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“Corporate sponsored creation of disease”
Viagra is well known in the general community as THE drug when dealing with male impotence and erectile dysfunction. It has helped make drug company Pfizer millions of dollars in profits during recent years. But with the introduction of several competitors into the market, Pfizer is having to focus on encouraging people to move from taking a pill occasionally to regular and ongoing use of the drug. < Click for more> |
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IR reforms: the debate continues
The ACTU has begun its campaign against the Howard Government's IR reforms with a bang, but the Government has now waded in, hampered somewhat by the lack of detail of the proposed legislation. < Click for more> |
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Legal, but is it ethical?
Law firms are facing tougher competition with negative growth predicted for the next 12 to 18 months according to Corrs Chambers Westgarth chief executive John Denton. (Australian Financial Review [AFR] 23 June, p. 6). As a result, firms are becoming leaner and meaner, jettisoning unprofitable areas and people. Partners are being more closely monitored for individual profitability, behavioural problems; “under-performers” and “dead wood” are being “cut away”. < Click for more> |
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How common is the common good?
 Social good, the common good do not mean the same as the "greatest good for the greatest number" or the sum of individual goods. The idea comes out of a social and communal image of living the good human life. Neil Ormerod < Click for more> |
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