Problem
Deliberate lying by corporation officials
Other Names:
Misrepresentation of facts by corporate leadersDeliberate distortion of corporate news and information
Corporate over-reporting and under-reporting
Perjury by corporation representatives
Fabrication of reports on corporate competitors
Corporate slander
Nature:
A company makes false and defamatory statements about a competitor which are harmful to the competitor's reputation.
Incidence:
The global pharmaceutical companies and dozens of generic firms, that make and sell the less-expensive, generic versions of big companies' drugs, are engaged in a fierce competition over the markets. The big companies have underwritten scientific studies damning the safety of generic medicines, spread unsubstantiated tales of ill effects of these drugs.
Broader Problems:
Institutional lyingUnethical commercial practices Strategies:
LyingDistorting corporate news and informationClarifying corporate news and informationFabricating reports on corporate competitorsLibelling another Subject(s):
Commerce → Business enterprisesCommunication → Censorship
Communication → News
Government → Officials
Government → Politics
Industry → Manufacture
Information → Information
Law → Arbitration
Recreation → Competitions
Research, Standards → Experimental
Societal Problems → Distortion
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
18.06.2019 – 17:27 CEST