Of course, if Mylan had a culture that placed ethics above earnings and believed its primary responsibility was to its Just Cause—rather than itself or its shareholders—then the company could have used their might in the market to become a champion for change much sooner and with a lot less fuss. Acting unethically, getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar, refusing to accept responsibility for your behavior and then pointing to systemic abuses that made you do those things does not make you Joan of Arc.

