Why do people get angrier about some corporate scandals than others? Barclays’ attempted Libor manipulation was disgraceful, but GlaxoSmithKline’s behaviour was surely far worse.
为什么有些企业丑闻比另一些丑闻更加令人感到愤怒?巴克莱(Barclays)操纵伦敦银行间同业拆借利率(Libor)的企图的确可耻,但葛兰素史克(GSK)的行为无疑要恶劣得多。
Barclays traders tried to subvert the London interbank offered rate and Euribor, its continental European equivalent. Given that many financial contracts rely on these as benchmarks, this could have had serious consequences, although no one is quite sure who suffered.
巴克莱的交易员企图破坏Libor和Euribor(欧元区银行间同业拆借利率)。鉴于许多金融合约以这两种利率为基准利率,巴克莱的行为可能已然造成严重后果,尽管没人确切知道谁受到了影响。
By contrast the victims of GSK’s crimes are clear: the children whose doctors prescribed Paxil, an antidepressant, while GSK hid research that showed the drug caused suicidal feelings and behaviour in some minors who took it.
相比之下,GSK罪行的受害者是显而易见的:那些遵医嘱服用抗抑郁药帕罗西汀(Paxil)的儿童。研究显示,一些服用帕罗西汀的未成年人产生了自杀想法和自杀行为,但GSK却隐瞒了这一研究结果。
The details are startling. The US prosecutors alleged that GSK had taken doctors on luxury trips where a child psychiatrist extolled Paxil’s benefits. GSK had a journal article published that deliberately underplayed the dangers. It also attempted to mislead the Food and Drug Administration about how many adolescents had injured or attempted to kill themselves after taking Paxil in research trials.
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