Returned-goods policies

A clearly defined policy must be followed to ensure that returned goods are of an acceptable quality and have not expired before they are taken back into stock otherwise they must be destroyed. 

Therefore, it is fundamental for companies to have precise targets to decide in which areas to pursue patents and in which areas to invest. Nevertheless, in the case of new start-ups and research institutions, this decision on what to patent is not always an easy task. Taking the shotgun approach of seeking patents on all results can be a waste of time and money. Establishment of a suitable policy in this respect is needed to obtain a good financial return. 

Oppenheimer carried the Scientific Panel s letter to Washington a few days after the surrender and found Henry Stimson out of town. He talked instead to Stimson s aide George L. Harrison and to Vannevar Bush. I emphasized of course that all of us would earnestly do whatever was really in the national interest, no matter how desperate and disagreeable, he wrote Lawrence after he returned to New Mexico but that we felt reluctant to promise that much real good could come of continuing the atomic bomb work—just like poison gases after the last war. But no more than Leo Szilard before him was Oppenheimer successful at influencing policy from outside the political process, whatever his newfound authority as a consultant ... 

Establish and maintain a good working relationship with a local clinic or medical provider. A good relationship with the medical providers should be ongoing. Questions pertinent to fitness for duty should be left to the discretion of your company s physician. You may find that philosophies of physicians vary widely. Because of these varying philosophies, it is important that you spend the time and effort to choose a physician whom you think will provide your company the type and level of care to workers that correlates with the company philosophy. Later we discuss return-to-work policies and working within restrictions. The relationship with the medical provider can make a big difference in the effectiveness of your medical program. 

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