Ethic - Past and Present Perfect

Past and present perfect

When I saw their new model in the shop, I knew they had copied it from ours, which was due to be launched the week after.

After we have tested the new drug for a second time, we decided to recall it immediately.

They thought that nobody knew about the bribes, but a whistleblowers have already alerted the media.

The manager soon fired all the salesmen who were involved in the scandal. By that time however, the company had lost its reputation.

When a Supermarkets introduced their range of Bio Life ready meals two years ago, they quickly became very popular with the health-conscious people.

Indeed, all the ingredients were organic, the price was much lower than in specialist health-food shops, and the food was presented in stylish, recyclable, microwave oven-proof dishes.

Demand for the new ready meals was growing all the time, so much so that six month ago, management decided to extend the range.

This was a bold decision in miserable failure.

An independent consumer organization has discovered that some of ingredients were not organic at all.

In fact, A had been misled all along by some of its suppliers.

Today, the growing success of the Bio Life serves as an example of how company can deal with a crisis and overcome the effects of bad publicity.

Since the introduction of Bio Life, A revenues shown a steady increase.