(Final Project)
A) What line of business is your company
The company I was asked to research is Matthias Rath. Dr. Rath is from Germany and is an international scientist, physician and health advocate. His scientific discoveries in the area of heart disease, cancer and others are reshaping medicine. Dr. Rath believes that vitamins can cure aids, cancer and other diseases. He founded Dr. Rath Foundation, which is use to support research and education for natural health and humanitarian efforts [1]. He has, also, founded Cellular Medicine, which is a new health concept that identifies nutritional deficiencies at the cellular level that cause many chronic diseases [1].
Lastly, Dr. Rath Research Institute, which is financed only by patient and people who have benefited from the research conducted and the natural health programs developed at the Institute. His Research
Institute has become the leading institution of its kind in the world [1]. Dr. Rath has published several books, which two of them “Cancer” and “Why Animals Don`t Get Heart Attacks” have sold millions of copies in all major languages [1].
To recap, Dr. rath and company believes that his vitamins are the cure for diseases and that pharmaceutical companies are not credible.
Dr` Rath Foundation Mission Statement: “Responsibility for Health, Peace and Social Justice”
B) What are some of the things that have made Dr. Rath`s company unethical?
While Dr. Rath believes that his theories and his vitamin products can cure aids, cancer and other major diseases, not everyone believes in them nor have they been scientifically standardized. On the opposite, many will argue that Dr. Rath`s organization and company have been illegal but also unethical. Dr. Rath tried to enter the market in many countries to promote his products. After reading a lot of material on
Dr. Rath`s theories and products, it is not conclusive nor scientifically tested that his products
References: [1] “Dr. Rath Biography” . [2] Barrett, Stephen. “Matthias Rath`s Cancer Treatment Criticized” . [3] “TAC Briefing, Defend government’s antiretroviral programme”. 18 April 2005.