org/gsk-pays-3-billion-fine/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/business/glaxosmithkline-agrees-to-pay-3-billion-in-fraud-settlement.html?_r=0 The pharmaceutical giant and British drug maker‚ GlaxoSmithKline‚ has agreed to plead guilty and pay the government three billion dollars in a health care fraud settlement bought by the FDA. This is the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company in recorded history. GSK have admitted to committing three fraud charges. They promoted the off-label use of two anti-depressant
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Animal Testing for Pharmaceuticals: Ethical or Unethical? People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is a foundation that has been described as “by far the most successful radical organization in America” (Carlton). The keyword “radical” is a perfect adjective used to describe PETA. According to the co-founder and president‚ Ingrid Newkirk‚ they pursue total animal liberation from serving humans which clearly means no meat and dairy‚ but also means no medical research using animals. PETA
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Over the last half century the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our wildest expectations. This has been driven by technological and scientific breakthroughs that are changing the whole way we view the world on an almost daily basis. This means that change is not always a personal option‚ but an inescapable fact of life‚ and we need to constantly adapt to keep pace with it. Those people who believe they have achieved some security by doing the same‚ familiar things
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Need for Change Changes are simply a part of life‚ whether it is something major like a new school or job or as straightforward as a new shirt. The fact that changes can be unique as well as the individuals that they happen to‚ it is safe to say that the responses to changes will be quite varied. There will be individuals who are constantly seeking something new as well as the other end of the spectrum with some people being very resistant to change. All change will be met with some form of resistance
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Presentation Outline Does Ford Need to Change Its Corporate Culture? I. Introduction – Segment length: 1:00. Total: 1:00 a. Relationship of Topic to Course i. Leadership ii. Power and Politics iii. Decision Making iv. Organizational Culture and Development b. Topic question: Does Ford need to change its corporate culture? c. Answer: Yes‚ mistakes in corporate decision making and failure to keep up with competition has left Ford’s market share dwindling. d. Methodology i. Survey (Primary)
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Tap Tap Boring night‚ boring day Tap Tap Regular night‚ regular day Tap Tap But... Tap Tap ...Why? I mentally tapped my fingers on the kitchen counter as I drink some water from the cup in my hand. I had just been through a long day of classes‚ and it was around two o’clock AM and I had gotten thirsty in the middle of the night. I haven’t been able to sleep for some reason for the past few days acually‚ because of a lingering thought in my mind. It has been bugging me and I just can’t sleep if it
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In today’s society the need for organizational revolution has become a necessity. Through many factors‚ such as competition‚ the economy‚ changes in technology‚ etc. we see the need to develop new forms of an organization. Constant change in society creates the struggle for improvement and finding effective ways for dealing with change. Some concepts to consider when deciding on an appropriate strategy to combat change include: organization behavior‚ organizational culture‚ diversity‚ communication
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A Process for Changing Organizational Culture Kim Cameron Ross School of Business University of Michigan 701 Tappan Street Ann Arbor‚ Michigan 48109 734-615-5247 kim_cameron@umich.edu In Thomas G. Cummings (Ed.) Handbook of Organizational Development‚ (pages 429-445) Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage Publishing. A Process for Changing Organizational Culture Kim Cameron University of Michigan Much of the current scholarly literature argues
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The Change in Culture There are many factors that influence and facilitate change in cultures and socirties. Cultures rely on change in order to evolve their cultures and to expand there horizen and become a more succusful civilazation. Without it they would be the same underdeveloped civilization they were thousands of years ago‚ with no substantial future to look forward to. Factors such as agricultural development‚ techinques to fighting wars‚ the influence of music and
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WorldCom: Organizational Culture and Unethical Safeguards Organizational culture is one of four influences whether an ethical or unethical behavior will be made. WorldCom’s demise‚ deliberately overstating their income by $7 billion between 1999 and 2002; and their once valued stock of $180 million becoming nearly worthless‚ can attribute a significant amount of their failure on their “dis”organizational culture. Corporations worldwide who do not think this type of fraud can happen at the hands
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