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Griffin, Cian (2024) The Pharmaceutical industry and sustainability: Assessing the impact sustainability has on the commercial decision making in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.
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Abstract
In the past two decades sustainability in Pharmaceuticals has received increasingly more recognition from governments, regulators, shareholders, and consumers about its impact on the environment and the industries sustainability practices. While the literature is abundant with regards to environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility there is little in the way of research in the area of sustainability and commercial decision makers in the pharmaceutical industry. The status quo of the pharmaceutical industry, and of current academic literature is to focus on manufacturing and supply chain in terms of sustainability. However, in order to truly understand the full extent of the issue of sustainability within this sector, a further analyses of stakeholders involved is required.
This proposed study sets out to ascertain through thematic qualitative analyses, by inductive methods, the understanding of, and the influences upon commercial decision makers in the Irish pharmaceutical industry in regards to sustainability.
A survey was provided to 9 participants (n=9) via Microsoft forms, which had within questions related to the four main objectives of this study, understanding of sustainability, internal influences, external influences and barriers and metrics with regards to sustainability on day to day commercial decision making with Pharmaceuticals.
Results indicated key themes and that there was a distinct lack of awareness and exposure discrepancy amongst the surveyed participants. The majority expressed a lack of direct involvement or knowledge of any sustainability metrics or practices. A gap in knowledge is evident and some participants referred back to manufacturing as the gatekeepers of such metrics. However in contrast the majority of participants were well informed about the main pillars of sustainability.
In conclusion the findings of this research provide a deeper insight into issue of sustainability in the Pharmaceutical industry. As the sample size is small critical analysis exposes weaknesses of the study however what is evident from this research is that some executives within the pharmaceutical industry have large gaps in knowledge with regards to the three main pillars of sustainability and in turn have a reliance on the manufacturing arms of the business to enact sustainable practices.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Supervisors: | Name Email Abdou, Rawayda UNSPECIFIED MacDonald, Robert UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > Economics > Business G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences > Environment R Medicine > Healthcare Industry D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > Ireland |
| Divisions: | School of Business > Master of Business Administration |
| Depositing User: | Ciara O'Brien |
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2025 13:35 |
| Last Modified: | 30 May 2025 13:35 |
| URI: | https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/7712 |
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