MGMT 5900 JWU WK 4 The Pharmaceutical Companies & Social Responsibility Essay

Week 4 Case Study: Corporate Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Management 

       Drug price increases have been a cause  for concern and controversy over the past few years. Read the case  “Turning Pharmaceuticals: Fair Profit or Price-Gouging in the drug  Industry” in the Harvard Business coursepack that you purchased. 

In an APA-formatted paper of at least 4 pages, not including the cover page and references, discuss the following:

• Have pharmaceutical companies such as  Turning, Gilead, Valeant, and others demonstrated corporate social  responsibility? Explain why or why not?
• How have these companies prioritized their stakeholders? Which stakeholders are most and least prioritized?
• What steps should companies that  manufacture pharmaceuticals take in order to more positively respond to  stakeholders and increase their corporate social responsibility?