Global Business and Ethics MGT/216
July 7, 2011

Global Business and Ethics I. The United States has the luxury of an administration that protects citizens from dangerous foods, medicines and toxins that may enter Americans food supply.

II. The Food and Drug Administration was established to, “protect the physical health of American consumers, but also to help safeguard their peace of mind about the quality of products that are vital for human well-being and survival (Crawford, 2004)”. A. Peace of mind for food grown in the United States. B. Regulations on Drugs produced in the United States. C. Food and Drugs that are imported to the United States not regulated.

III. “The FDA has opened two offices in India, part of an overseas expansion aimed to keeping unsafe drugs out of the United States (Walker, 2009).” D. FDA offices are going to dealing with India’s government in making sure that sub-standard food and drugs do not enter the United States. E. Employees at the FDA offices are going to have to deal with bribery and blackmail by shady businesses in order to get their products sold in the United States. IV. The United States does not look kindly on bribery and blackmail as normal business practices, unlike other countries. F. Blackmail and bribery are normal business practices in other countries and are not hesitant to use these practices. G. Employees of the FDA need to be aware of these practices and how to handle the confrontations. H. Processes will have to be implemented to deal with these businesses when they come forth to the FDA employees. I. Processes that will deter employees from taking bribes and inform the natives that these types of business practice will not be tolerated.

V. The FDA going global had no negative consequences for the U.S. citizens. A. Consequences for other countries exporting business by having to put more money into operations to upgrade to United States standards to bring their products in.

VI. With the FDA in place the United States citizens can rest assure that the products that are crossing into American soil are inspected for quality and can rest easy. A. Only with determination and hard work will the FDA be able to bring other countries up to the standards of the United States.

References
Crawford, L.M. (2004). Drug Information Association. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved July 7, 2011, from http://www.fda.gov/oc/speeches/2004/dia1026.html
Walker, E.P. (2009). FDA Goes Global to Stop Unsafe Food and Drug Imports. MedPage Today. Retrieved July 7, 2011, from http://www.medpagetoday.com/- PublicHealthPolicy/HealthPolicy/12502
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