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- CREDO FROM JOHNSON & JOHNSON
- [a sample code of ethics if
- your company does not have one]
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- We believe our first responsibility is to the doctors,
- nurses and patients,
- to mothers and all others who use our products and
- services.
- In meeting their needs everything we do must be of
- high quality.
- We must constantly strive to reduce our costs in order
- to maintain reasonable prices.
- Customer's orders must be serviced promptly and
- accurately.
- Our suppliers and distributors must have an opportunity
- to make a fair profit.
- We are responsible to our employees,
- the men and women who work with us
- throughout the world.
- Everyone must be considered as an individaul.
- We must respoect their dignity and recognize their
- merit.
- They must have a sense of security in their jobs.
- Compensation must be fair and adequate and working
- conditions clean,orderly,and safe.
- Employees must feel free to make suggestions and
- complaints.
- There must be equal opportunity for employment,
- development,and advancement for those qualified.
- We must provide competent management, and their
- actions must be just and ethical.
- We are responsible to the communities in which we
- live and work and to the world community as well.
- We must be good citizens -- support good works and
- charities and bear our fair share of taxes.
- We must encourage civic improvements and better
- health and education.
- We must maintain in good order the property we
- are privileged to use,
- protecting the environment and natural resources.
- Our final responsibility is to our stockholders.
- Business must make a sound profit.
- We must experiment with new ideas.
- Research must be carried on,innovative programs
- developed and mistakes paid for.
- New equipment must be purchased,new facilities
- provided and new products launched.
- Reserves must be created to provide for adverse times.
- When we operate according to these principles,
- the stockholders should realize a fair return.
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