Bid Rigging Bid rigging is a major source of corruption in procurement organizations today. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)‚ “bid rigging (pr collusive tendering) occurs when businesses‚ that would otherwise be expected to compete‚ secretly conspire to raise prices or lower the quality of the goods or services for purchasers who wish to acquire products or services through a bidding process” (Danger‚ 2009). Bid rigging can occur is both public and
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6‚ page 358 5 References 6 Assignment 3 – Class 3 # 4‚ page 313 – Merck & Vioxx According to The New York Times article‚ “Merck to Pay $950 Million Over Vioxx” by Duff Wilson‚ the following lawsuits have been settled by Merck: Merck has agreed to pay $950 million and has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge over the marketing and sales of the painkiller Vioxx‚ the company and the Justice Department said Tuesday. Merck agreed to pay a $321 million criminal fine and plead guilty to one misdemeanor
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Analysis on Merck: Conflict and change Assessment: Merck is one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world today. Although encountered with success‚ it still faces many problems today while trying to be the market leader competing against its competition. While being research and development driven company‚ Merck now has to go beyond R&D to stay competitive in the pharmaceutical industry. The main issue that seems to come
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Licensing Parents Hugh Lafollette Lafollette’s thesis and argument is that we should require all parents or potential parents to procure a license prior to having children. Just as we have licensing programs for anything potentially very harmful today‚ we should also have one for being a parent. We license drivers‚ doctors‚ gun owners‚ and many other types of potentially harmful practices. So why shouldn’t we also license parents? Hugh’s argument is structured as this: P1: Any practice or
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100 50 80 40 60 30 40 20 20 10 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YEAR 0 To fill this pipeline gap‚ pharmaceutical companies are increasingly relying on in-licensing opportunities. Business development and licensing department identifies new pharmaceuticals that satisfy unmet needs and are a good strategic fit for the company‚ completes valuation models and forecasts‚
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decision (not covered in class?) Based on the pyramid of social responsibility‚ Merck is required to be profitable (base). Since the research of development will never be profitable to shareholders Merck should do develop the drug. Based on Merck’s actual value system‚ it wants to be ethical and even be a good corporate citizen. So Merck should conduct the research. Question 8 - If you were the senior executive of Merck‚ what would you do? (Open question) I would make assessment of the potential costs
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Memorandum Date: To: For: From: Subject: April 11‚ 2013 Jay Jenlink‚ Regional Vice President Securities Licensing Recruits Joshua Conaway‚ Sales Representative Getting Licensed to Increase Business with Primerica There are many business opportunities in Primerica Financial Services. One of the greatest opportunities is receiving residual income by helping clients with investing for their future. It is rewarding in knowing that you are helping your clients’ future financial status as well as getting
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Pada tahun 2005‚ Clark Richard menjadi CEO Merck & Co. Sedikitnya lebih dari satu tahun kemudian‚ CEO Pfizer Inc bernama Clark Kindler Jeffrey telah bergabung dengan Merck pada tahun 1972 dan berasal dari latar belakang industri‚ sedangkan Kindler telah bergabung dengan Pfizer dari McDonald’s pada tahun 2002 sebagai konsultan hukum umum. Seperti CEO mereka‚ kedua perusahaan itu secara historis mengikuti jalur yang sangat berbeda; Merck dikenal karena keahlian penelitian‚ sedangkan Pfizer dianggap
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Merck Ethics Study In developing a drug to combat river blindness‚ pharmaceutical company Merck discovered an opportunity to treat millions of affected peoples around the world that probably would never see commercial use. The drug in development‚ ivermectin‚ was unaffordable to the primary victims of river blindness‚ Third World peoples. Thus‚ Dr. Vagelos‚ the head of research at the time‚ treaded upon a ethical quagmire; he could either choose to scrap the drug and its further research or
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Marketing to the American consumer‚ purchasing a Chinese competitor and concentrate on hybrids. Marketing to the American public should have a two-pronged approach. Part one is to target the baby boomers born between 1945 and 1964‚ who have the income to purchase electric vehicles. The majority of patriotic “buy American” baby boomers who are reluctant to buy foreign vehicles are
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