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Eli Lilly & Company has been in business more than 132 years. We were founded in May 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, IN, and are now the 10th largest pharmaceutical company in the world. We have steadfastly remained independent, but not isolated. Across the globe, Lilly has developed productive alliances and partnerships that advance our capacity to develop innovative medicines at lower costs. Lilly is consistently ranked as one of the best companies in the world to work for, and generations of Lilly employees have sustained a culture that values excellence, integrity, and respect for people.

As 38-year-old pharmaceutical chemist and a veteran of the U.S. Civil War, Colonel Lilly was frustrated by the poorly prepared, often ineffective medicines of his day. Consequently, he made these commitments to himself and to society:

• He would found a company that manufactured pharmaceutical products of the highest possible quality.
• His company would develop only medicines that would be dispensed at the suggestion of physicians rather than by eloquent sideshow hucksters.
• Lilly pharmaceuticals would be based on the best science of the day.

Although his business flourished, Colonel Lilly wasn't satisfied with the traditional methods of testing the quality of his products. In 1886, he hired a young chemist to function as a full-time scientist, using and improving upon the newest techniques for quality evaluation. Together, they laid the foundation for the Lilly tradition: a dedication that first concentrated on the quality of existing products and later expanded to include the discovery and development of new and better pharmaceuticals.

Eventually, Colonel Lilly's son, Josiah K. Lilly Sr., and two grandsons, Eli Lilly and Josiah K. Lilly Jr., each served as president of the company. And each contributed a distinctive approach to management. Together, these management styles established a corporate culture in which Lilly employees were viewed as the company's most valuable assets, a belief that is still the cornerstone of our corporate philosophy.

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• Institution Categrory: Corporate
• Term: Other
• Number of Active Courses per Term: 1 - 100
• Number of Online Courses: 1 - 100
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• Group, Organization, Association Memberships: Masie Learning Consortium, ASTD Benchmarking Forum, Metrics that Matter