Title | Begging your pardon: Exploring the impacts of pharmaceutical industry funding of non-profit organizations |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 2003 |
Authors | Kelly P |
Advisor | Bressler B |
Academic Department | Leadership and Training |
Degree | Master of Arts M.A. |
Number of Pages | 216 |
University | Royal Roads University (Canada) |
City | Victoria, 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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