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"In internal documents, the executives had first referred to this initiative as 0$B but later shied away from using that acronym, fearing it could be taken as a sign of corporate greed. Dr. Peter Ringrose, the scientist in charge of the company's laboratories, said that OSB meant that Bristol-Myers would put its research money behind the scientific projects that had the greatest potential to reap massive sales." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"And sometimes that corporate greed led to a lot of harm. The more I looked at different drugs, the more I worried about whether the appropriate balance of safety and efficacy was being achieved. I also worried about whether too many people were taking these drugs and whether people for whom there was no hope of benefit were being harmed by drugs. I began to question assumptions that all doctors make. Were medications for cholesterol really that helpful for people without heart disease? Or for women? Should you really take a pill for something like diabetes, which is caused by eating too much?" - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"If you want to see corporate greed in action, just look at food marketing. If you want to understand globalization, look at how coffee is grown and how its profits are distributed. If economic terms like "externalities" make your eyes glaze over, consider what it costs to keep drinking water free of agricultural pesticides. If environmental issues seem too abstract, think about how coal-burning power plants affect levels of methylmercury in the fish you eat." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "The decades of delays are explained in part by ignorance, but even more by corporate greed and government collusion. Chisso did not have a low-cost alternative to mercury in its plastics-making process, the government did not want to shut down an industry that brought prosperity to the region, and local fishermen who opposed the dumping were silenced by company payoffs. Minamata should have served as a worldwide warning that mercury industrial wastes must be kept out of waterways, but no such luck." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"In 2002, following the Enron scandal (a resounding validation of Nader's campaign message against corporate greed and irresponsibility), Nader was interviewed by the New York Times Magazine. He was asked why there was more resignation than outrage in America. Nader responded: "It comes from a deep sense of powerlessness. When you feel powerless, your attitude reflects apathy, withdrawal, resignation, and that is a telltale sign of the degree to which our democracy has declined in the last twenty, twenty-five years." Then Nader was asked whether he had grown more pessimistic." - Bruce E. Levine, Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Get the book.)

"We both came to realize that until businesses changed their fundamental operating principles, our efforts would only amount to putting out brush fires started by corporate greed and lack of awareness. I took a fellowship at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1985, researching and lecturing about the impacts of development on indigenous communities. I continued to provide free legal work to indigenous peoples in the areas of environmental protection and human rights. Word-of-mouth among those communities brought me meaningful opportunities for service and adventure in several countries." - Dean Cycon, Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Get the book.)

"As the walls came tumbling down, they revealed the worst of corporate greed, an avalanche triggered by lies and fear. Losses to investors, customers, and employees were shattering—so large that a shudder was felt throughout the global economy. In the aftermath of the collapse, criminal charges were leveled at the firm's top executives. One of the world's most respected accounting companies, Arthur Andersen, with more than 28,000 workers worldwide, was implicated as an accessory and slowly dismantled, accused of accounting fraud." - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.) "You probably know someone, or know someone who knows someone, who has been laid off from their job in the latest business cycle of technology stock collapse or fallout resulting from corporate greed, offshoring, and downsizing. A friend of mine was recently RIFed, a casualty of her employer's "reduction-in-force." She got an impressive severance package but instead of being relieved, she was devastated. I went to see if I could cheer her up. "Why are you so unhappy?" I asked. 'You can take a year off and do whatever your heart desires." - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.)

"Whether you consider diabetes, or some other chronic disease, recognize that the Godfathers of corporate greed would rather enslave the patient base than free them by finding a cure. Dara Moyers, in the October 2003 issue of Diabetes, covered various aspects of curing a profitable disease like diabetes. After reading her article, I could not discern whether she was (1) defending the pharmaceutical industry; (2) massaging the diabetic community, making them aware of the many great "management" advances; or (3) hyping the impending diabetes "epidemic." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.) "In the race for the almighty dollar, has corporate greed supplanted the needs of humanity? History will record how badly the medical community has treated victims of diabetes and other chronic diseases in the 19th and 20th centuries. The 21st century must reflect change. Human rights and patients' rights must be partnered with medical compassion and freedom of choice. You, the juror —even if you do not have a chronic disease — will get your turn to fill the corporate coffers." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.) "As a Type 1 diabetic, I was forced into a position of compromising my health to satisfy Lilly's corporate greed. When rDNA human insulin was developed, my (former) doctor told me it was the best protocol and recommended that I switch. In my pursuit of a Ph.D., I had sat in many of the same classrooms as my doctor, but because he was an M.D., I assumed he had "insider information," that he knew what was best for me. WRONG! My fellow alumni nearly killed me! The switch to human insulin was disastrous." - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.) "Another example of corporate greed supported by "reliable" research, involves our children. Today's children are viewed as a life-long money stream for the pharmaceuticals, particularly if their parents can be convinced that they need the current "drug of choice" and that the drug is FDA-approved. (The increased use of psychotropic drugs, particularly antidepressants, provides a case in point.) Why hasn't the doctor taking care of your child questioned the use of these drugs?" - Brent Hoadley, Ph.D., Too Profitable to Cure (Get the book.)

"It is ineffective government regulations and corporate greed that allow food to be contaminated." CHAPTER SIX BACTERIAL RESISTANCE: The Dangers FOOtball fans might be familiar with the dramatic story of Shane Matthews, which was widely reported in the media. He was the Chicago Bears' starting quarterback for the autumn 1999 season. At six feet three inches and 204 pounds, the twenty-nine-year-old threw hard and scrambled fast. Massive, angry linebackers would grind him into the turf when they sacked him, but Number 9 would get up, shake off the hit, and call the next play." - Elinor Levy, Mark Fischetti, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Germs Threatens Us All (Get the book.)

"Lower frequency energies reflect a separation from the Universal force, someone who has lost his way, whose spirit has become disconnected from the goodness and harmony manifested in the Source. There is more than just a sense of well-being that is available to us at the higher frequency levels. There is wisdom, information and guidance. For it is on those higher frequency waves that our "intuition" hops aboard. You need to know if the job you are weighing is in your highest good? Ask the question, ask for signs, and then listen and watch. You'll have an answer." - Jackie Lapin, The Art of Conscious Creation: How You Can Transform the World (Get the book.)

"Because I feel it is my mission in life to blow the whistle on the corporate greed and the corruption in the boardrooms across the world and in the government agencies across the world. I believe it is my mission to help free the world of illness and disease and inform them about the truth about health, nutrition, and natural remedies. If you want to help me, I want you to know I absolutely need YOUR HELR I am under vicious constant attacks. The point is, and in order to keep this mission moving forward, I need your support, I need your positive thoughts, and I need your help." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

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