Johnson & Johnson is a great company and I love their products and believe in a decentralized organization. I think it offers the employee the opportunity to be creative, and gain leadership skill as they move up in the company. Sadly, as you mention, there can be people with little to no integrity and ethics. As Mr. Weldon mention in the video, one of the downside of having a decentralized company is the difficulty of hiring well qualify, ethical, good people. Your example of the Tylenol episode reminded me of the horrible tragedy that happened when I lived in Chicago during 1982. Someone tainted the Tylenol with cyanide poisoning causing 7 people to die before the recall. Although the company had nothing to do with the cyanide has it appear
