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Eastman Kodak
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
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Source: Rebuilding the Social Contract at Work: Lessons from Leading Cases, Institute for Work and Employment Research, Sloan School of Management, MIT,
Publication Year: 1999
Eastman Kodak had a reputation as a good corporate citizen since its founding at the turn of the 20th century. Several waves of downsizing were especially disruptive in light of Kodak's previous employment practices. George Fisher, named CEO in 1993, announced a new explicit social contract as part of the restructuring effort; the case presents its key principles.
Getting Ahead of the Curve: Corporate Strategies That Address Climate Change – Synthesis Section
Author: Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Pew Center on Global Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org)
Publication Year: 2006
Getting Ahead of the Curve: Corporate Strategies That Address Climate Change serves as a "how to" guide for corporate decision makers as they navigate rapidly-changing global markets...
Nucor Corporation and Worker Safety Issues (A, B)
Author: Morris, Rebecca J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: NACRA, Case Research Journal; The Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 1997
In less than three decades, Nucor Corporation has risen from near bankruptcy to become the fourth largest steel producer in the United States. However, there is speculation that Nucor's quest for growth does not come without a human cost...
Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience
Authors: McElhaney, Kellie A.; Hill, Natalie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Global Compact Learning Forum United Nations, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, California
Publication Year: 2002
This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) standard, designed and implemented an SMS throughout its business, and then became the first company in the world to achieve third-party SMS certification...
A Brief History of the Browser Wars
Authors: Corts, Kenneth S.; Freier, Debbie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2003
Recounts the history of the evolution of browser market shares from 1994 forward...
Building a Sustainable Venture: The Mountain Institute's Earth Brick Machine
Authors: Buffington, John; London, Ted
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2005
This case exposes a number of unique and complex challenges that will be facing the business and non-profit leaders of tomorrow, particularly with regards to the increasing overlap between the business and non-profit sectors...
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology
Authors: Mair, Johanna; Verges, Serges
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2004
Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Comite para Democratizacao da Informatica (CDI) was a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded by Rodrigo Baggio in Brazil in 1995. Its mission was to set up schools to teach computer skills to low-income communities so that slum residents could begin to move into the mainstream of society and improve their prospects...
Saturn
Author: Kochan, Thomas A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Rebuilding the Social Contract at Work: Lessons from Leading Cases; MIT Sloan School of Management, Institute for Work and Employment Research
Publication Year: 1999
Saturn, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors, represents probably the most far-reaching example of the true stakeholder corporation, with the local union participating from the conception of the product and plant (including the design of the car) through to the structure of the corporation and "co-management" - with union-represented and non-union managers sharing what in other companies are straight "management" jobs...
The Unexpected Benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley
Authors: Wagner, Stephen; Dittmar, Lee
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Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2006
In the wake of a series of gross corporate abuses around the turn of the century, Congress passed Sarbanes-Oxley, which was intended to make corporate governance more rigorous, financial practices more transparent, and management criminally liable for lapses. The first year of implementation was costly and onerous, far more so than companies had been led to expect. In the view of a few open-minded firms, however, the second year of compliance turned out to be not only less costly and less onerous (as doing something for the second time usually turns out to be), but a source of valuable insights into operations, which management has translated into improved efficiencies and cost savings...
Access: Microfinance
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
In contrast to the downside of globalization, access to capital and other resources is one way in which increased connectivity helps the poor.
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