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Great Lakes: Great Decisions (A)
Authors: Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Publication Year: 2008
One of the few remaining producers of lead additives must decide whether to continue producing them for use abroad.
Singapore, Inc.
Authors: Vietor, Richard; Thompson, Emily J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
In early 2003, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong is assessing Singapore's development strategy--tax cutting combined with an industrial policy focused on six "clusters," including biomedical sciences. Is its new strategy the right choice?
Esprit International
Author: Trent, Marcy
Product Type: Cases
Source: The World Resources Institute
Publication Year: 1992
Esprit's new environmentally sensitive women's clothing line, Ecollection, presented complications for both the company's manufacturing and marketing aims...
Teaching Module on Low-Wage Work in The Coming Economy - Can Wage Laws Benefit All?
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
Those interested in promoting higher wages for low-wage workers also look to government policies to provide support, including minimum and living wage laws and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Minimum wage laws, while no longer controversial in the U.S., may still become an issue when not applied to sub-classes of workers (illegal immigrants, youth, or some service workers).
Labour Standards and Ethical Supply Chains: Nike Leads the Way in Redefining the Balanced Scorecard
Author: Jackson, Rachelle
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Ethical Corporation
Publication Year: 2007
Nike recently committed to an ambitious goal of eliminating excessive overtime for workers in their supply chain by 2011...
Can Burt's Bees Turn Clorox Green?
Author: Story, Louise
Product Type: Cases
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2008
Clorox plans to turn Burt's Bees into a mainstream American brand sold in big-box stores like Wal-Mart. Along the way, Clorox executives say, they plan to learn from unusual business practices at Burt's Bees — many centered on environmental sustainability.
illycaffè: Value Creation through Responsible Supplier Relationships
Authors: Perrini, Francesco; Russo, Angeloantonio
Product Type: Cases
Source: European Academy of Business in Society
Publication Year: 2007
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is gaining momentum in the business world, but several issues still challenge managers in charge of sustainability.
Visioning at Xerox Canada
Authors: Crossan, Mary M.; Bontis, Nick
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2003
This case describes the visioning process at Xerox Canada. The chairman, CEO and president of Xerox Canada has been meeting with her leadership team since eight o'clock in the morning to craft the organization's new vision statement...
CSU-CCA Group
Authors: Prado, Andrea; Leguizamon, Francisco
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
This case deals with the concept of how to orchestrate a consistent corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy consolidating many diverse social initiatives started within a business group.
betapharm - Be Different or Die
Authors: Habisch, Andrew; Kaiser, Stephen; Kinzl, Petra; Roome, Nigel
Product Type: Cases
Source: European Academy of Business in Society
Publication Year: 2008
After a two-day workshop in 2005 with his top management team, Peter Walter, the founding CEO of betapharm, was wondering what he should do.
Digital Divide Data
Authors: Leonard, Herman B.; Smith, Wendy K.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
In February 2001, Hockenstein and four others traveled to Phnom Penh looking for a way to connect US market needs with the Cambodian workforce. They decided that a for-profit business could bring in revenues, provide job opportunities and train employees with skills for a better future. They focused on the data entry outsourcing business because it was a labor-intensive technology industry that offered on-the-job experience and training in English.
Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (A, B)
Author: Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 1999
After the Brent Spar episode and the 1995 events in Nigeria, Shell undertakes an intensive review of its values and business principles. At the same time, it conducts the largest multi-stakeholder consultation in its history in an effort to better understand society's evolving expectations for companies like Shell...
Phyto-Riker Pharmaceuticals
Authors: McMillan, John; Dosunmu, Ade
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2003
This case gives students the opportunity to explore decision making when operating in third-world environments where uncertainty can be prevalent. Students can also wrestle with the economics and regulation of the pharmaceuticals industry and the ethics of drug pricing.
Global Corporate Social Responsibility Vs. Local Legal Compliance
Authors: Farhoomand, Ali F.; Tsang, Samuel
Product Type: Cases
Source: Asia Case Research Center, University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2006
This case looks at the dilemma facing multinational firms: how to comply with local laws, particularly those related to censorship and privacy, while at the same time trying to be socially responsible.
Building Better Boards: A Blueprint for Effective Governance
Author: Nadler, David
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Jossey-Bass
Publication Year: 2005
Building Better Boards covers all the key issues facing boards in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley era. It provides practical advice based on the authors' wide-ranging experience with major companies that have built successful boards...
Shareholders Should Not Always Come First
Author: Stout, Lynn A.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Financial Times
Publication Year: 2005
This article disputes the shareholder primacy view, arguing that directors have discretion, provided for in the law, to consider the interest of other stakeholders as well as benefits to long term versus short term investors.
The Starbury One Social Movement
Authors: Morosini, P; Coughlan, S
Product Type: Cases
Source: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Publication Year: 2006
The sports shoe market in the United States had long been dominated by big sportswear brands, such as Nike and Reebok. This case is about the mission of Starbury footwear -- "to eliminate the incredible pressure kids and parents feel to spend top dollar on the latest sneakers, clothes and other merchandise that they often cannot afford".
Conscience or the Competitive Edge? (A, B)
Authors: Button, K.; Bart, C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 1994
Olivia Jones, a Manager for a British retailer, discovers on a buying trip to India how she and her firm are able to obtain cost advantages.
Hewlett-Packard: Best Sustainability Report 2004
Author: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Product Type: Cases
Source: ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability
Publication Year: 2004
This review commends Hewlett-Packard Company for its 2004 Global Citizenship Report...
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Author: Smith, N. Craig
Product Type: Syllabi
Source:
Publication Year: 2004
This course is designed to inform and stimulate thinking on issues of ethics and social responsibility encountered in business. The material covered is intended to prepare students to recognize and manage ethical and social responsibility issues as they arise, and to help them formulate their own standards of integrity and professionalism...
As Maytag Chooses a Suitor, It's Not All About Money
Author: Sorkin, Andrew Ross
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2005
This article documents concerns other than profit which appear to drive corporate board decisions, including concerns about perceived market domination and political risk...
Alcoa
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org)
Publication Year: 2006
What do you do about climate change when energy comprises a major portion of the total cost to manufacture your product? That is the dilemma that faces Alcoa, a company that spent over two billion dollars on energy last year...
The Shell Group
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org)
Publication Year: 2006
Royal Dutch Shell, like all major oil producers, finds itself at the heart of the debate over climate change...
Patrimonio Hoy
Authors: Segel, Arthur I.; Chu, Michael; Herrero, Gustavo
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
Patrimonio Hoy, a program targeting the housing needs of low-income families launched by CEMEX, a major Mexican corporation and a leading global cement company, has gone from a market research project to a highly visible initiative in 22 cities and has earned public recognition.
Beyond Corporate Responsibility: Social Innovation and Sustainable Development as Drivers of Business Growth
Author: Cescau, Patrick
Product Type: Speeches
Source: Unilever
Publication Year: 2007
According to Patrick Cescau, the "agenda of sustainability and corporate responsibility is not only central to business strategy but will increasingly become a critical driver of business growth... I believe that how well and how quickly businesses respond to this agenda will determine which companies succeed and which will fail in the next few decades."
Business and Human Rights: The Case of Hewlett Packard
Authors: McElhaney, Kellie A.; Hill, Natalie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, California
Publication Year: 2003
This case study describes how a technology company developed a Human Rights and Labor Policy within their Global Citizenship strategy, and is engaged in the complex and unclearly defined issues of human rights within their business...
Energy Efficiency Teaching Module
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
At its core, energy efficiency is about doing more with less. In times of a down economy and uncertain energy prices, the importance of saving energy seems clear; over the long term, however, how does a focus on energy efficiency make sense for business? Business is both uniquely suited to address the problems of energy efficiency and to reap the potential rewards of those solutions, if it is able to meld social and profit constraints into a plan for an innovative energy future. The purpose of this Module is to discuss energy efficiency as a strategic solution rather than a defensive reaction, and to present ways to manage challenges and make the most of opportunities at this intersection of business and society.
It's Legal but It Ain't Right: Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries
Authors: Passas, Nikos; Goodwin, Neva
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: University of Michigan Press, 2004
Publication Year: 2004
If the legal system is not adequate to assuring that market actions benefit society, market actors can cause harm without breaking any laws. The chapters in this book address topics including tobacco (Chapter 2), the arms trade (Chapter 3), and trade in antiquities (Chapter 7).
Truth is the Daughter of Time: The Real Story of the Nestle Case
Author: Newton, Lisa H.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business and Society Review, 104:4, pp. 367-395
Publication Year: 1999
This paper traces the chronology of the Nestle's Infant Formula controversy, starting in 1966 through to 1998, and suggests some directions for future investigation and research.
Freshwater Resources: Managing the Risks Facing the Private Sector
Authors: Morrison, Jason; Gleick, Peter
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Pacific Institute. Oakland, California.
Publication Year: 2004
This paper outlines key trends in water use and availability, the resulting new risks to businesses, and strategies companies can take to reduce the risks they face...
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Next Question
Author: The Economist
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Economist Special Report
Publication Year: 2008
“The theological question—should there be CSR?—is so irrelevant today,” says John Ruggie of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. “Companies are doing it. It's one of the social pressures they've absorbed.”
Merison: Riding the Tiger
Authors: Lachotzki, Fred; Olson, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source:
Publication Year: 2001
This case describes the transformation of a traditional, long-established Dutch electronic and white goods wholesaler into an ultra-modern firm that uses technology and creativity to leverage maximum revenue-per-employee.
McDonald's Corp.
Authors: Goldberg, Ray A.; Yagan, Jessica Droste
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
Set after Greenpeace's successful campaign against McDonald's practices, this case investigates how a major food service company takes a pro-active role in the sustainability of its food supply chain.
Corporate Social Responsibility: Whether or How?
Author: Smith, N. Craig
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2003
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not a new idea. However, CSR has never been more prominent on the corporate agenda than it is today...
Web Conference: How Should Sustainability Content Be Integrated into the Core Finance Curriculum?
Author: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
On February 4, 2009, Aspen CBE hosted a web conference looking at some of the ways in which concepts related to the social and environmental impacts of business can be integrated in the Finance curriculum.
The Betaseron(R) Decision (A, B)
Author: Buchholtz, A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 1996
When the FDA gave its approval to Betaseron217 it became the first and only drug found to reduce the attack rate of multiple sclerosis.
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Feelgood Factor
Author: The Economist
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Economist Special Report
Publication Year: 2008
When catastrophic floods hit Bangladesh last November, TNT's emergency-response team was ready. The logistics giant, with headquarters in Amsterdam, has 50 people on standby to intervene anywhere in the world at 48 hours' notice.
DuPont
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org)
Publication Year: 2006
Once again, DuPont is transforming itself. DuPont is still the 2nd largest chemical manufacturer in the United States, and remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels. As such, climate change is an issue that the company cannot, and does not, ignore...
Google in China
Author: Baron, David P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2006
Companies offering Internet services had to pledge not to circulate information that "damages the honor or interests of the state" or "disturbs the public order or destroys public stability." This case explores how Google and various foreign Internet companies entering the Chinese market responded to Internet censorship.
Andrew Kuper on Innovative Business Strategies that Trigger Social Change
Author: Kuper, Andrew
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Interviews
Source: The United Nation's Global Compact Quarterly. Volume 2005, Issue 4.
Publication Year: 2005
The United Nation's Global Compact Quarterly recently interviewed Dr. Andrew Kuper on innovative business models that promote human rights and relieve poverty.
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in South Africa: A Landmark Case in Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Dilemmas, and the Challenges of International Business
Authors: Moses, Charles Thurman; Vest, Donald
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Journal of African Business
Publication Year: 2010
This case examines the actions of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, as each sought to dominate the burgeoning soft drink market in South Africa...
Reflecting on the Year's Progress Regarding Business and Society: Voices of Hope and Voices of Skepticism
Authors: Scully, Maureen; Roberts, Alex; CasePlace.org
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2005
As 2005 draws to a close, it is a good time to review how corporations have changed the way they do business over the past year. Many corporations have proposed changes that prompt the question: Will fundamental change really occur?
Novartis and the United Nations Global Compact Initiative
Author: Tavis, Lee A.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: The Aspen Institute; The William Davidson Institute
Publication Year: 2002
This article presents a case study of Novartis, emphasizing its relationship to the United Nations Global Compact Initiative.
Waste Couture: Environmental Impact of the Clothing Industry
Authors: Hollingsworth, Jack; Luz, Claudio
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115 Number 9
Publication Year: 2007
How does a T-shirt originally sold in a U.S. shopping mall to promote an American sports team end up being worn by an African teen?
Sanyo's 'Think Gaia' Vision and Turnaround Efforts
Authors: George, S; Govind, S; Prasad, N
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2007
Sanyo is a Japan-based company with a presence in diverse businesses including consumer electronics, batteries, and semiconductors. The case describes the company's 'Think GAIA' vision, the objectives of the vision, and the actions of the company in its efforts to effect a turnaround.
Management: Inventing and Delivering its Future
Authors: Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel; Kochan, Thomas A.; Orlikowski, Wanda
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Management: Inventing and Delivering Its Future, editors Thomas A. Kochan and Richard L. Schmalensee, Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2003
Publication Year: 2003
The authors begin from the premise that human capital and knowledge are the most important sources of value for the 21st century organization, and examine several core differences between the assumptions which underlie the 20th and 21st century work organization...
Pfizer Global Health Fellows
Author: Levine, Jonathan B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, The Wallace B. Carroll School of Management, Boston, MA
Publication Year: 2004
The world's largest pharmaceutical maker, Pfizer Inc., faced a moral and strategic challenge: How could it respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the most devastating disease of the developing world, in a way that was commensurate with the company's leading position in its field?
Sleeping Tiger, Hidden Liabilities
Author: Mansley, Mark
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
Publication Year: 2003
The past year has seen the risks of climate change significantly increase and ExxonMobil's competitors strengthen their strategic positions on the issue. ExxonMobil has remained largely immobile, and is now the only oil supermajor without a clear strategy to manage the risks of climate change...
Building the Business Case for Ethics
Authors: Margolis, Joshua; Walsh, James; Krehmeyer, Dean
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Year: 2006
This article analyses the almost one hundred research studies which have sought to determine whether or not positive social performance leads to positive financial performance.
The Fiduciary Responsibility: A Legal Perspective
Author: Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2003
This article discusses the concept of a fiduciary, as developed in the Anglo-American common law tradition, and outlines the principal differences between the legal standard applied to fiduciaries compared to ordinary arms'-length contractors.
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