The 'Tylenol incident' involving Johnson & Johnson was an event that demonstrated how Business ethics is an important aspect of company competitiveness. In 1982, an incident occurred in Chicago causing the death of 7

The 'Tylenol incident' involving Johnson & Johnson was an event that demonstrated how Business ethics is an important aspect of company competitiveness. In 1982, an incident occurred in Chicago causing the death of 7 people who had taken Johnson & Johnson's product, Tylenol. It was later revealed that the cause of the deaths had to do with deadly cyanide put in the capsules by an unknown suspect. But, Johnson & Johnson took immediate and forceful actions, not only conducting a product recall from the entire country and sending their staff to the areas where the deaths occurred, but also openly informing the public about the incident through press release. They went on a large-scale informational promotion asking the public not to use the product until the cause of the deaths are fully determined. At the time, the executive managers spent an enormous amount of one hundred million dollars to carry out the product recall, but they managed to maintain the image of an exemplary company of business ethics as they demonstrated their belief of 'people first' to the public. In terms of the above case study explain the scope of Business Ethics in the following functional area: Compliance.