Ways of Thinking about Our Values in the Workplace (Giving Voice to Values)

Author: Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Giving Voice to Values Curriculum Initiative
Publication Year: 2008

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This is the foundational reading for the Giving Voice to Values approach. It explains its origins; the research upon which it is based; and the key elements or pillars for learning to effectively voice and act on our values

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The Shakedown: Should Customer Strategy Solutions Pay Off the Tax Officials?

Author: Bodrock, Phil
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business Review.
Publication Year: 2005

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Customer Strategy Solutions, a California-based developer of order fulfillment systems, is facing a shakedown. Six months after the firm's CEO, Pavlo Zhuk, set up a software development center in Kiev, local bureaucrats say the company hasn't filed all the tax schedules it should have...

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The Zeebrugge Car Ferry Disaster (A)

Author: Boyd, Colin
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Saskatchewan
Publication Year: 1990

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On 6th March 1987 the Herald of Free Enterprise, the pride of the Townsend Thoresen ferry fleet, sank outside the Belgian port of Zeebrugge with the loss of 188 lives. The ship had sailed with its bow doors open. This case provides a remarkable and chilling insight into the management of a firm experiencing a catastrophic disaster...

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Computone Corporation: An Instructional Case in Earnings Management and Revenue Recognition

Authors: Stallworth, H. Lynn; Braun, Robert L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: American Accounting Association
Publication Year: 2007

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This case demonstrates how the company employed earnings manipulation techniques that resulted in violations of GAAP through improper revenue recognition...

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Calculating Consequences: The Utilitarian Approach to Ethics

Authors: Velasquez, Manuel; Andre, Claire; Shanks, Thomas; Meyer, Michael
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Interviews
Source: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Publication Year: 1989

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Utilitarianism offers a relatively straightforward method for deciding the morally right course of action for any particular situation we may find ourselves in.

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The Moral Muteness of Managers

Authors: Bird, Frederick B.; Waters, James A.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review, vol. 32 (no. 1), pp. 73-88. 1989.
Publication Year: 1989

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Ernst & Young LLP

Authors: Hawkins, David F.; Cohen, Jacob
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006

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The history of Ernst & Young provides a platform to discuss the issues related to the sale of the consulting business as well as the founding of the legal unit. It dovetails with the issues raised at Arthur Andersen regarding the role of the Big Four accounting firms and how they deal with issues of conflict of interest and internal controls to ensure independence.

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Blowing the Whistle, Many Times

Author: Walsh, Mary Williams
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2008

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When Cynthia Fitzgerald started out in pharmaceutical sales 20 years ago, she received ample training on the right and wrong ways to sell medical products. Those early lessons didn't serve her so well when she went to work in health care purchasing. Eventually, Ms. Fitzgerald decided to file what could become one of the largest whistle-blower lawsuits on record.

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Circon (A, B, C)

Authors: Hall, Brian J.; Rose, Christopher; Subramanian, Guhan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2001

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In 1996, U.S. Surgical launched a hostile takeover bid against Circon Corp. After building the company for 20 years, CEO Richard Auhll takes a defensive stand that includes inviting an old HBS friend (George Cloutier) to join the fight as a director of Circon...

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Karen Leary (A, B, C)

Authors: Hill, Linda A.; Elias, Jaan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010

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Chung makes what Leary perceives to be an unreasonable request for a private office. Leary must respond to this request, taking into account the implications of her decision for her ambitions for the branch office and her career.

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