The Pharmaceutical Industry and Unethical Research Business Research Res/351 November 12, 2013 Aruna Abeyakoon The Pharmaceutical Industry and Unethical Research The pharmaceutical drug companies have a tendency to focus more on the sales and revenue than the research of any given product. This trend leads to misrepresentation of crucial scientific research on products. An article in The New York Times from December, 2005 reported scientific research fraud to be a growing issue impinging
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As per the fortune magazine, Apple Inc. was ranked the number one admired company in the ear followed by Google and Berkshire Hathaway. These score is based on the votes of the business people all around. All of these companies have to make sure that their stakeholders are comfortable in view of their long term goals. And to achieve stakeholder’s satisfaction, companies need to secure and gain trust in the companies. This is done by a company’s governance and code of conduct. Every company
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media ethics. Contents 1 Fundamental issues in the ethics of marketing 1.1 Frameworks of analysis for marketing Possible frameworks 1.2 Power-based analysis 1.3 Is marketing inherently evil? 2 Specific issues in marketing ethics 2.1 Market research 2.2 Market audience 2.3 Pricing ethics 2.4 Ethics in advertising and promotion 2.4.1 Content 2.4.2 Delivery channels 2.4.3 Deceptive Advertising and Ethics 2.5 The use of ethics as a marketing tactic 2.6 Neuromarketing ethics 2.7 Marketing
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Business Research Ethics “Ethics are norms or standards of behavior that guide moral and choices about our behavior and our relationship with others” (Cooper & Schindler, 2011, p.). When a business conducts a research, the business uses ethics to guarantee that no individual will be hurt or suffers from the consequences from the research. When a business is planning a research, some of the ethics a business must consider are to: protect the rights of the individual, follow the ethical standards
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Honor Code and Ethical Practice in Nursing ECPI University Abstract This paper explores the effects of academic dishonesty and violations of the Honor Code in Nursing School, and the importance of ethics and ethical behavior in the nursing field. This will include a review of the Honor Code, and a discussion of why it is important. It will also take a look at the Code of Ethics and will cover problems that may arise when violations of the Honor Code and unethical behavior occur, the responsibilities
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Business Research Ethics 1 Business Research Ethics RES/351 Dennette James Debra Marrano-Lucas
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Unethical Behavior Involved In 2002, CitiGroup Inc. and other top Wall Street securities firms were accused of misleading investors. This misconduct was done by the securities firms’ research divisions. The analysts used biased research to sell stock that they knew were not good buys. The analysts ignored the legitimate research because of concern over from backlash from their investment bankers. They were encouraged to do this by the investment sections of their companies in return for bonuses
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ethical code of conduct to confine the issues faced by unethical conducts. Many organizations such as pharmaceutical firms, technological firms and financial firms pay more attentions to ethical behavior to ensure the sales to consumers have been impeccably ethical. However managers pay attention to behavioral ethical conducts that ensure the professional attitude of sales force towards consumers/customers (Chen & Tang, 2006, 69). Recent unethical conducts by Enron and WorldCom highlighted the attention
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Research Ethics Digging Into Unethical Corporate Behavior In the textbook “Business Research Methods”, Cooper and Shindler (2011) define ethics as “norms or standards of behavior that guide moral choices about our behavior and our relationships with others” (p.32). Our culture and believes is what helps define and determine what is considered ethical, and what is unethical. “The goal of ethics in research is to ensure that no one is harmed or suffers adverse consequences from research activities
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1. Ethical issues relating to marketing and advertising, intellectual property, and regulation of product safety Ethical issues differ depending on the social code and daily morality. The fact that discussions on stem cell research, abortion, and consumer loyalty still invoke serious arguments proves that ethical issues are still of considerable concern and should be addressed. Most ethical issues including those in the business sector revolve around moral or principles of morality, right, and
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