Pfizer: Analysis of Social Responsibility Report and Ethical Practices

This report analyzes the social responsibility of Pfizer, a leading pharmaceutical company. It discusses Pfizer's code of ethics and business conduct, highlighting its commitment to ethical practices and transparency. The report examines how Pfizer addresses misconduct and maintains its reputation. It mentions the role of leadership, including the transition from Ian Read to Dr. Albert Bourla. The report references Pfizer's website and other news sources to support its findings, focusing on the company's efforts to maintain high standards of conduct and its approach to environmental violations. The report also references the company's efforts to maintain high standards of conduct and its approach to environmental violations. The report emphasizes Pfizer's dedication to providing quality healthcare services and its proactive measures against ethical misconduct.

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Pfizer is an American pharmaceutical company. It is regarded as one of the best
pharmaceutical company in the world.
All the employees in the organization around the world have to maintain the code of
ethics and business conduct of Pfizer. The code of conduct was first written before 20 years ago
and is published in several languages. This is also known as blue book. One of the fundamental
values of Pfizer is integrity. Apart from that excise of good judgement for making informed
decision in the organization should be included (Pfizer.com, 2019). The practices of the company
can be discussed among the leaders of the Pfizer. Apart from that the organization will not held
against the employees in case they raise concern or report a misconducts.
In the website, no particular case of fine has been mentioned. However, in order to track
the professional misconduct, violation tracker is maintained by this organization (Pfizer.com,
2019). From the table, it has been seen that most of the penalized cases are related to the
environmental violation.
CEO of Pfizer Ian Read is replaced by Dr. Albert Bourla who was the chief operating
officer of Pfizer (Kazin, 2019). The replacement was done as the change in the leadership in the
organization is needed to be carried out in a proper way.
The information are easily available from the websites of different news channels and the
official website of Pfizer.
Pfizer is one of the premium pharmaceutical company in the word. It has maintained the
responsibility of providing best quality of health care services. Apart from that the organization
has maintained social responsibility by maintaining transparent work practices and it has taken
down steps against ethical misconducts.

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References
Kazin, M. (2019). Pfizer CEO Ian Read to step down at year's end, will remain executive
chairman. [online] Fox Business. Available at:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/pfizer-ceo-ian-read-resigning-will-remain-
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Pfizer.com. (2019). Pfizer Code of Ethics & Conduct | Pfizer Business Conduct Policies | Pfizer:
One of the world's premier biopharmaceutical companies. [online] Available at:
https://www.pfizer.com/purpose/transparency/code-of-conduct [Accessed 8 Feb. 2019].