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Colombia
Authors: Musacchio, Aldo; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Schlefer, Jonathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Faculty Rating: 
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By mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed stuck in a middle ground, industrially behind Brazil or Chile but ahead of poorer Latin American countries.
Cause-Related Marketing: 3M as a Corporate Sponsor of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Authors: Johnson, Allison; Dudo, Laurie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
Faculty Rating: 
[1 Faculty Rating] 674 views
This case examines the dynamics of the corporate sponsorship relationship and how it benefits both donors and recipients. Specifically discusses how 3M's brand manager for Post-it brand office products can further activate the relationship with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
Cook Composites and Polymers Co.
Authors: Lee, Deishin; Toffel, Michael W.; Gordon, Rachel
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The case describes how CCP cleans production equipment between batches using styrene, which becomes a costly hazardous waste. Having worked on minimizing waste for the past 20 years, CCP believed it could not reduce the use of styrene without risking product quality...
Dow Chemical: Innovating for Sustainability
Authors: Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Li, Shelley Xin
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
In 2011, Neil Hawkins, Vice President of Sustainability and Environmental, Health and Safety is trying to decide what the content and format of the next ten-year goals should be to ensure Dow's viability on its 200th birthday. Should they be incremental goals like the ones for 2005 or ambitious stretch targets like the ones for 2015? Or should they be broad statements of principles that encourage innovating for sustainability throughout the company? This case illustrates how ambitious commitments to sustainability can be a driving force to major and minor innovation. It also illustrates the importance of stakeholder engagement for both sustainability and innovation.
Jari Cellulose S.A.
Authors: Milstein, Mark B.; Hart, Stuart L.; Sadinha, Bruno
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2003
Jari faces major problems in terms of unstable pulp production, high energy costs, decreasing international pulp prices, and a series of financial losses throughout its 20 years of existence. Jari also faces serious environmental and social issues that stem from its very existence.
Murky Waters? Corporate Reporting on Water Risk
Author: Barton, Brooke
Product Type: Cases
Source: Ceres
Publication Year: 2010
Despite growing water-scarcity risks in many parts of the world, the vast majority of leading companies in water-intensive industries have weak management and disclosure of water-related risks and opportunities, according to a first-ever report issued by the Ceres investor coalition, the financial services firm UBS and financial data provider Bloomberg.
Sustainable Development at Shell (A, B, C)
Author: Wei-Skillern, Jane
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2004
The case describes the complex and challenging process by which social and environmental concerns are integrated into the existing strategy of a large, multinational firm.
Standard or Smokescreen?: Implementation of a Voluntary Environmental Code
Authors: Howard, Jennifer; Nash, Jennifer; Ehrenfeld, John
Product Type: Cases
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2000
This article examines the response of sixteen chemical companies to the first industry-generated EHS code, Responsible Care.
Responsible Care
Authors: Lodge, George C. ; Rayport, Jeffrey F.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1991
Describes a 1989 initiative of the Chemical Manufacturer's Association (CMA) to secure chemical industry support for and implementation of a series of codes of conduct in the field of environmental health and safety.
Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Author: Reinhardt, Forest
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1999
Based on extensive interviews, this case discusses the environmental policies of a successful firm in the specialty chemicals business.
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
Authors: Toffel, Michael W.; King, Andrew A.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: HBS Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2008
Where are the biggest polluters? And what is your company doing to protect the environment?
Chrysotile Asbestos, the Rotterdam Convention and Canada
Authors: Gunz, S.; McCutcheon, J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Waterloo, Wilfred Laurier University
Publication Year: 2009
The case considers the application of the Rotterdam Convention in the context of the controversial stance adopted by the Government of Canada opposing the listing of chrysotile asbestos as a chemical subject to the Prior Informed Consent protocol.
Lecture 3: Responsible Care and the Chemical Industry
Author: Seagle, Carol
Product Type: Cases; Notes; Teaching Modules
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2009
Objectives for this class:
-Insight into the design of an industry association as a response to society's environmental concerns and as an alternative to government regulations
-Knowledge of key milestones related to rising environmental awareness, industry responsibility, and government intervention
-Capacity to design alternative quantitative approaches for evaluating environment performance
Glaxo Executive’s Memo Suggested Burying Drug Studies
Authors: Feeley, Jef; Fisk, Margaret
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Bloomberg.com
Publication Year: 2009
GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the world’s second-biggest drugmaker, talked about burying negative studies linking its antidepressant drug Paxil to birth defects, according to a company memo introduced at a trial.
Sources of Corporate Environmental Performance
Authors: Thornton, Dorothy; Kagan, Robert A.; Gunningham, Neil
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2003
Through a study of 14 pulp mills in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, this article shows that more stringent regulatory requirements and increasing political pressure have brought about large improvements and convergence in environmental performance over the last 30 years, with many mills exceeding compliance requirements.
Tullis Russell
Author:
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Employee Ownership Association
Publication Year: 2009
Paper manufacturer and distributor Tullis Russell became majority employee owned in 1994 in a pioneering arrangement that involved the transfer of ownership to staff and unlocked capital for the family that had owned most of the business since 1809.
Scott Bader
Author:
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Employee Ownership Association
Publication Year: 2009
Ownership of chemical company Scott Bader is unusual. Since 1963 it has been wholly owned by a charitable trust, the Scott Bader Commonwealth.
Carris Companies' Practice of Employee Governance
Author: Betit, Cecile G.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Issue 6, Summer 2002, pp. 87-109
Publication Year: 2002
Distinguishing the Carris Companies’ transition to 100% employee ownership was its more unusual movement towards 100% employee governance. This paper examines the Carris Companies’ practice of governance and the process used to prepare stakeholder citizens for their changing roles and relationships.
The Xiamen PX Project: the Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today
Authors: Zhang, Weigi; Abrami, Regina M.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
This case examines the effect of environmental activism on China's investment climate, focusing on the petrochemical sector. This case is suitable for courses in international business, business and society, and doing business in China and/or the developing world.
Thai Petrochemical Industry: Negotiating Debt after the East Asian Crisis (A, B)
Authors: Henisz, Witold J.; Capur, Aneesha
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Publication Year: 2006
After the East Asian crisis in Thailand, Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI), the largest petrochemical conglomerate in Southeast Asia, became the biggest delinquent debtor in the country. TPI’s creditors now had to make a decision on how best to maximize the value of their outstanding loans.
Dow Chemical And Agent Orange In Vietnam
Author: Dawkins, Cedric
Product Type: Cases
Source: The CASE Journal
Publication Year: 2008
This case examines the ethical issues raised when businesses contract for the military during a time of war.
Ethics Management at a Cross-Border Enterprise (A, B)
Authors: Van den Berg, J; Goo, Say
Product Type: Cases
Source: The University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2008
These case studies concern Choi & Leng Paper Ltd, a Hong Kong based company that falls into the category of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Creating Paper with Wind Power
Author: Weatherhead School of Management
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Case Western Reserve University
Publication Year: 2005
In 2005, Mohawk Paper Mills purchased windpower for its newly acquired Beckett Mill in Hamilton, Ohio, making Mohawk the 2nd largest industrial consumer of windpower in the U.S. The company is the only paper mill in the U.S. to use wind energy to manufacture paper.
The Xerox Drawing Board
Author: Herrera, Tilde
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: GreenBiz.com
Publication Year: 2008
As much as 40 percent of the paper printed in an office is viewed once before being discarded, according to Xerox. A few years ago, its technologists began developing a self-erasing paper that can be reused a number of times and save your company a lot of money.
Allied Chemical Corp. (A)
Authors: Lodge, George C. ; Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 1979
This case describes Allied, the chemical industry, and the effects of the Kepone problem (a toxic pesticide dumped into the James River) as of 1976.
Yakima Filters: From Waste Tires to Clean Water
Authors: Lawrence, Anne T.; Solt, Michael E.; Osland, Asbjorn
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2006
A chemical engineer, Dr. Aslam Mohamed Ali had developed a promising technology for manufacturing activated carbon from recycled waste tires. How could he best move forward from prototypes to production?
Living Corporate Citizenship: Strategic Routes to Socially Responsible Business
Author: McIntosh, Malcolm
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Financial Times Management
Publication Year: 2003
Corporate Citizenship matters. It is no longer just a moral imperative - it is now smart business. Investors, consumers, employees and communities are demanding Capitalism with a Human Face - it is time to deliver some corporate soul...
Handbook on Responsible Leadership and Governance in Global Business
Authors: Doh, Jonathan P.; Stumpf, Stephen A.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication Year: 2005
Ethics, social responsibility, leadership, governance. These terms are heard in the classroom, in the boardroom, and viewed on the front page of newspapers and magazines. Yet serious attention to the relationships among these concepts is lacking...
Governance and Sustainability
Authors: Petschow, Ulrich; Rosenau, James; Von Weizsacker, Ernst-Ulrich
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Greenleaf Publishing Ltd
Publication Year: 2005
‘Governance and Sustainability' examines the possibilities of integrating the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development within the framework of governance processes and how that might steer societies towards sustainability...
Global Warming: A Drag on Businesses
Author: Ahmad, Aftab
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Dawn (Pakistan's widely circulated English newspaper)
Publication Year: 2006
If global warming intensifies, there will be more heat-related deaths and more damage to crops and livestock as a result of droughts...
Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All
Author: Hewlett, Sylvia A.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review OnPoint
Publication Year: 2002
When it comes to having a high-powered career and a family, the painful truth is that women in the United States don't "have it all." At midlife, in fact, at least a third of the country's high-achieving women--a category that includes high wage earners across a variety of professions--do not have children...
Everyday High Health Costs; One Giant's Struggle Is Corporate America's, Too
Author: Abelson, Reed
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2005
Back in the spring, amid relentless criticism that Wal-Mart Stores was failing to provide affordable health care to employees, executives at the company decided to take a detailed look at its benefits. Wal-Mart knew its health costs were spiraling upward out of control, said M. Susan Chambers, the senior executive who led the initiative, but it was surprised to discover that its critics had a point...
Doing Better at Doing Good: When, Why and How Consumers Respond to Corporate Social Initiatives
Authors: Bhattacharya, C.B.; Sen, Sankar
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2004
Although companies are devoting significant resources to corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, insights into the optimal formulation, implementation, and effectiveness estimation of CSR strategies are currently scarce. This article takes an in-depth look at when, why, and how CSR works from a consumer's perspective...
Do Women Lack Ambition?
Author: Fels, Anna
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review OnPoint
Publication Year: 2004
This article looks at the differing definitions of ambition held by men and women, and ways in which gender differences in the interpretation of ‘ambition' affects womens' expectations, performance and self- evaluation as a professional...
Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause
Authors: Kotler, Phillip; Lee, Nancy
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: John Wiley & Sons
Publication Year: 2004
Today, corporations are expected to give something back to their communities in the form of charitable projects. In Corporate Social Responsibility, the authors explain why charity is both good P.R. and good for business.
Leading Corporate Citizens: Vision, Values, Value Added
Author: Waddock, Sandra
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 2nd edition
Publication Year: 2005
Waddock's Leading Corporate Citizens is designed for the instructor interested in cutting-edge thinking and research in the 21st century. This innovative text incorporates important new features of the modern business landscape yet to be brought into Business and Society texts...
Chronos
Author:
Product Type: Exercises; Web Sites
Source: World Business Council for Sustainable Development and University of Cambridge Programme for Industry 2003-2004
Publication Year: 2003
Chronos is an exciting new e-learning tutorial on the business case for sustainable development...
The New York Times DealBook Blog
Author: Sorkin, Andrew Ross
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2006
Daily news on mergers & acquisitions, I.P.O.'s, venture capital and more.
The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Author: Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Publication Year: 2006
The GBC is the pre-eminent organization leading the business fight against HIV/AIDS...
The Business of Green: A Special Section
Author: The New York Times
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Web Sites
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year:
A special New York Times section on Green Business: Businesses are going green for many reasons, not just to enhance their image. Some are seeking a competitive advantage...
Ethical Marketplace
Author:
Product Type: Web Sites
Source:
Publication Year:
A quiet revolution is happening in business and investment - the new "triple bottom line": respecting people and the environment while earning a profit. Ethical Marketplace is a weekly business news magazine TV series about this revolution...
The Emerging Era of Customer Advocacy
Author: Urban, Glen L.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review, Winter, 2004
Publication Year: 2004
For decades, companies relied on push marketing to sell their products and services. Then, in the 1990s, the emphasis shifted to relationship marketing, as slogans such as "delight your customers" became the mantra of many marketers. But those tactics have been losing their effectiveness, particularly as the power of customers continues to grow...
What Matters Most: Corporate Values and Social Responsibility
Author: Hollender, Jeffrey
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review, Volume 46, No. 4, Summer, 2004
Publication Year: 2004
There are still some who consider the phrase "socially responsible business" a contradiction in terms and who feel that the notion of corporate social responsibility is merely a trend and intrinsically suspect. Other believe...
Guidelines for Social Return on Investment
Authors: Lingane, Alison; Olsen, Sara
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review Volume 46 No. 3, Spring, 2004
Publication Year: 2004
Presents 10 standard guidelines for calculating social return on investment (SROI)--quantitative summaries of companies' social and environmental impacts, actual or projected.
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...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report Gauges Private Sector Attitudes on Role in Society
Author: GreenBiz.com
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: www.Greenbiz.com
Publication Year: 2005
A new U.S. Chamber of Commerce report sheds light on the attitudes, experiences, and expectations of business leaders toward corporate citizenship...
The Relationship Between Social and Financial Performance
Authors: Roman, Ronald M.; Hayibor, Sefa; Agle, Bradley R.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business & Society, Volume 38,
No. 1, pp. 109-125
Publication Year: 1999
This article reconstructs the thesis of the article by Griffin and Mahon, The Corporate Social Performance and Corporate Financial Performance Debate (1997), re-examining corporate social responsibility in the chemical industry.
Corporate Global Citizenship
Author: Tichy, Noel M.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Jason Aronson, Inc.
Publication Year: 1998
As the world's human population skyrockets and resources grow scarce, the multinational corporation--with its ability to mobilize massive human and capital resources across geopolitical boundaries--may be mankind's best defense against an onslaught of social ills.
DVD: Architecture to Zucchini
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Product Type: Multimedia
Source: Arnold Creek Productions
Publication Year: 2005
Architecture to Zucchini, a DVD, is an exploration of socially responsible businesses and the passionate leaders who drive them. These are the pioneers who have put the principles of sustainability to work. It features insights from leaders of nationally recognized organizations that serve industry, education, communities and government. Through interviews and tours, these pioneers reveal the impact of merging economic, social and environmental considerations in their business plans and operations. They share everything from lessons learned to the challenges they've faced – even the unexpected opportunities for strategic alliances, within and outside their industries.
Facing the Future: Business, Society and the Sustainable Development Challenge
Author: The Prince of Wales Institute
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: University of Cambridge Program for Industry, 2005
Publication Year: 2005
This collection of contributions from 35 leading thinkers and practitioners associated with the University of Cambridge's Program for Industry has been published to launch the second decade of the Business & the Environment Program. It focuses on engaging the world of business in a reflective, challenging conversation about its pivotal role in shaping humanity's future and furthering sustainable development.
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