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Qantas Airlines: Twitter Nosedive
Authors: Seijts, Jana; Bigus, Paul
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
The executive of Government and Corporate Affairs at Qantas Airlines faced a communication situation that was spiraling out of control. By the second day, nearly 15,000 people worldwide had used social media to vent their frustrations with the airline. The executive needs to devise a plan of action, before additional damage is incurred by one of Australia’s strongest brands.
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....
New @ CasePlace
Author: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Product Type:
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2013
Are you looking for engaging and thought-provoking material that is new to CasePlace.org? If so, you've come to the right place. Here you will find a selection of content recently added to the site.
Texas Contractors Say Playing By The Rules Doesn't Pay
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homes in Texas are cheap, but that affordability comes at a price...
Construction Booming In Texas, But Many Workers Pay Dearly
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homebuilding and commercial construction may be an economic driver for the state, but it's also an industry riddled with hazards. Years of illegal immigration have pushed wages down, and accidents and wage fraud are common.
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...
Creating Sustainable Businesses through Social Intrapreneurism
Authors: Grayson, David; Spitzeck, Heiko; Alt, Elisa; McLaren, Melody
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management
Publication Year: 2013
This Occasional Paper explores the “enabling environment” for social intrapreneurs and identifies key factors that enable (and disable) innovation...
CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot?
Authors: Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Godden, Alex
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
In July 2012, the cofounders of CloudFlare, a Silicon Valley startup that protects websites and accelerates their traffic, are considering the implications of five employees' resignations over the prior three months. Was this natural attrition for a high-tech venture with a staff of 35 experiencing explosive growth, or were the resignations symptomatic of bigger issues with CloudFlare's culture and management processes?
Corporate Responsibility Coalitions: The Past, Present, and Future of Alliances for Sustainable Capitalism
Authors: Grayson, David; Nelson, Jane
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Stanford Business Books
Publication Year: 2013
It is estimated that there are more than 110 national and international business-led corporate responsibility coalitions. Given the growing reach and significance of these alliances, there is now a critical need for an informed and balanced analysis of their achievements, their progress and their potential.
Sustainable Pay: How TSX 60 Companies Compensate Executives for Sustainability Performance
Author: Strandberg, Coro
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Strandberg Consulting
Publication Year: 2013
Sustainability is an important global business driver and is making its way into corporate boardrooms. Mounting evidence shows firms that invest in improved sustainability practices outperform their competitors. There is growing awareness that emerging sustainability risks can have a material impact on company performance. Recognizing these links, companies increasingly integrate sustainability performance objectives and targets into their performance management systems.
He Hasn’t Had It All Either
Author: Winerip, Michael
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2013
A father discusses his experiences as primary caregiver, and how his choices around work affected his family and career trajectory.
Governance Curricula for Employee-Ownership Companies
Author: The Beyster Institute
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Iinstitute
Publication Year: 2013
The Beyster Institute is proud to announce the launch of the complete picture for employee ownership governance education, the Governance Curricula for Employee Ownership Companies.
Ten Ways to Get the Most from a 360-Degree Leadership Assessment
Author: Levy, David
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
Ten top tips for getting the most value from a 360-degree leadership assessment.
Employee Ownership, Incentives and Environmental Sustainability
Author: Taylor, Mike
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
It is by now common for large corporations to employ several sustainability officers, occasionally in high-ranking positions. A less frequently used tool – employee ownership – may prove a more powerful sustainability over the long term...
Start-ups and Compensating Employees with Equity
Author: Bruner, Mike
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
Before running off and launching a start-up business, one of the most important things an entrepreneur must think through is how to best handle equity in the company...
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Author:
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Knopf
Publication Year: 2013
Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.
Breakthrough: Business Leaders, Market Revolutions
Authors: Elkington, John; Braun, Susie
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Volans Ventures Ltd.
Publication Year: 2013
Business is increasingly critical in tackling the world’s great environmental, social and governance challenges. And at the heart of business sits the C-Suite, the grouping of senior executives who direct the enterprise. Breakthrough is addressed to them – and to those who advise them.
Kellogg School of Management/Aspen Institute Business and Society Conference: Rethinking ‘Shareholder Value’ and the Purpose of the Corporation
Author:
Product Type: Video Collections; Web Sites
Source: Kellogg School of Management; The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2013
This two-day conference brought together leaders in business and academia to foster dynamic conversations about how corporations can respond to competing pressures to balance corporate social responsibility with shareholder value maximization.
The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time
Author: Harris, Bob
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Walker & Company
Publication Year: 2013
After making hundreds of microloans online, Bob wanted to see the results first-hand, and in The International Bank of Bob he travels from Peru and Bosnia to Rwanda and Cambodia, introducing us to some of the most inspiring and enterprising people we've ever met, while illuminating day-to-day life--political and emotional--in much of the world that Americans never see.
Overcoming Short-Termism within British Business: The Key to Sustained Economic Growth
Author:
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Labour Party, UK
Publication Year: 2013
This Review looks at ‘short-termism’ within British business: the pressure to focus on short-term results to the possible detriment of the long-term health of a company, or even a whole industry. The investigation confirmed that short-termism constrains the ambition of UK business, holding back its development and inhibiting economic growth...
A Private Boom Amid Detroit’s Public Blight
Author: Davey, Monica
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2013
Private industry is blooming here, even as the city’s finances have descended into wreckage...
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…
Financial Flows, Development, and Global Justice
Authors: Mehta, Krishen; Beyerle, Shaazka
Product Type: Syllabi
Source:
Publication Year: 2013
This course will examine the structural roots of poverty, the connection between poverty and illicit financial flows, and how the shadow financial system prevalent in many countries facilitates such illicit flows and thereby undermines development.
Facing Challenges and Opportunities for Franchised Rural Health Services: A PSI/Myanmar Case Study
Authors: De La Cruz, Anna York; Montagu, Dominic
Product Type: Cases
Source: Global Health Group
Publication Year: 2013
Dr. Min Zaw, Director of the Health Services Department of Population Services International, Myanmar, sat still, deep in thought at the head of the conference room table in PSI’s Yangon office. Deputy Country Director David Valentine had recently informed him of a new funding opportunity: a large American donor was offering support for the expansion of program activities for market-based healthcare delivery in rural areas. However, Dr. Min Zaw knew that pursuing this new funding would mean making a commitment to transition the existing rural network into a completely new for-profit model. Though much of his team was in favor of seizing this opportunity and making the transition, others were concerned about the unknowns...
micro Home Solutions: A Social Housing Initiative in India
Authors: Kerr, William R.; Brownell, Alexis
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
mHS is a social enterprise for the provision of affordable housing in India. After India's microfinance industry collapses, mHS needs to reposition itself for continued operations and long-term growth.
Bill McKibben's Battle Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
Author: Greenfeld, Karl Taro
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Publication Year: 2013
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McKibben believes that Americans have no choice but to end their consumption of cheap, carbon-producing fuels—immediately. So he’s waging an all-out campaign to prevent the biggest and most powerful fossil-fuel companies...
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?
Finding a Common Language for Disaster-resistant Supply Chains
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2013
Disasters such as Superstorm Sandy, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the volcanic ash cloud that disrupted international airplane flights for several days in 2010 have highlighted the need for companies to better prepare for potential risks to their supply chains...
Goran Kapicic at Actavis China
Author: Lowe, Joo Yong
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
The managing director of a multinational company turns a loss-making business into a profit-making venture by using his unique brand of leadership to change the organizational culture and develop a responsible proactive attitude in his employees.
LifeSpring Hospitals: Delivering Affordable, High-quality Maternal Health Care in India
Authors: Anant, Priya; Velamuri, S. Ramakrishna; Zhang, Wei; Mukherjee, Monidipa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
This case highlights the journey of an organization that was set up in Hyderabad, in southern India, to provide affordable maternal care services to women from low-income urban families...
The Economy: Under New Ownership
Author: Kelly, Marjorie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: YES! Magazine
Publication Year: 2013
To make an economy that serves us, we need to own the jobs and the businesses—together. How cooperatives are leading the way to empowered workers and healthy communities...
Made in America: Fashion’s Fight to Save the Garment District
Author: Skarda, Erin
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: TIME
Publication Year: 2013
It’s a myth that no one makes anything in America anymore. The heart of the U.S. fashion industry is still beating in midtown Manhattan, where a stretch of factories, warehouses, showrooms and design studios between 35th and 40th Streets and 8th and 9th Avenues are responsible for creating much of the American-designed and manufactured clothing and accessories...
Interview: Matthew Arnold on Steering Sustainability at JP Morgan
Author: Gunther, Marc
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Guardian
Publication Year: 2013
Marc Gunther interviews Matthew Arnold, JP Morgan Chase's head of environmental affairs on asking clients uncomfortable questions and identifying environmental and social risk in fracking and other practices...
Volvo Construction Equipment: Managing a Plant Closure (A, B, C)
Authors: Weil, Mary; Mark, Ken
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
The vice-president and general manager of the Canadian operations of a multinational vehicle manufacturer learns that the plant he supervises will be shut down in 15 months…
Under The Label: Sustainable Seafood
Authors: Zwerdling, Daniel; Williams, Margot
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
An NPR Special Series of reports on sustainable seafood, including issues around labeling, certification, and the challenges of the Marine Stewardship Council system.
Food for Thought: The 2008 China Milk Scandal
Authors: Lim, Vivien K.G.; Rajah, Rashimah; Prasad, Smrithi
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
In 2008, a scandal in China involving milk products tainted with melamine (a chemical used in plastic production) brought regional and global attention to the country. The case illustrates how the pressure of rapid economic development resulted in measures to cut costs at the expense of consumer safety and health, bringing into question the ethics underlying business practices in the country.
Maruti Suzuki India Limited: Marketing
Authors: Prashar, Sanjeev; Singh, Harvinder; Katiyar, Anshu
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
Maruti Suzuki India Limited, India’s largest car manufacturer and the only company in that country to have crossed the 10 million sales mark, was struggling with labour problems in one of its manufacturing units...
A New Story for Business
Author: Freeman, R. Edward
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: Darden School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
Professor R. Edward Freeman speaks about the role of business in society, and encourages the audience to think differently about business… “Capitalism is the best system for social cooperation invented—ever.”
The Innovation Bottom Line: Findings from the 2012 Sustainability & Innovation Global Executive Study and Research Report
Authors: Kiron, David; Kruschwitz, Nina; Haanaes, Knut; Reeves, Martin; Goh, Eugene
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review; The Boston Consulting Group
Publication Year: 2013
How companies that see sustainability as both a necessity and an opportunity, and change their business models in response, are finding success.
Richard Gagnon at Granston Energy Inc.
Author: Gandz, Jeffrey
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
A procurement officer has got himself into some difficulties by trying to do what he thinks was "the right thing" in being responsive and accommodating for an internal client. In doing so, he has violated a number of "unwritten" ethical expectations of his role. He is wondering what he could have done differently and, specifically, how to handle an upcoming conversation with his chief executive officer about his future with the company.
Metropolitan Water Supply Authority: Evaluating Security Risks
Authors: McNett, Jeanne; Whitfield, Ronald
Product Type: Cases
Source: Northeastern University
Publication Year: 2013
The director of a rural metropolitan water supply facility faces a complex risk management challenge. The facility uses chlorine gas in its water treatment, largely because it has determined that chlorine is the most effective treatment available, in terms of safety, cost and environmental impact. However, a security report from the Department of Homeland Security suggests that chlorine, a hazardous chemical, can be used by terrorists, both during its transport to the treatment facility and at the facility itself...
How Manu Chandaria Mastered the African Market
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Interviews
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2013
In an interview with Knowledge@Wharton conducted by Ivorian entrepreneur and author Eric Kacou, Kenyan business tycoon Manu Chandaria reveals some of his secrets to business success in Africa. Chandaria discusses how other businesses and entrepreneurs can follow his lead and pursue socially responsible practices that benefit the communities in which they work.
Supercompra: Sourcing from Small Andean Farmers
Authors: Bruni-Celli, Josefina F.; Plaza, Manuela
Product Type: Cases
Source: Social Enterprise Knowledge Network
Publication Year: 2013
The case looks at the difficulties faced by companies when trying to develop commercial relations with low-income suppliers through market mechanisms, and elaborates on how Supercompra handled these relationships. It is chronologically situated in March 2006, the moment when Supercompra must decide how to proceed regarding its relationship with its low income suppliers...
How One Man Tried To Slim Down Big Soda From The Inside
Author: Charles, Dan
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Many big food companies are caught in a dilemma these days. They want to rebrand themselves as merchants of health — Coca-Cola's new anti-obesity ads are just the latest example — but many of their profits still come from products that make nutritionists scowl. If there's one person who symbolizes this tension, it's Derek Yach.
FINO Pay Tech Ltd.: Branchless Banking for the Rural Poor
Authors: Sharp, David J.; Bapat, Dhananjay; Handoo, Jatinder
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
This case presents FINO’s technology-based model for financial inclusion and the challenges presented to the Kohlapur district coordinator as he starts the process of building the local organization...
Say on Pay at The Walt Disney Company
Authors: Gow, Ian D.; Ormazabal, Gaizka
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
This case focuses on the lead-up to Disney's 2012 annual meeting where Disney would face a vote on the compensation package of its CEO, Robert Iger...
First Solar: CFRA's Accounting Quality Concerns
Authors: Srinivasan, Suraj; Cornell, Ian McKown
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
The case relates to accounting quality analysis conducted by the leading research firm Center for Financial Research and Analysis (CFRA) on companies in the solar industry with a focus on First Solar Inc. The case places students in the shoes of CFRA analysts who need to assess First Solar's accounting quality and business prospects after the company releases its second quarter financial numbers in 2009.
Memo to CEOs: There's More to Managing Than Profits
Author: Porter, Michael E.
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: ReutersTV
Publication Year: 2013
In this 21 minute interview, Michael Porter, a Harvard professor and expert on U.S. competitiveness, says chief executives must shift their thinking away from simply making money to also considering how their companies' actions affect the nation...
PerkinElmer: Old Instrument Reuse and Recycling
Authors: Veleva, Vesela; Montanari, Anna; Clabby, Peter; Lese, Jonathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
This case examines the business options for implementing a company-wide product take-back program. It focuses on PerkinElmer, a $1.9 billion global technology company developing diagnostics and biomedical products for the environmental and human health sectors. The company, which operates in more than 150 countries, is committed to community engagement, sustainable and ethical business practices and eco-innovative products, including a commitment to continuously reducing the environmental and health impacts of its products throughout their useful lives…
Books for Change: Reorienting Business and Marketing Strategies
Authors: Singh, Davinder; Kalia, Vinod
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
Books for Change (BfC), a small publisher, produces books that focus on the social sector. ActionAid has provided financial support to BfC by covering its operating losses; however, it now needs to allocate greater funds to its own development activities and, therefore, has asked BfC to become financially independent. BfC needs to prepare the strategy and plan for making BfC profitable...
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