Begging your pardon: Exploring the impacts of pharmaceutical industry funding of non-profit organizations

TitleBegging your pardon: Exploring the impacts of pharmaceutical industry funding of non-profit organizations
Publication TypeThesis
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsKelly P
AdvisorBressler B
Academic DepartmentLeadership and Training
DegreeMaster of Arts M.A.
Number of Pages216
UniversityRoyal Roads University (Canada)
CityVictoria, BC
Abstract

This research inquiry explored one of the more controversial aspects of social action politics--the impacts of drug companies funding nonprofit healthcare groups. The research focus emerged from my personal experiences as both a cancer survivor/advocate and a board member of a nonprofit healthcare organization.The intent of this study was to recognize the integrity of my own and others experiences, relative to the research issues; to help clarify some of the controversial issues related to funding in the nonprofit sector; to explore emerging trends in the complex interrelationships and interdependencies at work in the system; and to identify the values and behaviors (if any) that might support ethical funding relationships, in response to the following question: How do non-profit healthcare organizations that receive funding from pharmaceutical companies describe the impacts of these relationships?

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