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Pharmaceutical and Medical Device
The Hong Kong Business Ethics Development Centre publishes a wide variety of resources for use by the pharmaceutical and medical device industries as reference and training tools for enhancing ethical management and staff integrity.
E-learning Materials
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Case Studies
Customary trade practice not a defenceBill, a regional manager of a medical equipment company, treated the supplier’s representatives with lavish entertainment and a Macao trip. To show his hospitality, he also offered them casino chips and red packets. 
Corruption in the assessment of medicineThe CEO of a pharmaceutical company offered company shares to Dr A for his assistance in writing a favorable report for a new drug. 
Misuse of proprietary informationA product engineer of a medical equipment company decided to develop an electronic thermometer for his employer based on the design of a similar product in his previous employment disregarding the confidential agreement signed. 
Fraud in procurement of medical equipmentDr M is the department head of a private hospital and his girlfriend worked for a medical equipment company. Dr M instructed his subordinate to manipulate the quotations submitted by other suppliers so that his girlfriend could secure the contract. Training Videos
Social Freshmen: Professinal Integrity (Medicial Industry) (Cantonese only)
Dr. Lau, a senior doctor of a private medical centre often attends overseas medical seminars sponsored by a pharmaceutical company and issues sick leaves certificates to his friends without face-to-face consultation…
Out of Good Intention - Integrity Promotion Campaign for Public Bodies Training Video (Trailer)
Eric, a specialist doctor in a public hospital, is most respected by his patients and colleagues as he is always considerate of his patients’ well-being. Nevertheless, his newly married wife Kelly, who also works in the same hospital, was sometimes unsure about her husband’s way of doing things at work...
"Separate business from the personal" - Micro Film Series on Business Ethics
Jane discovers that her colleague has been fabricating quotations and awarding puchase order to a firm which he secretly set up …
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