The Privatization of Rhone-Poulenc--1993

Authors: Collat, Donald S.; Tufano, Peter
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1994

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In mid-1993, representatives of Rhone-Poulenc, a leading nationalized French firm, worked with the French government to plan the imminent privatization of the firm.

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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

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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...

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Seagate Technology

Author: Siegel, Phyllis
Product Type: Cases
Source: Wharton Work/Life Integration Project
Publication Year: 1997

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To remain competitive, this computer firm implemented a two-fold policy change: a team approach and employee work/life balance programs...

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Johnson Controls and Protective Exclusion from the Workplace (A, B)

Author: Lawrence, Anne T.
Product Type: Cases
Source: North American Case Research Association, Case Research Journal, Winter 1993; The Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 1993

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Johnson Controls, a leading manufacturer of automotive batteries, decided to exclude fertile women from production jobs because of possible hazards of lead exposure to the fetus...

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The Inherent Motivation to Work Productively: A Brief Look at Employee Ownership and Industrial History

Author: Staubus, Martin
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2008

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Until the industrial revolution, work was performed in the U.S. (outside of the slave economy) by individuals who had direct and obvious motivation to maximize the quantity and quality of their production.

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Subtle yet Significant: The Existence and Impact of Everyday Racial Discrimination in the Workplace

Authors: Brief, Arthur P.; Deitch, Elizabeth A.; Barsky, Adam; Butz, Rebecca M.; Chan, Suzanne; Bradley, Jill C.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Human Relations, Volume 56, The Tavistock Institute @ Sage Publications, 2003, pp. 1299-1324
Publication Year: 2003

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In this article the authors argue that research concerning workplace discrimination could be advanced by considering "everyday discrimination", that is, the subtle, pervasive discriminatory acts experienced by members of stigmatized groups on a daily basis...

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Simon Donato: Deciding on a Course of Action

Authors: Mark, Ken; Sharp, David J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009

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The vice-president at a large insurance company has been terminated along with several hundred colleagues. He believes that his former employer has misrepresented the magnitude of the terminations to the provincial government, in order to avoid incurring the cost of meeting pension obligations to other employees...

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Sealed Air Corp.'s Leveraged Recapitalization (A, B)

Authors: Wruck, Karen H.; Barry, Brian
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1997

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Less than a year after Sealed Air embarked on a program to improve manufacturing efficiency and product quality, the company borrowed almost 90% of the market value of its common stock and paid it out as a special dividend to shareholders.

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Yahoo!--A New HR Challenge (A)

Authors: Catalano, Charlie; O'Reilly, Charles A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2004

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Following the dot-com bubble burst in August 2001, Libby Sartain, new chief of people and senior vice-president of human resources at Yahoo!, must determine the direction of human resources management at the traumatized media company.

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Indigestion for the Dean

Author: Cousins, Roland B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: NACRA / Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 1992

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The new business dean faces a group of angry faculty members who demand to know why he has ignored the university's published performance appraisal criteria in allocating salary increases...

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