Ethical Issue: Sale of product known to be harmful

Many ethical issues existed within in the Dalkon Shield scandal.  "There is ample evidence that A. H. Robins Company advertised, developed, tested, exported, and continued to market a product that was known to be dangerous and ineffective" (Bloss, Corneli, Moon, and Tomsich, para. 18, 1997). A.H. Robins chose to release the product without enough testing despite criticism and warnings about the new contraceptive. In 1972 the use of IUD began to decline after much debate surrounding the safety of the products. Instead of listening warning, "A. H. Robins began a huge domestic advertising campaign and mass exportation of the IUD" (Bloss, Corneli, Moon, and Tomsich, para. 18, 1997).