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January  

Unethical  Practices  in  Health  Care  with  

focus  on  Pharmaceutical.  
Rohit  Gupta(141)      Indrajit  Banerjee(116)      Dhaval  Muchchla(108)  
Purba  Mukharjee(136)      Amit  kumar  (102)  
[Type  the  abstract  of  the  document  here.  The  abstract  is  typically  a  short  summary  of  the  contents  of  
the  document.]  

[ G I T A M   S C H O O L   o f   I N T E R N A T I O N A L   B U S I N E S S   V I S A K H A P A T N A M  
  
Business  Ethics  Project  (Pharmaceutical  in  HealthCare)  

Objective  :  To  describe  the  unethical  practices  in  Healthcare  industry  particularly    
Pharmaceutical  sector.  Causes  for  the  same.    Who  is  Responsible  and  accountable  
for  same  (Person/system/nature  of  industry)  
Theories  are  supposed  to  be  backed  by  at  least  description  of  two  live  examples  
from  the  industry.  Mention  the  source  along  the  side  or  below  the  heading  of  
the  example.  

Ex:  Times  of  India,  January  8,2009  (website/source  link)  

Theories  should  be  crisp  but  informative.  
 
Case  examples  format    
-­‐ Organization/s  involved  
-­‐ Place  
-­‐ Unethical  practice  
description  
-­‐ Impact  of  it,  people  
affected  
-­‐ Reasons  instigating  
unethical  practice    
-­‐ Whos  responsible  and  
Accountable/  flaw/  
lapse  
 
Report  Format  
-­‐ Times  New  Roman  Size  
:12  
-­‐ Major  heading  16  
-­‐ Minor  Heading,  if  any  
14  
-­‐ Do  not  use  CAPITAL  
any  where  in  heading  or  content.  No  bold  letters  anywhere.  
-­‐ Line  spacing  1.5.  No  paragraph  spacing.    Alignment:  Justified  
-­‐ Reference  at  last  page  of  their  own  part.  
-­‐ Each  of  us  prepare  their  own  index  page  highlighting  important  topics  
along  with  their  part.  

Last  but  not  the  least  

This  assignment  (individual  +  Group)  carry’s  50  marks.  
This  can  really  shoot  our  grades.  .  Remember  it’s  a  3credit  course.  As  a  
team  we  can  make  a  difference.  Individual  efforts  wont  be  fruitful  

Waise  bhi  one  among  the  last  assignments.  

Lets  do  it  together  and  give  our  best  
Framework  

Rohit  –  Unethical  practices  at  gross  root  level/intermediaries  

-­‐ between  Doctors  and  patients  
-­‐ patients  and  retailers  
-­‐ retailers  and  doctor  
-­‐ company’s  and  doctor  
-­‐ wto  and  public  health  

(at  end  give  ur  perspective  and  reasons  for  cause)  

Indrajeet  
-­‐ lobbying    
-­‐ corporates  influencing  drug  policy’s  
-­‐ nexus  between  govt  and  healthcare  cos  
-­‐ unethical  practice  at  govt  hospitals  
-­‐ scams  related  to  allocation  and  distribution  of  funds  during  disaster  
mangmt  

with  examples  supporting  the  point  

(at  end  give  ur  perspective  and  reasons  for  cause)  
Purba  :    
-­‐ Unethical  practices  :theoretical  perspective  (corporate  level,  
multinationals)  
-­‐ Learning  organization,  Corporate  governance,  Corporate  social  
responsibility  
-­‐ Atleast  2  descriptive  examples  
-­‐ (at  end  give  ur  perspective  and  reasons  for  cause)  
-­‐ Help  amit  with  conclusion  
Dhaval  

-­‐ Unethical  practices  at  corporate  level  related  to  

-­‐ -­‐research  and  development  
-­‐ -­‐patents  
-­‐ -­‐copyrights  
-­‐ banned  on  certain  drugs  reasons  for  the  same  (important)  
-­‐ ex:  rofecoxib.  Nimesulide  
-­‐ atleast  3  cases  
-­‐ (at  end  give  ur  perspective  and  reasons  for  cause)  
Amit  kumar  

-­‐ prepare  the  conclusion  covering  all  topics  mentioned  above)  

-­‐ this  can  be  only  done  after  completion  of  rough  draft  of  report  
 -­‐ unethical  practices  in  development  and  distribution,  price  charged  for  
wide  spread  diseases  like  Chicken  Guniya,  swine  flu  
I  propose  to  compile  d  report  and  would  send  to  amit  for  conclusion.  
I  take  responsibility  to  prepare  d  ppt.  (theres  no  need  to  send  individual  parts  in  
ppt)  
 
 

Time  deadline  :  9th  January  1  am  for  individual  parts  

Report  compilation  :  11.00  am  9th  January  
Conclusion  and  end  submission  :  9th  January  4pm  

 
Thank  you  all!!  
LETS  DO  IT……….