"A great battle lost or won is easily described‚ understood‚ and appreciated‚ but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection‚ as well as observation‚ to appreciate it." --Frederick Douglass‚ 1864 "So they sought first to deprive the day [Memorial Day] of any significance to the living. Only the manhood and valor of the dead were to be commemorated. The dead were to be mourned; the cause for which they died forgotten. There was no other way by which the desired object could be accomplished
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Elora Jean & Company is deeply troubled about possible drug and alcohol abuse among employees. It is their goal to establish and maintain a drug-free workplace to provide a safer work environment. The goal here today is to recommend items that should go into this policy and to recognize the type of training that will be needed for management and employees pursuant to the new policy. In addition‚ there will be a discussion on how effective a new drug-free workplace policy will be in reducing work-place
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10/6/2014 Case 3: Merck and River Blindness 1. Why was Merck hesitant about developing a human version of Ivermectin? Merck considered this opportunity as a high risk investment. The cost of developing the drug was estimated at $100 million. Even if it was successful to cure river blindness the victims were too poor to afford the drug. There was no way to distribute it in these rural areas were the victims were located. In addition‚ there was a possibility that people would misuse the drugs‚ which would
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Kong‚ 19-22 August 2007 A MONEY LAUNDERING RISK EVALUATION METHOD BASED ON DECISION TREE SU-NAN WANG1‚ 2‚ JIAN-GANG YANG1 1 College of Computer Science and Engineering‚ Zhejiang University‚ Hangzhou 310027‚ China 2 Shanghai Pudong Development Bank‚ Shanghai 200002‚ China E-MAIL: wangsn@spdb.com.cn‚ yangjg@cs.zju.edu.cn Abstract: Money laundering (ML) involves moving illicit funds‚ which may be linked to drug trafficking or organized crime‚ through a series of transactions or accounts to
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Issued * Conclusion * References INTRODUCTION Compulsory licensing is when a government allows someone else to produce the patented product without the consent of the patent owner. The patent owner still enjoys the rights over patent .He is paid by the Licensee some amount as a royalty for his patent. The TRIPS Agreement list a number of conditions for issuing compulsory licenses. 1. Normally the person or company applying for a license has to have tried to negotiate a voluntary license
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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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Acquisition between Merck and Schering-Plough Introduction On March 9‚ 2009‚ Merck & Co.‚ Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation announced that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Merck and Schering-Plough will combine‚ under the name Merck in a stock and cash transaction. As the two companies’ combined 2008 revenues were $47 billion. The deal officially closed on November 3‚ 2009. Background of the two parties Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK)
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Merck and Company‚ Inc.: SWOT Analysis and Stakeholder Evaluation Merck and Company‚ Inc.‚ a.k.a. Merck‚ is a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company that engages in manufacturing and marketing medicines‚ animal products‚ vaccines‚ and consumer health products. As most companies‚ Merck desires to continue their success as one of the top health care innovators in the world. Conducting a SWOT analysis can give them insight into internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities
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Good deeds reframe bad deeds. Moral Licensing - justifying actions that are immoral‚ unethical‚ or otherwise problematic by doing good deeds in the past – has been documented in various domains in our lives. Revisionist History showed that several examples of moral licensing existing in politics‚ and I was curious about whether moral licensing also affected supporters of Barak Obama – the first African American president in US history. Case 1 – Election of the first African American President America’s
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Incorporate is a leading manufacturer of personal computers and notebook computers. The company is into research‚ design‚ development‚ manufacture and distribution of IT products worldwide. The company markets Acer brand products‚ including mobile and desktop personal computers‚ servers and storage‚ LCD monitors‚ projectors‚ high-definition TVs‚ peripherals and e-business solutions throughout the world. The company principally offers its products under four key brands which are Acer‚ Gateway‚ Packard
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