For Some Time Now, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Has Been Making Anti-AIDS

question 21

Multiple Choice

For some time now, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been making anti-AIDS drugs like Retrovir and Epivir available in hard-hit areas of Africa at up to 75 percent off the global price. By providing the drugs at a fraction of their usual costs, GSK was acting at which level of social responsibility?

• A) discretionary
• B) global
• C) altruistic
• D) economic
• E) legal

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