Analysis of the Sackler Family Business: Ethics and Donations

This report examines the ethical and unethical behaviors within the Sackler family business, specifically focusing on the impact of their actions on reputation, particularly in relation to Purdue Pharma and their involvement with OxyContin. The analysis covers the role of donations to museums and galleries, the public's perception, and the consequences of unethical practices. The report explores the success of the organization from various perspectives, including the impact of donations, the services offered by museums, and the effectiveness of regulations. It highlights the importance of ethical conduct in business, emphasizing the need for transparency and responsible decision-making. The conclusion emphasizes the negative impact of unethical behavior on the organization's performance and recommends prioritizing ethical practices, monitoring performance, and ensuring good abilities within the organization to foster long-term success.

THE SACKLER
FAMILY
BUSINESS

Executive Summary
The current report is prepared with the aim of identifying the importance of the ethical
and unethical behaviour in the organisation. It governs that there are various task are
accomplished by conducting those facts which are conducted to make an effective strategy. As
the student of hospitality business it is essential to identify the importance of ethics in all the
functions of organisation.

Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................4
Success on the organisation receiving the donations in context of reputation and its impact due
to unethical behaviour.................................................................................................................4
Success of organisation through donation from public and its impact due to unethical
behaviour.....................................................................................................................................5
Success from the perspective of services related with organisation offered by the museums
and galleries................................................................................................................................6
Success from the perspective of effective regulations around organisation to receive donations
from unethical behaviour............................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
Recommendation ............................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The success for an organisation is associated with those factors that leads the
management to achieve their objective within predetermine period of time. The main motive to
huge success in market is to ensure the growth of organisation and its survival. With the
achievement of huge success in the market it is easy for a corporation to identify various
opportunity in the market. In order to become an successful organisation it is mandatory to
implement ethics in all functions of organisation (Umiker and et. al., 2014). As it regulates the
operations and functions of organisation by monitoring the difference between right and wrong.
Ethical behaviours , improves their image of an organisation that increases their chances to
achieve huge success in market. This report is based on the case of Purdue Pharma' which is
owned by the Sackler family that is one of the highly rich American-British family. In the overall
American, family of Sackler's is highly known for their donations towards Museums, galleries
and universities. This reports highlights on various perspective that is related with donations and
the reputation of organisation. Success of the organisation and its receiving from the public's
appearance and its impacts due to unethical behaviour. The success from the perspective relates
with various services museums related with organisation and its perspective related with the
prices and its impacts due to the unethical behaviour.
Main Body
Success on the organisation receiving the donations in context of reputation and its impact due to
unethical behaviour
In the present scenario, there are various task are performed by the organisation which
are directly related with organisation and its performance. Donations is one of the major part
from them that can leads a business house to improve their image in the society. It governs that
better results in terms of profits are earned by management due to constant donations. Sackler
family or the Purdue Pharma is always been consistent to increase market awareness about their
medicine (Safra and et. al., 2014). Donation is one the major CSR activity which is directly
related with the public interest. As after the analysis of case study, it is analysed that the firm do
large donations for the betterment of the museum and galleries.
All the aspects that are directly linked with receiving and giving of donations by the Sackler
family. Like, there are several facts and figures are present in the organisation which determines

that Sackler family earned huge profits from the sale of their medicine named as OxyCotin. But
all of this profits are earned by the organisation form unethical aspects. This results the
perceptions of individual towards the medicine is totally developed as a negative aspects. It is the
results the donations provided by the organisation is also consider as a wrong impact. So the
overall results which is monitored that Sackler family reputation is impacted because of
unethical practice in drugs and management (Rosengarten and et. al, 2017). Their are several
news headlines impact on the reputation of organisation such as donation from the empire of
pain, Pharma scandal of Sackler family and many more.
Success of organisation through donation from public and its impact due to unethical behaviour
Museum and galleries are considered as those parts through which are directly related
with ethics and values. In order to make such judgements it is essential for organisation to
perform their work in appropriate manner. It governs that due to the scandal of OxyContin,
Sackler family image is directly impacted because majority of the public boycott its medicine as
well as their donations. As among the overall perspective relates with management to perform
work and its goals relates with management is making their work to perform its goals and
various articles across the world. Their are various factors to make their business in order to
decline donations from drug cartels.
Respected institution, like the Louvre, Guggenheim, Victoria and Albert Museum are taking
donations from the Sackler family. The Sackler trust, it related with family's charitable
organisation donated million of dollars. All of UK current media is focused on Sackler family as
they belong to the British background. This determines that are various goals are presented by
them through which management focuses on all major areas as it enhances their work
performance (Mazor and et. al., 2014). The trustee and shareholders of the organisation faces too
many challenges as they are major stakeholders for the Sackler family. It determines the case of
Oxycontin creates too many challenges for them. So it results that they are facing challenges
relates with management decisions because of distrust among the people about their goals. This
results the management to complete their goals to make effective decisions. Purdue pharma
relates with various wrong decisions and in recent years they includes focusing to increase their
financial aid.

Success from the perspective of services related with organisation offered by the museums and
galleries
CSR practices is one of the major part that assist the large organisation such as Prudue
pharma to achieve their goals. This determines by providing donations to the society, public will
generate more trust in the society. Due to which it is for management to enhance their
performance. But the unethical practices leads generates major challenges as many museum
discarded to adopt financial gain from Sackler family. In this the first Metropolitan museum art
announces that they stop to receive gifts from the members of Sacker family as they are directly
related with the maker of OxyContin, as they are the world's most prestigious museums and one
of the most prolific philanthropic. So it is difficult for trustee of museum to accept donations
from drug dealers (Levin and et. al, 2015).
Most of the existing customer's of the organisation are driving their forces towards success as
well as failure of management. This refers it is mandatory for management to complete their
work by considering all those perspective which relates with dependencies of individuals. Due to
this it is easy for them to complete their work by generating the trust among individuals. This
activities relates with marketing initiatives and interest are generated through which it is easy for
company, to leads customer's towards their health advantages. Moreover, to generate more trust
in the society Sackler family needs to generate leads by convincing all the professional who are
related with medical field. On the other side, management also focuses to complete their work by
formulating it goals to set their work related with authorities. It refers to set the medicine by
manufacturing it on the basis of ethical practices.
Success from the perspective of effective regulations around organisation to receive donations
from unethical behaviour
Unethical behaviour is one of the major perspective and persistent problem relates with
non-profits and profits. Moreover, to helps the organisation management focuses on all those
factors with the problems leads them to solve problems. The author examines relates with factors
that is used to influence moral conducts and charitable organisation (Konigstein and et. al.,
2015). As they all works to complete and enhances all the possibilities which are related with
benefits of society. This determines all of its functions are performed for providing the benefits
to society.

In the context of the Purdue pharma, there are various decisions are related with different
practices due to which organisation face challenges to make effective decisions. Their are
various malpractices, ineffective decisions and addictive practices for OxyContin relates with
market. Their are various strategies, regulations and rules needs to be consider because it is
related with effective strategies. The main aim of the organisation is to boost their work by
undertaking them with the purpose of improving their image in the society. As most of the
decisions are not well and relates with the unethical behaviour (Hilly and et. al., 2015). This
refers all those strategies which are adopted by management in present scenario need to be
authorised and works as a backup for all those practices which relates with management
performance and the ethical practices. In the last, all the practices and overall performance of
organisation need to be managed in effective manner as it is directly related with the marketing
of OxyContin, that need to be successful enough as it is directly related with the profits and
revenues of the firm. Furthermore, organisation also gains and focuses on the preference of
consumers. As the firm functions are high due to which the negative performance which raises
due to pharma scandal need to manage because it is related with market share and benefits of the
upcoming benefits.
Their are high rates of the organisation deaths and hospitalisation is related with the
medical products name as OxyContin due to which there are various benefits are completed to
work. In the present scenario, Purdue Pharma convinced various states in order to sue the success
related with success of organisation. Moreover, to deal with the false claims, individual rates and
individual that ensure their action and unethical behaviour that is cased with the individuals. So
with the positive code of conduct and ethical practices to perform their work. In positive manner,
it is considered to complete with the rivals of the organisation (Hanson and et. al., 2015). So it is
easy for the management to complete the work by enhancing their work performance through
emerging the society in order to match their work by long terms benefits of the society.
CONCLUSION
In the last from the above report, it is concluded that there are various functions are
performed to achieve huge success in market. This all activities needs to be manage by
considering and analysing all ethical aspects. Moreover, it is also indicated that inappropriate
actions as well as unethical behaviour directly impacts on the behaviour of employees. This is
also appropriately conducted that Purdue pharma as well as Sackler family are very unethically

operating their business. In which one function relates with the producing a drug like Oxycontin
and ion the second basis to promote their products through unethical practices. Along with this
management also performance their work by completing its work to earn high amount of profits.
In the last, due to the adoption of unethical behaviour the performance of organisation also falls
because of the downfall in the ethical aspects of the firm.
Recommendation
This is simple and easy process that is adopted by the Purdue pharma that relates with the
appropriate decisions and ethical positions. Some of the major recommendations are mentions as
below:
Prioritization to good abilities- The ethical behaviour is one of the major factor that is
directly related with organisation and their abilities. So the management should focus on those
areas which are directly related with organisation and its abilities. Due to which management is
able to gain those perspective which are ethical in manner. This determines with the focus on
negative aspects management of organisation considers to implement good abilities to perform
their work effectively.
Monitoring- It is beneficial for organisation to measure and monitor all the work which
is related with organisational abilities. Their are various procedures and practices need to be
managed which directly enhances performance of organisation. On the other monitoring not only
helps to complete the work in appropriate manner but also leads them to control those factor
which reduces performance of organisation.
Reinforcements- This is the first aspect by which the firms are directly related with
organisation in order to implement them in appropriate manner. Their are various tools are also
engages by which the organisation is able to establish effective practices. Moreover, the major
task which is performed are related with the consequences of improving their work abilities and
results associated with medicine of the organisation and its negative impacts.

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