Dow Corning Breast Implants
Dow Corning, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, was severely impacted by its own negligence in marketing silicone breast implants. Despite the fact that Dow Corning had been considered on eof the most ethical and progressive corporations in the world, even Dow was not immune to ethical corruption. Absolute power has the ability to corrupt absolutely. In the beginning, Dow had complete control of the breast implant market. As Dow began to lose this control of the market, it began to make some poor decisions. Those decisions impacted Dow financially, impacted many consumers, and determined the future of silicone breast implants. Silicone breast implants were originally designed by Dow Corning in the early 1960’s. The first breast implants were implanted inside a human being in 1962. In the beginning, silicone breast implants were used almost exclusively for mastectomy patients. However, two forces were at work to change this. The first force was the increasing number of surgeons in the plastic surgery profession. Doctors were attracted to the field of plastic surgery because of the regular working hours, affluent customers, and high profits. Yet the plastic surgery field was growing faster than demand required.
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Approximate Word count = 2415
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)
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