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First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes
Authors: Marquis, Christopher; Almandoz, Juan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
First Green Bank is a bank start-up in the midst of the financial crisis which aims to promote sustainability while making money as a bank. The case presents an ethical dilemma as it considers a loan to an arms manufacturer…
GlaxoSmithKline $3 Bn Settlement
Authors: Satish, D.; Kumar, B. Sravana
Product Type: Cases
Source: IBS Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2013
Whistleblowers and the US Justice Department alleged that from 1999 through 2010, GlaxoSmithKline was engaged in a fraudulent scheme to deceive and defraud patients, regulators, and federal health programs. The case brings to light the issues and circumstance which led to the lawsuit being filed against GSK and the issues in question in the pharmaceutical industry. The case also brings out the important role played by the whistleblowers in bringing out the unethical practices in the business.
Lon'dow'n Olympics: Environmentalism vs Corporate Commercialism?
Author: Ratna, Garima
Product Type: Cases
Source: Amity Research Centre
Publication Year: 2013
London Olympics 2012 had become a battle ground of paradoxes. According to human rights and environmental activists, the choice of sponsors associated with the sporting event did not gel well with the ideals upheld by the Olympic Movement. According to experts, London Olympics 2012 had become a tug-of-war between environmentalism and corporate capitalism.
Britannia Industries Ltd.
Authors: Klassen, Robert; Chandrasekhar, Ramasastry
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
The CEO of Britannia Industries Ltd, a manufacturer of bakery products, was at a crossroads. After early signs of success, Britannia’s CEO faced two challenges. How should Britannia scale up the manufacture and distribution of social products? And, how should the firm develop the social products into a sustainable business?
What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential
Author: Kaplan, Robert S.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication Year: 2013
Each of us is unique and brings distinctive skills and qualities to any situation. So why is it that most of us fail to spend sufficient time learning to understand ourselves and creating our own definition of success?
The Promise and Limits of Private Power: Promoting Labor Standards in a Global Economy
Author: Locke, Richard M.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2013
This book examines and evaluates various private initiatives to enforce fair labor standards within global supply chains. Through careful, empirically grounded analysis, it illustrates the mix of private and public regulation needed to address these complex issues in a global economy....
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Author: Cline, Elizabeth L.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Portfolio Hardcover
Publication Year: 2012
Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. But what are we doing with all these cheap clothes? And more important, what are they doing to us, our society, our environment, and our economic well-being?
Social Context of Business
Author: Etzion, Dror
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: McGill University
Publication Year: 2012
In this class we will examine a wide range of topics from the concept of capitalism to the possibility of environmentally and socially sustainable economic development. Our goal is to provide a context for your business studies that will help you think more broadly about the evolution of the business system and about the relation between business and other sectors of society...
Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature
Authors: Tercek, Mark R.; Adams, Jonathan S.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Basic Books
Publication Year: 2013
What is nature worth? The answer to this question—which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms—is revolutionizing the way we do business...
Insider Trading in India: Lessons to Learn from the US
Author: Ratna, Garima
Product Type: Cases
Source: Amity Research Centre
Publication Year: 2013
The celebrated Rajat Gupta case had stirred the stock market community as well as the legal fraternity around the world. It threw floodlights on the widely rampant but hardly acknowledged issue of insider trading...
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