No, Johnson and Johnson did not apply the same code of ethics regarding Risperdal that they applied to Tylenol in 1982. In the stated tylenol incident J&J's bottles of Tylenol was laced by a still unknown assassin and seven people died from taking the cyanide laced capsules. J&J's business ethics in this incident was in line with there code of conduct and J&J removed their stock from store shelves, so no more lives would be lost or in danger. in addition J&J when restocking their supply in stores J&J put a coupon inside of tylenol bottles to regain stakeholders trust and give them a significant discount.
In the Risperdal incident Tylenol was taking Egoist approach with complete disregard to consumers of this product by promoting Risperdal"off-label"
In the Risperdal incident Tylenol was taking Egoist approach with complete disregard to consumers of this product by promoting Risperdal"off-label"