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Eli Lilly & Company was one of the earliest signatories to the Sullivan Principles.1 Joining the Sullivan Principles was, indeed, consistent with the company’s overall posture of being a socially responsive company with a long history of community involvement. The company also had the good fortune of not being initially subjected to the extreme external pressure from religious groups that confronted hosts of other large corporations in different parts of the United States. Indianapolis, Indiana—the location of the company’s headquarters—was not exactly a hot bed of social turmoil.
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Sethi, S.P., Williams, O.F. (2000). Eli Lilly & Company, Inc.. In: Economic Imperatives and Ethical Values in Global Business. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4491-3_6
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