Copyright (c) 2013 University of Pennsylvania All rights reserved. http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays Recent documents in Marvin & Sybil Weiner Undergraduate Essay Prizes in the Humanities en-us Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:57:43 PST 3600 http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/6 http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/6 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:09:37 PDT In this paper, I establish the grounds and rationale for a new ethical framework with regards to the responsibility of entities in the developed world – people, corporations, organizations, and governments – towards victims of humanitarian crises such as inescapable poverty and disease in the third world. I will examine why the prevention of global problems is not perceived as urgent and what may be needed to align policies and actions with more ethically appropriate principles in a global context.

]]> Nikhil Nirmel http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/5 http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/5 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:05:27 PDT Pharmaceutical companies are in quite a predicament. With the majority of the global disease burden resting on the developing world and the vast majority of wealth residing in industrialized countries, these corporations are caught in a constant struggle between the altruistic inclinations they are expected to espouse and their responsibility to turn a profit. With the international community placing unprecedented emphasis on the universal right to health, the pharmaceutical industry has become a central facet of humanitarian work. In recent years, wealthy governments have funneled vast sums of money toward treating the world’s poor and the United Nations has allocated four of its eight Millennium Development Goals to specifically address health concerns. A passing glance at the issues most plaguing the world today will easily explain this new focus: one billion people worldwide lack access to clean water, eleven million die every year from infectious diseases, and the World Health Organization (WHO) now estimates the number of AIDS-related deaths to exceed three million annually. These tragedies produce ripple effects that can be felt throughout the inflicted nations and, because of our globalized society, throughout the world. We live amidst a global health crisis of the highest degree - one that simply cannot be addressed without the active participation of the pharmaceutical industry.

]]> Robert Strain http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/3 http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/3 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:11:14 PDT Dvorit Mausner http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/2 http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/2 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:04:53 PDT Gena Katz http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/1 http://repository.upenn.edu/phf_essays/1 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:57:35 PDT Tal Raviv