Novartis ' Latest Ethical Misadventure: Did it Pay to Play ... with the US President?

DiscussionMost corrupt actions require two parties.  While it is understandable that there has been tremendous recent interest in evidence that the Trump regime is corrupt (lookhere), any such corruption had to have been enabled by unethical actions on the parts of others.  Those others likely included large numbers of leaders of large corporations, including health care corporations.  We have shown repeatedly that top leaders of US health care organizations have enjoyedimpunity that has allowed them to foster a host of unethical actions, includingcrimes such asbribery,fraud, andkickbacks, and truehealth care corruption.Our societal tolerance of health care (and other forms of) corruption probably enabled the currently breathtaking scope of executive branch corruption.  For a long time we have argued thathealth care corruption is a major cause of health care dysfunction.  As we wrote in August, 2017, Transparency International (TI) defines corruption asAbuse of entrusted power for private gainIn 2006,TI published a report on health care corruption, which asserted that corruption is widespread throughout the world, serious, and causes severe harm to patients and society.the scale of corruption is vast in both rich and poor countries.Also,Corruption might mean the difference between life and death for those in need of urgent care. It is invariably the poor in society who are affected most by corruption because they often cannot afford bribes or private ...
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