the company found that
one third-party distributor of its products in the Ivory Coast had created a
map bearing the Fujifilm logo without its permission. The map has since been
removed from distribution. The following is the full text of the statement from
Fujifilm:
No Fujifilm company or distributor
published or distributed a map of the kind we have heard described, and
Fujifilm in no way sanctioned the production of such a map.
In looking into the matter, we have learned
that a third party wholesaler in the Republique de Cote d'Ivoire (the Ivory
Coast) produced a calendar with such a map. They did so on their own
initiative, combining the map with our logo without our permission and in
violation of our policy regarding the use of the Fujifilm logo.
Fujifilm is greatly disturbed that someone
would violate our policies and link our company's good name to something we
find unacceptable. As soon as we learned of the problem, corrective action was
taken to stop the distribution of these calendars.
Fujifilm appreciates the opportunity to share
the actual facts of this matter, and to provide every assurance that Fujifilm
is a company of the highest stature and integrity. |
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