Comments on: Better Health Through Prevention http://www.jnjbtw.com/2007/06/healthier-lifestyles/ Our People and Perspectives Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: marcus aurelius http://www.jnjbtw.com/2007/06/healthier-lifestyles/comment-page-1/#comment-21 marcus aurelius Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:45:32 +0000 http://jnjbtw.com/?p=38#comment-21 Just to clarify: Other than the fact that both the Johnson & Johnson Co. and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) were both founded by Robert Wood Johnson, and current RWJF board members are former board members and/or executives of the Johnson & Johnson Company, and RWJF is the single largest private shareholder ($5.4 billion 2004) of J & J stock.....there is no connection. Does that sound about right? Just to clarify:

Other than the fact that both the Johnson & Johnson Co. and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) were both founded by Robert Wood Johnson, and current RWJF board members are former board members and/or executives of the Johnson & Johnson Company, and RWJF is the single largest private shareholder ($5.4 billion 2004) of J & J stock…..there is no connection.

Does that sound about right?

]]> By: Marc http://www.jnjbtw.com/2007/06/healthier-lifestyles/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Marc Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:28:08 +0000 http://jnjbtw.com/?p=38#comment-20 To answer your question, RWJF owns shares of Johnson & Johnson common stock -- and that is where the relationship ends. Neither Johnson & Johnson nor its leadership team have any role whatsoever in the management of RWJF, and neither RWJF nor its leadership team have any role in the management of Johnson & Johnson. They are two separate and distinct organizations that share a common ancestor -- General Robert Wood Johnson II -- who, after serving as Johnson & Johnson's Chairman and CEO until 1963, left almost all of his personal fortune to create RWJF. A full description of RWJF and its mission is available on its website, www.rwjf.org. RWJF's current Board of Trustees includes some former Johnson & Johnson executives, as well as General Johnson's grandson, Robert Wood Johnson IV. To answer your question, RWJF owns shares of Johnson & Johnson common stock — and that is where the relationship ends.

Neither Johnson & Johnson nor its leadership team have any role whatsoever in the management of RWJF, and neither RWJF nor its leadership team have any role in the management of Johnson & Johnson. They are two separate and distinct organizations that share a common ancestor — General Robert Wood Johnson II — who, after serving as Johnson & Johnson’s Chairman and CEO until 1963, left almost all of his personal fortune to create RWJF.

A full description of RWJF and its mission is available on its website, http://www.rwjf.org. RWJF’s current Board of Trustees includes some former Johnson & Johnson executives, as well as General Johnson’s grandson, Robert Wood Johnson IV.

]]> By: marcus aurelius http://www.jnjbtw.com/2007/06/healthier-lifestyles/comment-page-1/#comment-17 marcus aurelius Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:42:52 +0000 http://jnjbtw.com/?p=38#comment-17 "In the interest of full disclosure" could you explain to your audience the symbiotic relationship between J & J and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)? For those unfamiliar, RWJF provides considerable funding and influence to obtain policy changes that benefit the Johnson & Johnson Company. Example: http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/02/smoking-bans-good-public-policy-or.html “In the interest of full disclosure” could you explain to your audience the symbiotic relationship between J & J and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)?

For those unfamiliar, RWJF provides considerable funding and influence to obtain policy changes that benefit the Johnson & Johnson Company.

Example:

http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/02/smoking-bans-good-public-policy-or.html

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