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Ethical Issues of the 21st Century

Why and how a "confidential e-mail" might not be so confidential--and what can ensue when it leaks.

31 minute read September 29, 2008 at 10:41 AM
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Frederick L. Whitmer and Benjamin D. Goldberg
Ethical Issues of the 21st Century

This past January, when The New York Times published that Eli Lilly & Co. was engaged in settlement discussions with the government regarding the company's alleged marketing improprieties related to its Zyprexa' schizophrenia drug, the company accused federal officials of leaking the information to the press.

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