Corporate Responsibilities for Access to Medicines

Today there is a growing wave of demands being placed upon the pharmaceutical industry to contribute to improved access to medicines for poor patients in the developing countries. 1 This article aims to contribute to the development of a systematic approach and broad consensus about shared benchmark...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics 2009-01, Vol.85 (Suppl 1), p.3-23
Main Author: Leisinger, Klaus M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to health care
Basic rights
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Business structures
Corporate responsibility
Corporate social responsibility
Corporations
determinants of health
Developing countries
Education
Ethics
fair distribution of societal responsibilities
Health care
Health care industry
hierarchy of corporate responsibilities
Human rights
LDCs
Management
Medical service
Medicine
Nongovernmental organizations
Patients
Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical preparations
Philosophy
Poverty
Quality of Life Research
Responsibilities
Right to health
Social problems
Social responsibility of business
Social sciences
Subsidiary companies
Sustainable development
the pharmaceutical industry
Values
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Summary:Today there is a growing wave of demands being placed upon the pharmaceutical industry to contribute to improved access to medicines for poor patients in the developing countries. 1 This article aims to contribute to the development of a systematic approach and broad consensus about shared benchmarks for good corporate practices in this area. A consensus corridor on what constitutes an appropriate portfolio of corporate responsibilities for access to medicines -especially under conditions of 'failing states' and 'market failure' 2 – is not only in the interest of the world's poor, but also of corporations that want to contribute to the solution of one of the most significant social problems of our time.
ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1007/s10551-008-9944-4