What was the initial ethical dilemma faced by the decision maker
in this case?
In 2004, Becton Dickinson, the world’s largest manufac- turer of
medical supplies and equipment agreed to pay Retractable, a small
innovative company making safety syringes, $100 million dollars for
damages it had inflicted on the small manufacturer. The year
before, Premier and Novation, two of the largest GPOs (general
purchasing organizations that buy supplies for hospitals and
clinics), had paid Retractable an undisclosed sum of money...