
82 Case Studies in Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
EXHIBIT III: Product recalls
Date Products Problem
8 March 2011 5 lots of insulin pump cartridges Potential leaks
2 March 2011 107 batches of surgical sutures Potential sterility problems
11 February 2011 70,000 syringes lled with the antipsychotic
drug investigations
Cracks in the syringes
14 January 2011 50 million bottles and packages of various
kinds of Tylenol, Benadryl, Rolaids and other
consumer products
Lax cleaning procedures at
manufacturing plant
9 December 2010 All lots of Softchews Rolaids antacids Wood and metal bits in the
tablets
2 December 2010 12 million bottles of Mylanta ...