Backbone Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Promotions, births, deaths, divorces – all of life’s moments were shared with my mother, whose desk was rarely not occupied by co-workers hanging out in reception. Colleen is the legendary Legal Secretary to the late Herb Kelleher, the Founder of Southwest Airlines.

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Interviewing Pharmaceutical Leadership Sales 52

Ask a Manager

MARCH 24, 2016

Also, there must be legal issues regarding an employer forcing an employee to spend money on something they don’t want to have. I work as at a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company as an administrative assistant. Even though I earn a really good salary, it irks me that I spend over $3,500 a year for a car I don’t want.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

With the explosion of more and more drugs in cabinets across the country, more and more children are dying—but still, pharmaceutical companies push their products, leading to yet more drugs and yet more deaths. Unlike the pharmaceutical industry, in our village community the pain of losing a single child was felt by all.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

A recent example is the work of the medical anthropologist , James Davies, who details how medicalization, the ever-expanding use of pharmaceuticals, and a consumerist philosophy based in modern capitalism has depoliticized our mental distress while driving higher levels of suffering.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Presumably, acknowledging their existence would spoil Chapman’s image of a group consisting solely of ‘privileged’ professionals who depict service users as ‘ gullible victims … who have been tricked into believing they are ill by the “myths” or “lies” invented by psychiatry or pharmaceutical companies ’. Whose power is being reinforced?

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

And this is complemented by well-funded public advertising and promotional campaignsoften with overt government support. Similar trends can be found in many western countries where similar political and business influences, including huge advertising and promotional budgets from pharmaceutical companies, are in place.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 4, 2025

As for the mainstream media, this is a story of how it utterly failed the public, cowed into silence by a medical discipline that, for decades, has used the media to promote a narrative that privileges its guild interests but is belied by its own science. Here is a recap of this scandal, and the harm done.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

In these interviews, I have talked about the components of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex, along with how psychiatry meets the political needs of the ruling class and dysfunctional families. Mainstream media is another major player in the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex. Evolutionary geneticist R.C.

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Work Life

JANUARY 16, 2024

Sophia Danner-Okotie has ambitious plans for her Nigerian-inspired clothing line, but a sense of dread has punctured her optimism as she watches a legal battle being waged against a small venture capital firm that has provided funding instrumental to her boutique brand’s growth. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for January 31.

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Success

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For the past three decades, Ackerman has dedicated herself to promoting peace, fostering change and encouraging self-empowerment through the interactive workshops she creates and leads. Her commitment to challenging stigmas and promoting mindfulness has been instrumental in creating a supportive network for hospitality professionals.

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