RES/351
August 28, 2013
Abstract
In the health care field, there are the right ways and unethical ways to research drugs that can save someone’s life or cure a deadly disease. Today one will discuss how a giant manufacturer company called GlaxoSmithKline put consumers’ lives at risk, so they can make him or herself rich. One will examine how this company put him or herself in the whole $3 billion dollars with several lawsuits from the US government through unethical research. One will discuss who was affected by the shameless acts of this company. In addition, one will explain how a company like this can have ethical ways of producing pharmaceutical drugs by following the rules. The company thought they could get away with unethical research because of money, but in the end justice will always prevail.
Business Research Ethics
“If you think corrupt and dishonest drug companies are being honest about vaccine safety, efficacy and adverse reactions, you have been deceived by their marketing and PR departments” (Belkin, 2012 pg. 2/6). Belkin was referring to the third largest global vaccine manufacturer in the world, GlaxoSmithKline. One will discuss the events, were GSK lied to the world about his or her products with false information to better themselves. GlaxoSmithKline is a prime example of an organization with unethical intentions that go by their rules and money can buy anything, like morals. Furthermore, one will discuss how this unethical situation could have been avoided and performed the right way to benefit, not hurt, there consumers.
After the merger of two giants, Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, GSK was established, and where based in Brentford, England. They were known for manufactured pharmaceuticals, vaccines, oral health care products, and over-the- counter medicines all over the globe. When a company is the third largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, one would think that he or she
References: Belkin, M. (2012, June). Pharmaceutical Company Forced to Pay $3 Billion Over Faking Research and Bribing Doctors. Retrieved from http://www.healthimpactnews.com/2012/Glaxosmithkline Herper, M. (2012, July). The terrible things GlaxoSmithKline did wrong and the things its doing right. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/Glaxosmithkline