a limited perspective on theissue as a whole. Individuals have a moral responsibilityto take ethical action, and there is no way of denying thatcorporations are made up of individuals attempting to makeboth business and ethical determinations.Business ethics, then, must focus not only on theissues related to preventing harm to others, but also takingaction that negates the passive process of allowing harm tohappen. In the example of Merck, the company pursued theirethical choice not because they would be causing harm ifthey did not make this determination, but because if theydid not take this action, they would be allowing harm tooccur (48). Though it cannot be expected that every companywill take this kind of action, at the very least,corporations, both national and multinational, have todetermine operational ethics that prevent them from causingharm to others....
