TYLENOL’S REBOUND: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Tylenol презентация

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TYLENOL’S REBOUND:
The Rise, Fall and Rise of Tylenol

for its ethical and socially responsible approach to conducting business


Mc Neil, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, has a painkiller called Tylenol.


Tylenol was a market leader in the OTC analgesic product category with a market share of 35.4 % and contributed to 17-18% of the company’s revenues

from tampered Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide, created a major crisis for the company.

As a result, the market share came crashing down to 18.3%, thousands of bottles were pulled off the shelves and the stock prices of J&J plunged.
Poisoned capsules were from four manufacturing lots and they were taken from different pharmacies over a period of a week to a month.

Some malevolent person or persons responsible for the loss of seven lives, spent a few hours in tampering and resealing the bottles and then placing them back on the shelves of five different stores in the Chicago area.

The massive news reports about the cyanide laced capsules created a nation wide outcry.

Johnson & Johnson received 1411 telephone calls within 10 days of the crisis.

the Consumers?
How to recreate the severely damaged Brand Equity?

Johnson & Johnson’s executives had to weigh several pressing issues:

A recall would involve a loss of up to $100 million.
The loss was not covered by insurance.
News of a recall could further damage the brand equity; Tylenol might never be able to regain the confidence and loyalty of the public, and its 37 percent market share.
The news and loss would surely result in a dramatic drop in the company’s stock.
The competition in the analgesic market was fierce. Competitors would try to make Tylenol’s loss their gain.

TYLENOL’S RECALL DECISION

purposes for which we act. Ask if the basis of our action could become a universal law for all moral actors in similar circumstances.

The Rationale:
If it is wrong for any company to sell a potentially defective product, it is wrong for Johnson and Johnson to do so despite the considerable cost of a recall. This rule would prohibit seeing the consumer purely as a means to corporate.

UNIVERSAL OBLIGATION

to reason impartially.

The Rationale:
Management and stockholders of Johnson & Johnson would have reasoned impartially; that is, they would never have put the consumer at risk any more than they would have been willing to put themselves at risk!

UNIVERSAL OBLIGATION

Utilitarianism.
According to Mill, actions that produce the most good for the most people are considered morally right.

The Rationale:
Following this course, the decision makers at Johnson & Johnson would be forced to consider not only the interests of Johnson & Johnson, but also the interests of the public at large. Determining the greatest good for the greatest number would require a cost and benefit analysis for all parties concerned.
This method of reasoning probably would have required the product recall. The protection of the millions of Tylenol users represents the greater good and outweighs the financial costs to Johnson & Johnson.

UTILITARIANISM

this approach will ask the question: Which action most leads to the protection and promotion of human dignity?


This approach also includes the wisdom contained in the prior methods. Universal obligation (Kant and Rawls) must be respected because of our equal human dignity, and we must consider carefully the ultimate impact (Utilitarianism) on actual human beings when reaching a judgment.

ECONOMIC PERSONALISM

up
Massive product recalls of 22 million bottles
Media messages in the form of press conferences and TV Shows.
Product Testing
Halting of all advertisements for a few weeks

TYLENOL’S RECOVERY MEASURES

Tylenol capsules
Innovating a 3-layer tamper resistant packaging.
Sales promotion tools like Coupons and Discounts
Letter of backing from the Food and Drug Administration

These measures cost the organization tens of millions of dollars.

TYLENOL’S RECOVERY MEASURES

could be attributed to

Johnson & Johnson leadership
Intelligent and powerful advertising by Compton
Public confidence in the product, attributed to the powerful presence of the brand Johnson and Johnson.
Befriended Media

problem, protect consumer interest and reposition the brand.

Johnson & Johnson's main mission with Tylenol being to enhance the public's well-being the organization's leadership set the example from the beginning by making public safety the organizations number one concern.

Sympathy strategy won support from the public by portraying the organization as the unfair victim of an attack from an outside entity.The company accepted complete responsibility for the crisis and incurred a lot of expenses for damage control, instead of being in denial.

product name and re-launching it, they chose otherwise.


Because the tampering happened outside the factory premises, the company could have put the blame on the distributors or the retail outlets, but they didn’t; instead they owned up.


The company’s communication strategy was also aligned towards creating public awareness, addressing safety issues and offering a swap.


It also made itself available to the media for questioning.

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

packaging which shows their sensitivity to the issue.


Customer loyalty – Because of Tylenol’s image as a brand endorsed by medical practitioners and its ad campaign which showed real life incidents, it commanded immense consumer loyalty.


In their PR campaigns the PR task force even decided to appear on 60 minutes despite initial reservations about its aggressive style of questioning.


They adopted a direct stance which was much appreciated.

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

whose unique value is inestimable. Human beings were put before things or money. This action was consistent with the protection of human dignity, and therefore the recall was a proper exercise of managerial freedom.

Recognizing their social obligation, Johnson & Johnson acted to protect people on the material level. Because they too were fragile and morally inconsistent, the J&J executives could have chosen otherwise. They recognized basic equality by not putting their own good above others.

In sum, they chose the action that most led to the protection and promotion of human dignity.

WRAPPING IT UP

will find you and kill you.

Tylenol! Ooh! Yum Yum!

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With my proud ancestor. :P

Thanks!