Final paper

Woodrow Rowell

01/17/19

Every company has the responsibility to ensure that they conduct activities which are ethical. This is known as the corporate social responsibility. John Kopchinski, a famous sales representative at for Plizer filed a case against his employer due to the company’s involvement in fraudulently activities with Bextra. the former employee argued that the act violated the Anti-Kickback statute. Plizer was reimbursing Bextra using funds from both the federal and state government. The company pleaded guilty thereby paying a fine of $2.3 billion. The whistleblowers ended up sharing a part of the fine adding up to $102 million. The whistle blowers acted ethically since it was an illegal practice from the company. The unethical acts were revealed through leakage to some media outlets. Additionally, the whistleblowers filed a case against the company. This was the last straw for the giant pharmaceutical company since they pleaded guilty to the allegations. The company ended up losing a huge amount of money (Benowitz, 2009).

The whistleblowers benefited from their actions through sharing of the fines from the company. The company also reviewed its whistle blowing policy. As a company representative, I would have handled the case by pleading guilty to the allegations. According to the evidence presented to court, it was clear that the company was involved in the unethical practices. This case represents one among many whistleblowing cases where the company acts unethically. In this case, the company unethical practices were due to affect public funding of Medicare. The employees’ actions were just and show responsibility. This is because the pharmaceutical company failed to practice social responsibilities. Their actions were against the law which would eventually have a negative effect on the community together with the economy. The company actions failed to achieve a corporate environment likely to be respected by the society.

References Benowitz, D. (2009, April 13). Famous Examples of Whistleblowers. Retrieved from CRIMINAL LAW DC: http://www.criminallawdc.com