Instructions Read Case 5.2 on pp. 226- 228 - Drug Dilemmas. (Of course‚ you must read Chapter 5 prior to reading the case :) Chapter 5 is very interesting in many respects. We need to consider whether corporations have social responsibilities and whether they have moral responsibilities in addition to making profits. You can see it’s a difficult balance to attain. Go to pages 202-203 to read about "Corporate Moral Agency" and the 2010 Supreme Court ruling giving corporations First Amendment
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Case 6.4: Drug Dilemmas The cost of new medical drugs seems to be accepted by many people who use them. These pharmaceutical companies increase their profits more and more each year because many people assume that it does cost a lot of money for research and development. Where in reality‚ they are only spending about 15% of their profit margins on research and development alone. A huge percentage of these drugs are actually tested in other countries where people are more willing to do trials
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safety. Yes‚ drug prices reflect a fair and competitive market. Pharmaceutical companies are in the business to provide treatment/cures to diseases that were considered killers just a few years ago. The high cost is misinterpreted as a greed endeavor. However‚ what the public fails to understand is that for every ten projects there is one that will provide suitable results. Those eleven projects will cost billions of dollars in R&D. Not to mention that the life cycle of a drug has only 7 years
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Case 6-4 1. All three methods do affect the net income - Deducted Purchased Goods: Will affect the cost of the good by decreasing it‚ which will affect the net income in the period the product is sold. - Other Income: Net Income would be higher than the other methods. - Not taken discount as expense: Cost of goods sold will be lower as discount will be counted‚ however it will decrease net income while being an expense. Overall‚ the cost of goods sold will be affected‚ therefore gross margin
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Deuteronomy 6:4-6 An Exegetical Research Paper Hear‚ O Israel: The Lord our God‚ the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. ESTABLISHING THE TEXT The text is a passage known as the Shema (“Hear”) which has become the fundamental dogma of the Old Testament and was also identified in the New Testament (Mark 12:29-30) as the most important of all the commandments
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An omnidirectional antenna radiates transmissions out and receives transmissions in from all directions‚ although not equally in all directions. Most of the antennas in this category are thin rods or long flat sticks. Exercise 6.4.2 Using Figure 6-12 as a guide‚ explain what type of antenna and which channel should be used for each of the APs that are placed. Given the capacity of each AP‚ is this placement sufficient to cover all the classrooms and labs? Why or why not? A directional antenna
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The institutionalization of business ethics: ethical dilemma case Laws and regulations are established by governments to set minimum standards for responsible behavior-society’s codification of what is right and wrong. The issues surrounding the impact of competition on business’s social responsibility arise from the rivalry among businesses for customers and profits. Intense competition sometimes makes managers feel that their company’s very survival is threatened. In these situations‚ managers
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importance of strategic management to a small business. 2. Explain why and how a small business must create a competitive advantage in the market. 3. Develop a strategic plan for a business using the nine steps in the strategic planning process. 4. Discuss the characteristics of three basic strategies: low cost‚ differentiation‚ and focus‚ and know when to employ them. 5. Understand the importance of controls such as the balanced scorecard in the planning process. Part 2: Class Instruction
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Chapters 4-6 Assignment There a variety of reasons on why a person joins a gang. In class‚ we discussed a variety of different risk factors that can help predict membership. In the video former gang member‚ Marlin Henderseon discussed his experience within the gang culture. One of the risk factors that we discussed in class involved the family structure. Since both of his parents were crack addicts‚ he did not get to bond a lot with his family. As a child‚ his parents were not always there for him
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Treatment in the Continuum of Care Detoxification and Inpatient Treatment Detoxification First stage in addiction treatment Represents beginning of treatment/No an end in itself Residential Treatment Primary modality for treating alcoholism‚ drug addiction‚ and other addictive disorders Group Treatment in the Continuum of Care Partial Hospitalization and Day Treatment Day
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