Senior managers fired for ethical misconduct

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This is the CEO of a company that decides to look away on the patient endangering not submission of NDA´s, protocol adjustménts etc etc... bcs it went wrong all over... then the fire some lower managers to make a good impression and then he ´makes a good show out of it; Ketchup marketing.
 












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Quotes Jimenez from his blog..doesn't say who or how many or why

http://www.pharmalot.com/2011/05/novartis-fires-senior-managers-for-ethical-misconduct/
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It cracks me up now that Novartis is all righteous about upholding corporate values - I am but one individual who in not too distant past was ostracized and then teed up for a layoff when I spoke up regarding unethical conduct and illegal business practices. Only now that the ole pocketbook has been hit do they find religion - I think Novartis and it's corporate culture are truly disgracful.
 






Anonymous said:
It cracks me up now that Novartis is all righteous about upholding corporate values - I am but one individual who in not too distant past was ostracized and then teed up for a layoff when I spoke up regarding unethical conduct and illegal business practices. Only now that the ole pocketbook has been hit do they find religion - I think Novartis and it's corporate culture are truly disgracful.
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Wow, great point!
 






The email and the blog post felt like Big Daddy spanking his children. So vague but so finger-pointy. So sick of management trying to make pharma like FMCG. It isn't.
 






Anonymous said:
It cracks me up now that Novartis is all righteous about upholding corporate values - I am but one individual who in not too distant past was ostracized and then teed up for a layoff when I spoke up regarding unethical conduct and illegal business practices. Only now that the ole pocketbook has been hit do they find religion - I think Novartis and it's corporate culture are truly disgracful.
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If he was serious about ethical misconduct he wouldn't have in the layoff severence package as a condition of receiving severence not having a whistleblower suit.

The title of the page is Agreement and General Release For New York Employees. It is under section B of Paragraph 2. Release of Claims.
B. I agree that this release of claims is intended to be broadly construed so as to resolve any pending and potential disputes between myself and the Company Releasees which I have up to the date of this Agreement, whether or not such disputes are known or unknown to me, including, but not limited to, claims based on express or implied contract; breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; any action arising in tort, including, but not limited to, libel, slander, defamation, negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress, or negligence; any and all claims for wrongful discharge; any and all whistleblower claims; any and all claims for retaliation; any and all claims for compensatory damages, punitive damages, equitable relief, and attorneys' fees; any and all claims based on or related to the Severence Pay Plan for certain Employees of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation;......
The paragraph continues but you see buried in there it lists whistleblower claims. Most people do not read every word on every page that is given and it is easy to miss. Most people out of necessity must take the severence package.

They talk the talk but don't walk the walk.
 


















Anonymous said:
If he was serious about ethical misconduct he wouldn't have in the layoff severence package as a condition of receiving severence not having a whistleblower suit.

The title of the page is Agreement and General Release For New York Employees. It is under section B of Paragraph 2. Release of Claims.
B. I agree that this release of claims is intended to be broadly construed so as to resolve any pending and potential disputes between myself and the Company Releasees which I have up to the date of this Agreement, whether or not such disputes are known or unknown to me, including, but not limited to, claims based on express or implied contract; breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; any action arising in tort, including, but not limited to, libel, slander, defamation, negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress, or negligence; any and all claims for wrongful discharge; any and all whistleblower claims; any and all claims for retaliation; any and all claims for compensatory damages, punitive damages, equitable relief, and attorneys' fees; any and all claims based on or related to the Severence Pay Plan for certain Employees of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation;......
The paragraph continues but you see buried in there it lists whistleblower claims. Most people do not read every word on every page that is given and it is easy to miss. Most people out of necessity must take the severence package.

They talk the talk but don't walk the walk.
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Look around you. Who has "retired" recently? Managers who have been breaking the rules and yet hanging reps for the same infractions? Anyone in a cherry position who has not reached their normal retirement age probably was offered the "opportunity" to leave without reprisal.
 






I spoke up - I followed the required process- went to my manager, who did NOTHING with the information! After 2 more months got completely fed up and reported to E&C myself.

I was later retaliated against- got handed the crappiest possible job. I believe my manager was in fear that I would/could do the same to them. I decided to leave and live again! Best decision I ever made with my career and my life. The place was like a cancer.

The kicker....

My manager ended up outing me. My manager then slandered my name all over the place.
The moral of the story....

Keep your information quiet- go to Ethics NOT HR, and probably a good idea to get an attorney. I did it all wrong! Well.... Until I left!
 


















Anonymous said:
I spoke up - I followed the required process- went to my manager, who did NOTHING with the information! After 2 more months got completely fed up and reported to E&C myself.

I was later retaliated against- got handed the crappiest possible job. I believe my manager was in fear that I would/could do the same to them. I decided to leave and live again! Best decision I ever made with my career and my life. The place was like a cancer.

The kicker....

My manager ended up outing me. My manager then slandered my name all over the place.
The moral of the story....

Keep your information quiet- go to Ethics NOT HR, and probably a good idea to get an attorney. I did it all wrong! Well.... Until I left!
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You are so right! Never go to HR! Ethics and Compliance is where anyone needs to go with complaints about policy matters or retaliation. It's definitely a level above HR. They will hear you out and investigate. Take it from someone who's had the experience and knows! HR is only for questions about your vacation, time off, etc.
 






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