This research aims to discuss how multinational pharmaceutical companies have responded to the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which would ideally be translated into supplying vaccines in a timely and efficient manner to fight against that emergency. The theoretical approach relies upon the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), implying enterprises are supposed to achieve a balance of economic, social, and environmental deliverables while, at the same time, addressing the expectations of both shareholders and stakeholders. The method consists of scrutinizing secondary data—mainly figures of the vaccines provided by the different companies— and qualitative content analysis of the actions they state they have taken, which have been conveyed in press releases and annual reports. The findings show that major corporations have primarily considered the financial aspects of CSR, leaving out the social component they claim to address in their mission statements. Our critical position is that millions of lives could have been saved and relevant economic downturn avoided, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, had there been true practice and implementation of the CSR principles on the pharmaceutical company part.
There is no doubt at this stage of the solid evolving global relevance of universal human rights in a complex global scenario like everyone faces today. The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have produced, and are still causing, an overwhelmingly negative impact on the standard citizens’ lives. As drastic as it is, such affirmation is sustained in the serious deterioration in a considerable number of democracies around the world, but especially reflected in Latin America, a region of six hundred (600) million inhabitants (Werthein & Abrantes, 2021). This research aims to assess the scope of the violation of individuals’ basic human rights caused by the COVID-19 pandemic administration in Latin American countries. Unreasonably extended lockdowns and other misleading and inappropriate measures implemented by different Latin American administrations have had unsurmountable and dramatic consequences for the region's inhabitants. Many Latin American governments have inadvertently put in place two (2) excluding options for their populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It had to be either healthcare and fight against COVID-19, on the one side, or economic sustainability, on the other, but not the two (2) simultaneously. Losses of thousands of lives, economic devastation, thousands of business shutdowns, millions of job losses, and educational catastrophes have all affected essential freedoms and individuals’ basic universal human rights recognized by modern constitutions, including those in Latin America. As discussed, these are the resulting consequences of governments’ failure to build up necessary resources, be readily prepared to face catastrophes of this sort, and act with integrity and transparency in managing public funds. Both quantitative (i.e.numbers and statistics) and qualitative (i.e., secondary data) methodologies have been used to arrive at very relevant conclusions. Sustainable results of this research reflect how mismanagement of the pandemic, including corruption practices by certain Latin American governments, has led to catastrophic consequences in healthcare and the economic field.
The aim of this research was to show how covid-19 was managed by governments across different nations – Argentina, Brazil, India, Pakistan, and Turkey – focusing on political, economic, and social aspects. Research covered the period from April 2020 to April 2021. After showing data about the pandemic, this research did an analysis of the official discourse and the measures adopted by using comparative and qualitative content analysis as methodological approach. In the research, figures were contrasted with the authorities’ measures and their outcome in terms of immunization level and number of deaths. Results demonstrated that there was a lack of coordination to follow the plans and political use of the pandemic to cover the tackling of problems awaiting resolution. Given the global extent of the covid-19 pandemic and its negative consequences, it was concluded that it would have been wise to treat it as a pan-coordination action beyond national borders instead of addressing individual countries’ interests. Such approach would have allowed to accelerate reaction and benchmark practices to achieve a faster mitigation of harmful effects, thereby saving millions of human lives, as well as preventing the devastating consequences in the economic and social realm.
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