Dieselgate

The Purdue Pharma scandal, in which executives engaged in fraudulent and aggressive marketing campaigns for prescription opioids, exemplifies a corporate failure that raises fundamental questions about group responsibility. This article argues …

Corporate ESG reporting provides the data foundation for rational market resource allocation aligned with sustainable development goals. At the same time, ESG greenwashing behaviors pose a hidden threat to investor decision-making and capital …

Our paper examines the effectiveness of formal control (i.e., whistleblowing mechanism) and informal control (i.e., ethical leadership) on the relationship between delegation of decision rights and displacement of responsibility on managers’ …

Major scandals show the damage that organizational misconduct can do to society. Compliance officers play a crucial role in mitigating organizational misconduct. There is extensive empirical research on how such misconduct can effectively be …

The increased concern regarding global CO2 emissions and their impact on climatic conditions has raised a lot of regulatory constraints and restrictions regarding private transportation and changes in car propulsion systems. The new regulation …

This chapter examines the US class action asking how the US deal with mass harm situations. The US apply class actions to offer redress for mass harm. The chapter starts with the definition of a US class action. In the US three types of class …

This chapter discusses the possibility of transplants from US class action model to EU model of collective redress. Microcomparison between the US class action and the EU model of collective redress shows differences in litigation Funding funding …

This chapter examines the emerging landscape of European collective redress and addresses the sub-question how Member States of the European Union deal with mass harm situations. The European approach to mass harm is a preference for public …