Business-related+and+Economic+Assessment

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 * Business-related and Economic Assessment**

==== · The financial weekly Barron’s conducts an annual survey of institutional investors, rating the 100 largest public corporations (based on market capitalization) in order of the respect they have garnered from these institutions. Johnson & Johnson was ranked first on this list for the second year in a row. ====

==== · Policies that revolve around the acquisition of safe ingredients is vague although the organization clarifies that their companies conduct quality evaluations before using raw materials, and they hold their suppliers to high standards of material safety and quality. ====

Recalls have been made regarding foreign materials being found in particular products (e.g. McNeil Consumer
==== Healthcare – Rolaids, Tylenol) suggesting lack of adherence to quality manufacturing processes or lack of quality ==== ==== inspection of raw materials before manufacture. Curiously many of these issues revolve around McNeil Consumer ====

Healthcare.
==== o It can be said that Johnson and Johnson’s response to each recall or dilemma is quick and decisive, informative ====

showing concern for both company credibility and consumer safety.
==== · Johnson and Johnson were included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and FTSE4Good Index Series. The DJSI family follows a best-in-class approach comprising the sustainability leaders in each industry. Categorized by industry group, companies are assessed against general and industry specific criteria and then compared against their peers and ranked accordingly. The FTSE- 4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies that meet globally recognized corporate responsibility standards, and to facilitate investment in those companies. ====

==== · Johnson and Johnson was named one of FORTUNE Magazine’s top 10 Most Admired Companies for 2009. This award was given to companies who exemplified the following characteristics: attraction and retention of talent, performance measurement, strategy implementation, and managing through economic uncertainty. ====