Cardinal Health Inc

Region: 
Private: 
Public: 
Ticker: 
CAH US
Market cap: 
$12,814 million
Country of incorporation: 
United States of America
Industry: 
Healthcare
Description: 

Cardinal Health provides complementary products and services to healthcare providers and manufacturers. Its services include pharmaceutical distribution, health-care product manufacturing, distribution and consulting services, drug delivery systems development, pharmaceutical packaging, automated dispensing systems manufacturing and retail pharmacy franchising. (Bloomberg)

Positive Impact – Doing: 

1. Natural wellness products are one of the many product lines that the company distributes through its its pharmacies. What are examples of these? Are they promoting these natural remedies? How so?1.

  1. 1. http://www.cardinal.com/us/en/pharmacies/chains/distribution/consumer/
Positive Impact – Talking: 

1. 10.15.09 - Award for making medicine and health care accessible to disadvantaged populations - AmeriCares awarded Cardinal Health its annual Power of Partnership Award. The Power of Partnership Award was created by AmeriCares and Healthcare Distribution Management Association's (HDMA) to recognize medical manufacturing and distribution organizations that have shown exceptional dedication to expanding access to medicines and health care for disadvantaged populations.1.

  1. 1. http://www.csrwire.com/press/press_release/27940-AmeriCares-Honors-Cardinal-Health-with-Power-of-Partnership-Award
Controversy: 

1. Controversy re business ethics - Executives Take Company Planes as if Their Own: "Cardinal Health reported $151,000 in personal aircraft use last year for Robert D. Walter, its chairman and chief executive. The total included $35,000 for his taxes."1
2. 06.23.08 - Military support - Cardinal Health joined USA Cares' "Red Shirt Friday – I Care Too!" campaign. The campaign seeks to increase awareness and funds to support Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard service members by selling more than 165,000 t-shirts – one for every service member in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is okay to support the troops with healthcare, but not okay to make missiles that kill people.2.

  1. 1. http://www.knowmore.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cardinal_Health%2C_Inc.
  2. 2. http://www.csrwire.com/press/press_release/17296-Cardinal-Health-Writes-Prescription-to-Help-Military-Families
Notes: 

HQ in Dublin, OH. There is no CSR section on the website.

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