PRAVNI ZAPISI • Year XII • No. 2 • pp. 464-484

CODES OF CONDUCT OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AS ACTS OF AUTONOMOUS LAW AND THEIR PLACE WITHIN  FULLER’S MORAL SCALE

Language: Serbian

Jelena Danilović, MA
PHD Candidate, University of Belgrade Law School
e-mail: jelena53c@gmail.com

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Pravni zapisi, No. 2/2021, pp. 464-484

Review Article

DOI: 10.5937/pravzap0-34266

KEY WORDS
Code of Conduct, autonomous law, compliance, morality of aspiration, morality of duty

ABSTRACT
The article analyses codes of conduct of pharmaceutical companies, as specific autonomous acts which prescribe both moral principles of fair and honest business and particular legal duties. Article aims to set jurisprudential base for better understanding of this concept. The first part of the article deals with development and specifics of ethical codes as hybrid, legal and moral instruments. The second part analyses legal nature of the codes reviewed from pluralistic jurisprudence stance, identifying them as institutes of autonomous law. The third part analyses moral content of codes, while in the final part the article analyses these specific legal and moral institutes, within the context of Fuller’s moral scale. Applied methods are conceptual analysis of the code of conduct concept as well as descriptive analysis of the business practice and available, relevant autonomous rules. Overview includes also comparative method of presentation of empirical practice. Conclusion analyses position of ethical codes, as specific autonomous acts, within the frame of Fuller’s moral scale and perceived antagonism of morality of aspiration and morality of duty.