I think if I had to pick one word to describe Johnson & Johnson's current problems it would be terrifying. J&J obviously has many issues with quality control that are just coming to light now. We, as consumers, trust a brand name like J&J and assume that when we pay for that brand we are getting quality. When, in reality, we have no way of knowing what is going into the things that we consume regularly (wood chips, metal, cyanide?!)... and that's scary. J&J has been sacrificing quality and quality control practices to save money. My son's Tylenol infant drops were affected by the recall. It was really upsetting to think that I had been giving him this medication to help him, when in fact it could have been hurting him. Its very unsettling to think about something like this, because there is so much that is unknown about where your food and medications come from. Hopefully, now J&J and other corporations, can learn from this and realize that by skimping on quality control, they are hurting themselves too.
-Alison Zawinski
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ReplyDeleteGood comments Alison! One point so far.
ReplyDeleteTeacher thoughts (I made some corrections after posting):
You show personal relevance (son's Tylenol) and emotional response (terrifying, scary, upsetting, unsettling, uncertainty and loss of trust).
You suggest that the cause of quality problems is J&J skimping on the money.
You hope that corporations will learn from this, because it is hurting J&J now.
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