Week 4 Case Study: Corporate Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Management

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The opioid epidemic has caused a lot of concern and attention in recent years due to the number of Americans who have died from opioid overdose. Read the case “The Opioid Epidemic” in the Harvard Business coursepack that you purchased.

In an APA-formatted paper of at least 4 pages, not including the cover page and references, discuss the following:

Have pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharma, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Insys Therapeutics, and others demonstrated corporate social responsibility? Explain why or why not?
How have these companies prioritized their stakeholders? Which stakeholders are most and least prioritized?
What steps should companies that manufacture opioids take in order to more positively respond to stakeholders and increase their corporate social responsibility?