Tag: Your Daily Dose: The Ethics Behind Pharmaceutical Marketing

Bayer and The Bees (via Your Daily Dose: The Ethics Behind Pharmaceutical Marketing )

On By southwerkIn business ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, ethics, Philosophy of Business

This is a fine business ethics essay from my friends at “Your Daily Dose” in this case, Christine. (If you are reading this, Christine, I will be happy to use your whole name, should you desire it.)

The writing is clever. The information is interesting. The business ethical question dead on point.

Doesn’t get any better than that!

James Pilant

Bayer and The Bees So when I was in high school, my physical science teacher explained to a classroom of generally disinterested students the phenomenon of Colony Collapse Disorder: or the dying off of our world's honeybees. The idea is simple: without honeybees, there is decreased pollination. Without pollination, there are fewer plans….Continue up the steps of the food chain until you get to us. No more humans! The catastrophe is caused the worldwide decline in … Read More

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Dollar$ for Doc$ (via Pharmaregulations – Also Known As – Your Daily Dose: The Ethics Behind Pharmaceutical Marketing)

On By southwerkIn business ethics, Capitalism, ethics, White Collar Crime

My good friends at pharmaregulations have one hot off the press written with their usual style. They are kinda’ knocking me out of this area of reporting, their stuff is so good. And that is just fine. I have plenty of ground to cover and they cover this brilliantly. It’s not a long post. Give it a read. It’s good stuff.

James Pilant

Dollar$ for Doc$ The pharma blogosphere is exploding today with breaking news about a marketing practice by drug companies: your doctor might be on their payroll. Propublica, a company dedicated to "journalism in the public interest", compiled a report of all doctors in all states that received kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies to prescribe their name-brand (more expensive) drug even if there is a generic form available. The data is only on seven companies … Read More

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