Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home

Author: Donaldson, Thomas
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 1996

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This article discusses the principles of cultural relativism and cultural absolutism, in developing a pragmatic and philosophical approach to ethical decision-making for businesses operating abroad.

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SAS Institute

Authors: Bankert, Ellen; Lee, Mary D.; Lange, Candice
Product Type: Cases
Source: Wharton Work/Life Integration Project
Publication Year: 2002

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SAS Institute is the world's largest privately held software company, with sales in 1998 of $870 million - double its revenue only six years earlier ... The compelling case story behind SAS Institute is not tied to a specific change initiative or the company's many perks, but is about the work environment created at the company's outset and sustained over time. The case focuses on capturing the essential elements that define the SAS Institute culture...

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Whole Foods Market's Growth Strategies and Future Prospects

Author: Regani, S
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2007

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This case is meant for MBA / PGDBM students and is designed to be part of the strategy and general management curriculum. The teaching note includes the abstract, teaching objectives and methodology, assignment questions, analysis, feedback of case discussion and suggested readings and references.

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For Whom are Corporate Managers Trustees?

Author: Dodd, E. Merrick
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Harvard Law Review, 1932 vol. 45 no. 7: 1145–1163
Publication Year: 1932

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The author argues that public opinion is moving toward a view of business corporations as institutions with a social service as well as a profit-making function...

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Conflict on a Trading Floor (A, B)

Authors: Useem, Jerry; Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1993

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While the terms of a complex deal are being worked out, a junior salesperson realizes a top salesperson has taken advantage of the Poseidon executives' unfamiliarity with complex financial structures to build an outrageously high profit margin into the deal. The case gives students a chance to think about ethical dilemmas they are likely to face in the business world. How would they react in a situation in which they are under enormous outside pressure to do something that runs counter to their ethical values?

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Hindustan Lever Re-invents the Wheel (A, B, C)

Authors: Ellison, Brian; Rodriguez, Miguel A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2003

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This case series deals with the pioneering experience of Unilever at the "base of the pyramid" (BOP). The BOP consists of those 4 billion people excluded from the market economy and living in poverty. The BOP is a new management concept that conveys the promise to fulfill a twofold objective: promote social development and allow companies to regain double digit growth rates.

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Wal-Mart: 21st Century Leadership

Author: Scott, Lee
Product Type: Speeches
Source: www.WalMart.com
Publication Year: 2005

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On October 24, 2005, Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart, delivered a groundbreaking and, some would argue, long overdue speech commiting the world's largest corporation to become a significant positive force for social and environmental stewardship.

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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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Kimpton Hotels: Balancing Strategy and Environmental Sustainability

Authors: Silverman, Murray; Thomas, Tom
Product Type: Cases
Source: San Francisco State University, College of Business
Publication Year: 2006

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Michael Pace faced a dilemma. He was Kimpton Hotels' West Coast Director of Operations and Environmental Programs... He was determined to help the boutique hotel chain "walk the talk" regarding its commitment to environmental responsibility, but he also had agreed not to introduce any new products or processes that would be more expensive than those they replaced....

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"Employees First, Customers Second": Wegmans' Work Culture

Authors: George, S; Regani, S
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2007

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This case examines some of the elements of Wegmans' work culture, and how they contributed to making Wegmans a great place to work.

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