Two Former Sales Representatives of Amgen, a Biotech Company, Alleged

question 2

Multiple Choice

Two former sales representatives of Amgen, a biotech company, alleged the company strongly encouraged its salesforce to search confidential medical records in dermatologists' offices to find names of patients that would benefit from Amgen's drug Enbrel, a psoriasis treatment. After reporting this practice to the president, one rep was fired and the other resigned after receiving a poor performance review. Both sued Amgen, claiming they did not go along with the scheme because they objected to it as being unethical. The two sales representatives are

• A) scabs.
• B) cronies.
• C) whistle-blowers.
• D) contrarians.
• E) ombudsmen.

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