Merck‚ the FDA‚ and the VIOXX Recall MBA 520 Ethics and Leadership in a Global Environment 11.15.2009 MBA 520 15 November 2009 Merck‚ the FDA‚ and the VIOXX Recall In 1999‚ Merck started a clinical trial called VIGOR‚ checking the effectiveness of VIOXX in patients with gastrointestinal problems‚ and in this trial they noted for the first time that patients taking VIOXX suffered roughly twice as many heart attacks and strokes as those taking the control‚ Naproxen.
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Food Recalls: How Effective Are They? By James Hill Business Writing Ethics Paper November 10‚2011 Meredith Beckman‚ instructor Food is an important resource for the human race. It nourishes our bodies and provides needed energy for daily life. The types of food we eat can determine how healthy we become and how our bodies function. Too often we don’t consider these issues when choosing food. We also take for granted that the food options available are safe. It usually takes a food recall
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C. Keith “Total Recall the Ultimate Dystopian Narrative” Total Recall is a movie based on Philip K. Dick’s story‚ “We Can Remember it for You Wholesale‚” Total Recall is a 1990 dystopian movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger‚ directed by Paul Verhoeven. In order to truly discuss dystopia‚ we must first define utopia and then in turn dystopia. A utopia is a place‚ or condition that is ideally perfect in all respects. This applies to its laws‚ customs‚ practices‚ and living conditions. A dystopia
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The Effect of Color on the Ability to Recall and Recreate a Series of Images from Short Term Memory (STM) Problem Statement The purpose of this experiment is to test the role color plays in one’s ability to recall and reproduce a series of objects. Specifically‚ if presented with images in high contrasting color‚ does a person have a greater ability to recall and recreate those images from STM compared to images presented in black and white? Relevance of the Question The information gained from
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Marketing Proposal and Strategy for New Xiaomi Product “MiSpectacles” Co-authored by Kyaw Soe Hein 12 Feb 2015 ABSTRACT This document provides a marketing report on Xiaomi Inc‚ a multinational corporation based in Beijing‚ China. Xiaomi is a privately owned Chinese electronics company founded by Lei Jun and several partners in 2010‚ and which has now grown to be the world’s third largest smartphone distributor. The report begins with an introduction Xiaomi and briefly highlights the company’s
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Aligning The Supply chain Strategies With Product Uncertainties Introduction • Why Should We Align Supply Chain Strategy? • Supply Chain Strategies in the Information Era • Setting Up a Right Supply Chain Strategy to Match Product Uncertainty • Categorized products into two: Functional Product and Innovative Product. Two Types Of Risk • Demand Uncertainty • Based on Product attributes: Functional and Innovative. • Supply Uncertainty. • Based on Supply Processes: Stable and Evolving. Demand
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down one of the manufacturing plants in America forcing hundreds of employees out of work‚ my view on responsible commerce shifted. When I first read the overview of the case I was very anti-Levi as they left so many employees without work however after re-reading the case and analyzing it further my view shifted. I find the main point in Responsible Commerce is people do not know the full story and make judgments based on the filtered information they receive‚ making it extremely difficult for companies
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4.3.5 Strategies to match product uncertainty As described in the previous sections uncertainty can have a huge impact on supply chain processes and its performance. Lee brought Fishers and his findings together and developed a framework that provides four strategies which considers uncertainties on demand and supply side (Lee‚ 2002): Figure 1: Product uncertainty (Source: Lee‚ 2002) For products with low demand and low supply uncertainties companies should focus on improving the efficiency
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China‚ officially the People’s Republic of China‚ is the largest country in East Asia. It is located in Asia-Europe mainland east‚ the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. China is one of the fastest economic growths‚ but Chinese productivity overall level is relatively low‚ area develops lopsided; level of science and technology and cultural quality is not high enough. “China is the world’s …over 1.3 billion…” [1] It shows how many people China has now. And the most intensive urban are Shanghai‚ Beijing
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this case of Ikea‚ they adopted the cost leadership strategy and product differentiation to their business model. In order to maintain cost leadership in the market‚ internal production efficiencies must be greater than that of competitors. Under Ikea’s strategy‚ suppliers are usually located in low-cost nations‚ with close proximity to raw-materials and reliable access to distribution channels. These suppliers produce highly standardized products intended for the global market‚ which size provides
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