...The Help by Kathryn Stockett shows the change happening in Jackson, Mississippi during an influential time for U.S. history. People are changing the way they view the African American population and how they should be treated. Along with how times and beliefs are changing, relationships are changing as well. When Minny becomes Celia’s maid after a tragic job loss, she makes an unlikely friendship that will continue on for years. Minny Jackson is a stubborn, big-mouthed maid, leaving finding a job very difficult. What didn’t help was when she got on the wrong side of Hilly Holbrook. When Minny just couldn’t take it anymore, she took some literal sweet revenge. This, of course, led to an unfortunate outcome. Minny was fired with seemingly no...
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...In fall 1982 seven people in the Chicago suddenly died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules manufactured by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The product was laced with cyanide. At the time Johnson & Johnson claimed no responsibility of the poisoning tablets but it did recall all its products from shelves of drug stores and supermarkets and replaced the capsule drug with tablets. The company came very openly and declared that they would never sell unsafe products to its customer. Johnson & Johnson at the time was praised in the media for the way they handled the recall and the company became a model for how to handle an ethical crisis. If we see the recent challenges that are happening to Johnson & Johnson is hard to believe that the company’s statement that gave back almost 30 years ago has not held true, the statement followed: “We believe our first responsibility is to the doctors, nurses and patients, to mothers and fathers and all others who use our products and services. In meeting their needs everything we do must be of high quality”. Below I will go through several lawsuits that Johnson & Johnson was faced in 2011 that made the company announced recently that it had recorded 3.3 billion charges and special items for fourth quarter 2011 in order to provide a reserve for probable losses from product liability lawsuits. All the lawsuits have in common the fact that all of them are manufacturing-quality errors. 1. On...
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...The Help is a film set during the Civil Rights era in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi, depicting a young white woman who convinces two black maids to aid her in creating a book about the treatment Negro maids endure in white homes, from their own perspective. When they embark on this journey together, they overcome numerous obstacles which ultimately changes social life for women in general. When the book "The Help" is released, not only is Jackson's High Society shown the error of their ways, but they recognize a few personal secrets as well. Needless to say, their community of glass houses come crashing down around them and nothing will ever be the same! The labeling of people into individual races and the succeeding discrimination was an anthropological practice that began in the early 19th century. This difference between races (whether in physical characteristics or social rank) was an expectable basis for prejudice against a different race or culture. Through the analysis of this film, the writer plans to prove that a rise in intercultural/interracial connection, and universal association, can eradicate all types of discrimination throughout the world. It is the predisposed nature of a culture to change, but at the same time, it is also equally geared to resist change. There are dynamics that push a culture to accept new ideas, while there are others that encourage consistency. What are those? The three main sources of influence that are responsible for...
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...A History of Tylenol Tylenol: the early years Tylenol was developed by McNeil Laboratories. It has as its active ingredient a generic compound that can be manufactured by most pharmaceutical companies: acetaminophen. After Johnson & Johnson acquired McNeil in 1959, it began aggressively to advertise the product—to health professionals—as an analgesic that was as effective as aspirin but easier on the stomach. By 1970, sales of Tylenol were growing about 20 to 30 percent annually, with projected sales to reach about $60 million by 1975. With the release of a number of studies in the early 1970s which questioned the wisdom of widespread dependency on aspirin as a pain-killer, the use of acetaminophen accelerated with Tylenol accounting for 90 percent of acetaminophen sales. Two-thirds of Tylenol users were introduced to the product by physicians. Others became familiar with it through hospitals, where it was used extensively—not necessarily because it was the medication of choice, but because it was generally less expensive than other analgesics and less interactive than aspirin. When a 1976 survey showed that consumers were generally aware that Tylenol was easier on their digestive system than other analgesics but felt that this benefit was achieved at a loss of efficacy to reduce pain, Johnson & Johnson introduced Extra-Strength Tylenol. Extra-Strength Tylenol became the first nonprescription analgesic to contain 500 mg of pain-killer per unit—the established industry...
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...company consists of 250 sister companies. “Our Family of Companies is organized into several business segments comprised of franchises and therapeutic categories (Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., 2013)”. Johnson & Johnson is broke up into three main segments which include healthcare consumer, pharmaceuticals, and medical device and diagnostics. During 1982 Johnson & Johnson accidently “replaced Tylenol Extra-Strength capsules with cyanide-laced capsules, resealed the packages, and deposited them on the shelves of at least a half-dozen or so pharmacies and food stores in the Chicago area. The poison capsules were purchased, and seven unsuspecting people died a horrible death. Johnson & Johnson, parent company of McNeil Consumer Products Company which makes Tylenol, suddenly, and with no warning, had to explain to the world why its trusted product was suddenly killing people (Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., 2013)”. Johnson & Johnson was informed of this mistake by a Chicago news reporter. The news reporter told Johnson & Johnson that the medical examiner in Chicago “had just given a press conference people were dying from poisoned Tylenol (Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., 2013)”. Johnson & Johnson remedially formed a seven-member strategy team to figure out how they could solve this problem most efficient and effectively. “The team's strategy guidance from chairman James Burke was first, "How do we protect the people...
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...dishonest, and has risked the health of many of our children." That's a damning indictment for any business, but an especially shocking one for Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, Fortune 500), one of America's most iconic and trusted brands -- the one whose products you give your children. For more than a century J&J has built a sterling reputation as the maker of such products as Band-Aids, Baby Shampoo, and Tylenol. It considers its business a mission -- at least according to its credo, which pledges responsibility first "to the doctors, nurses, and patients, to mothers and fathers and all others who use our products and services." But serious questions have been raised about the quality of numerous J&J products. Since September 2009, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the J&J division that makes over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, has announced eight recalls, including one for an estimated 136 million bottles of children's Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, and Zyrtec -- the biggest children's drug recall of all time -- that were potentially contaminated with dark particles. J&J has been excoriated by the Food and Drug Administration for failing to catch McNeil's quality problems. In April the agency slapped McNeil's plant in Fort Washington, Pa., with a scalding inspection report, causing...
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...A Johnson and Johnson Crisis Amanda Ferri University of Phoenix Darci DelTorto Tuesday, June 5, 2012 In 1955, McNeil Pharmacies introduced the first aspirin-free pain reliever for children and called it Tylenol Elixir. In 1959 when Johnson and Johnson acquired the brand, the medicine’s net sales were $11.4 million and by the following year the prescription only drug was approved for sale over the counter. In 1961, the sales of Tylenol kept rising and options for the drug kept growing and now included an adult regular strength formula. By 1975 Tylenol’s line of products became the 5th best selling brand of any analgesic in the United States. This also helped Johnson and Johnson create the McNeil Consumer Products Division to manage the rapidly expanding over the counter business. A year passes and McNeil launches the next best product of the company’s name, Tylenol Extra Strength tablets, becoming the number 1 branded over the counter analgesic in the U.S. Some say so much success comes at a price, and for Tylenol and Johnson and Johnson, the price became high in 1982. September 29 of 1982 was the start of a major country-wide scare concerning Tylenol Extra Strength. After becoming McNeil’s best selling product, Tylenol was held responsible for killing 7 people in the Chicago area. After investigations and autopsies, authorities found that the pills taken by these 7 people were laced with cyanide. Cyanide is a fast acting, very harmful even chemical. It can be found in...
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...Two types of children's cough syrup are being recalled after dosing cups with incorrect markings were included in the packaging, prompting concerns that children could become sick after an accidental overdose. The Perrigo Company is voluntarily recalling two batches of its children’s guaifenesin grape liquid (100mg/5 mL) and three batches of its children's guaifenesin DM cherry liquid (100mg guaifenesin and 5mg dextromethorphan HBr/ 5 ml) after a dosing cup with the wrong markings was included with the 4 oz. bottles. The medications are sold at nine major stores under different brand names across the country. The 4 oz. guaifensin grape liquid was sold at H.E.B and CVS while the 4 oz. guaifenesin DM cherry liquid was sold in Rite-Aid, Kroger, CVS, Dollar General, Sunmark, Topcare, GoodSense and Care One. Click here for more information. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aware of the recall. A company statement says that using these recalled products “according to labeled instructions with an affected dosing cup is unlikely to result in serious side effects”, and it says that there have been no reports of anyone becoming sick. "There have been no reports of adverse events to Perrigo as a result of the incorrect dosage markings," Perrigo's Chairman and CEO Joseph C. Papa said in a statement. "Perrigo is taking this action to maintain the highest possible product quality standards for our retail customers and consumers. We are taking this action because it is the...
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...at risk in an attempt to change the minds of the Jackson residents. What follows was, for me an emotionally compelling story, as we hear stories of cruelty and humiliation but also those of sensitivity. The Help is a beautiful story about friendship between women who were willing to cross lines and take risks in a time when it was dangerous to make waves or call for change that could result in violence. These women demonstrated a courage that is inspiring and that is what I think makes this book worth sharing others. This book has characters in it that I was able to empathies with and those, of course, who I disliked. The way in which Kathryn Stockett has written about her characters is so believable that that the story was untrue and as I was reading this book, it didn't cross my mind at all that it was fiction because everything Kathryn Stockett wrote about seemed so believable. It is told in alternating viewpoints from the three main characters which I don’t usually like in books, but this book worked really well and ensures that both sides of the story in...
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...The remake was announced by Sony Pictures in January 2011, Will Smith and his wife Jada-Pinkett Smith were attached to the project as producers from the beginning. Their aim was to make a ‘Black Annie’ and had their sights on casting their daughter Willow Smith to play the lead role. Jay Z was recruited to write new songs and revamp the old ones. A second draft of the film was written by Aline Brosh McKenna in July 2012 and then in August a production schedule was announced to begin in Spring 2013. By the beginning of 2013, the initial actress Willow Smith intended to play the lead role had aged out and Beast of the Southern Wild star and Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis had replaced Willow Smith in the lead role. The film now had a scheduled Christmas 2014 release. Jamie Foxx signed on for the role of Daddy Warbucks.role, now named Will Stacks. Cameron Diaz was cast as Miss Hannigan. Rose Byrne joined the cast as Grace Farrell, Stacks's faithful assistant and Bobby Cannavale joined the cast as a "bulldog political adviser" to Will Stacks. There are quite a few character changes in the 2014 version. The character of Oliver ‘Daddy’ Warbucks was revamped to create William ‘Will’ Stacks a technology entrepreneur in (predominately the telecom industry), who is running for Mayor of New York City. Miss Hannigan's first name is changed to Colleen, instead of her previous film name Agatha. She is a drunk who is bitter because she was never discovered as a singer. Just like in the original...
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...The Help has become a very memorable book and film in my collection. Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller novel, The Help takes place in the 1960’s in the midst of the civil rights movement in Jackson, Mississippi. It is a tale of friendship, rivalry, racism, female empowerment and freeing oneself from oppression. This novel tells the story of the “help” in Jackson, Mississippi. It mainly highlights the story of Aibileen and Minny, two African-American women who have worked as maids for white families their entire lives. Then there is Skeeter, who is a fresh out of college white gal who dreams of pursuing a career as a writer. After returning home from college, no explanation is given to her as to why the family’s African-American maid, Constantine...
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...MANAGING STRATEGY OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON I. INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGY Strategy is a long-term and future-oriented plan which interacts in the competitive environment in order to achieve company goals. (Thomson, 2003) Picture 1: Three levels of Strategy Source: Created by author An organisation contains three-levels of strategy. The top hierarchy refers the corporate-level strategies that attempts to make use of the firm’s unique competencies by accepting a portfolio to the business management by developing long term plans. And the middle is the decision-making hierarchy at business-level that translates the statement’s direction and generates corporate-level strategies for business units or SBUs. And the bottom hierarchy is functional-level that develops short term strategies and annual objectives in different areas of organisation. (David, 2003) II. ORGANIZATION & BUSINESS SEGMENTS Company Profile Johnson & Johnson- A most comprehensive health-care firms in the world and most diversified. J&J manufactures health care products for consumer & personal care, pharmaceutical, medical devices and diagnostics markets. It is operating its firms in 57 countries and nearly 200 companies around the world. J&J generates nearly half of its revenues from outside US; through its operating networks and marketing organizations that sells products in 175 countries. (Web 1) Key Facts- Johnson & Johnson Incorporated | 1887, Public Company | Employees...
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...Accounting 461-Project No.1 Part I JOHNSON & JOHNSON Corporation HISTORY Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical device, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500. Johnson & Johnson consistently ranks at the top of Harris Interactive National Corporate Reputation Survey,[2] ranking as the world's most respected company by Barron’s Magazine,[3] and was the first corporation awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy by the U.S. State Department for its funding of international education programs.[4] The corporation's headquarters is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States with the consumer division being located in Skillman, New Jersey. “The corporation includes some 250 subsidiary companies with operations in over 57 countries and products sold in over 175 countries.” Johnson & Johnson had worldwide pharmaceutical sales of $65 billion for the calendar year of 2011.[7] Johnson & Johnson's brands include numerous household names of medications and first aid supplies. Among its well-known consumer products are the Band-Aid Brand lines of bandages, Tylenol medications, Johnson's baby products, Neutrogena skin and beauty products, Clean & Clear facial wash and Acuvue contact lenses. In 2012, Johnson & Johnson announced that they will start to fund the therapeutic...
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...This case study is the primary story that has helped many businesses around the world deal with similar problems within their own companies. The way Tylenol and Johnson & Johnson handled these issues is paramount to how they should’ve been handled. Even President Reagan said that they have their deepest appreciation for living up to the highest ideals of corporate responsibility and grace under pressure. Today this case study is the threshold of how to conduct positive public relations honestly and openly and transparently even in the face of unspeakable tragedy. 3. Tylenol welcomed 60 minutes in during these cases to film so that Tylenol could address the situations and put the company at ease with the situations. They also had McNeil Consumer Products Company the subsidiary of Tylenol in this particular case study. The Chairperson of the...
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...Johnson & Johnson's year-to-year sales growth and 33 percent of the company's year-to-year profit growth. Tylenol was the absolute leader in the painkiller field accounting for a 37 percent market share, outselling the next four leading painkillers combined, including Anacin, Bayer, Bufferin, and Excedrin. During the fall of 1982, for reasons not known, a malevolent person or persons, presumably unknown, replaced Tylenol Extra-Strength capsules with cyanide-laced capsules, resealed the packages, and deposited them on the shelves of at least a half-dozen or so pharmacies, and food stores in the Chicago area. The poison capsules were purchased, and seven unsuspecting people died a horrible death. Johnson & Johnson, parent company of McNeil Consumer Products Company which makes Tylenol, suddenly, and with no warning, had to explain to the world why its trusted product was suddenly killing people. Robert Andrews, assistant director for public relations at Johnson & Johnson recalls how the company reacted in the first days of the crisis: "We got a call from a Chicago news reporter. He told us that the medical examiner there had just given a press conference-people been dying from poisoned Tylenol. He wanted our comment. Andrew's dilemma points out something that the media will often be the first on the scene, thus have information about the crisis before the organization does. Johnson & Johnson chairman, James Burke, reacted to the negative media...
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