Sunday, October 23, 2011

Ethical Question


Post 8

Is it ethical for a physician to accept Wild tickets from a pharmaceutical rep to take her family to the game?
Provide an argument for this based on the current ethical fabric of society and what is accepted in the organizations involved.

This is a tough call to make here but it comes down to what the circumstances are. If the tickets are intended as a bride to the physician to prescribe the drugs sold by the pharmaceutical rep in the intent of profit then no it wouldn't be ethical. On the other hand if the gift is intended as a friendly gesture between the two in witch mutual benefits will result then it is ethical. By this I mean if the physician doesn't sway his mind set on which pharmaceutical rep he will go with based on the gesture, he makes his mind up based on other factors. 


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