Corporate Misconduct and Ethics: Case Studies: from Big Pharma to Michelin (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798257675188)

This book explores the complex and often delicate relationship between business and ethics through real cases drawn from economic and healthcare contexts.

Are business and ethics truly in conflict, or can they coexist as two sides of the same reality? In today's corporate environment, compliance with laws and regulations is often not enough to define responsible behavior. Organizations increasingly face strategic, organizational, and above all ethical dilemmas that can generate significant consequences in both the short and long term.

Through selected case studies, the book highlights contrasting approaches. In some situations, such as the Michelin case, ethical values play a central role in guiding decisions, leadership, and long-term success, showing how solid ethical principles and incorruptible leadership can become strategic levers for achieving meaningful and sustainable results. In others, ethics remains a rhetorical slogan, lacking substance and failing to become a genuine strategic investment.

This work invites readers to reflect on the role of ethics in business practice and on the importance of integrating moral responsibility into corporate culture and decision-making processes.