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Automating Morality: Ethics for Intelligent Machines
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Quinn, TomCase HBS-324007-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAs autonomy became a more significant part of modern life - most notably in autonomous vehicles (AVs), such as Teslas - ethical debates about whether and how to impart ethics to machines heated up. Utilitarians pointed out that autonomous vehicles crashed much less often than human-driven cars, making their adoption a net positive in terms of lives saved; deontologists worried about the implications of programming a car to swerve to kill its pass...Starting at €8.20
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Charity or Bribery (Spanish version)
Soltes, Eugene; Tilley, BrianCase HBS-121S02Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityFilip Kowalski, a senior manager at the pharmaceutical company Healthgen, leads sales for the firm's Polish division. While pitching Healthgen's products, he develops a relationship with a director of a regional health fund who also runs a private foundation. After a natural disaster, Healthgen- at the request of the director- donated products to help during the crises. After Healthgen wins an important contract, the media alleges that the donati...Starting at €8.20
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Carmen García (A): Managing a Dismissal
López-Cotarelo, Juan; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-119-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case illustrates some of the effects that periods of severe organizational stress can have on individual employees and the people management challenges that can arise in such situations. Carmen García is an employee who is highly valued by her organization. After the bank where she works is acquired by another entity, the changes that follow erode her commitment and lead to very high absenteeism. Carmen?s supervisors push for a disciplinary ...Starting at €8.20
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Lídia Izquierdo (B): Un despido con problemas
Quintanilla, Javier; Las Heras, MireiaCase DPO-758Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementTras los sucesos descritos en el caso (A), la empresa toma la decisión de despedir a Lídia Izquierdo. Lo que parecía iba a ser un mero trámite administrativo, se complica cuando la afectada se niega a negociar un despido improcedente y aduce "mobbing". Este caso está basado en el caso "Carmen García" de Juan López-Cotarelo y Javier Quintanilla, DPO-124.Starting at €5.74
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Lídia Izquierdo (C): Sentencia de despido nulo
Quintanilla, Javier; Las Heras, MireiaCase DPO-759Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementLa sentencia del juicio de Lídia Izquierdo reconoce que su despido es nulo por acoso laboral. Este es un fallo no esperado por la empresa que, sin embargo, adopta una estrategia para minimizar las repercusiones y negocia con Lídia las condiciones de su readmisión. Este caso está basado en el caso "Carmen García" de Juan López-Cotarelo y Javier Quintanilla, DPO-129.Starting at €5.74
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Abengoa, S.A. Should capital be increased in mid-2015 (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Suárez, José LuisCase F-925-PPAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, FinanceIn mid-2015, Abengoa, S.A. was highly indebted, in the opinion of both management and external analysts. A plan was launched to limit new investments and sett assets that were not performing. The level of debt was the result of a change in strategy with regards to the previous decade, from being an engineering services company to investing in infrastructure projects. Abengoa continued to do engineering, but mostly, at the time of writing, for the...Starting at €8.20
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ESG and Reykjavik Energy's First Green Bond
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-973-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, FinanceAs of February 2019, Reykjavik Energy is considering issuing their first Green Bond, which would be the third Green Bond coming from an Icelandic organization. With a potential value between ISK 2.5 and ISK 3 billion ($20 million to $25 million) and a 35-year term, the company is thinking not only about the financial implications of its proposed financing but also how it fits into its Environment, Societal and Governance (ESG) framework and its ...Starting at €8.20
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The Business of Pain: Johnson & Johnson and the Promise of Opioids (B)
Snowberg, Erik; Fetter, Trevor; Schulman, Amy W.Case HBS-720423-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case is designed to provide an engrossing overview of stakeholder capitalism through a vigorous discussion of the conflicts that can arise when trying to serve multiple stakeholders. In 2007, Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) subsidiary Janssen has to decide whether or not to launch a new opioid painkiller-the first such launch in 25 years-amidst growing concerns about opioid abuse in the U.S. The (A) case starts with the history of human interactio...Starting at €5.74
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An Intern's Dilemma
Sucher, Sandra J.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-611041-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAn HBS student is asked by his employer to misrepresent himself during the course of his summer internship in order to obtain data from industry competitors.Starting at €8.20
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Dipronor, S.L. (A)
Maeztu J. P.; Fontrodona, JoanCase TD-91-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAlejandro Rodríguez, general manager of Dipronor, S.L., suspects that two of his subordinates have demanded or accepted commissions from suppliers. Overwhelmed with work, Alejandro had not realized this was going on. The project they are working on has three months to go and these two people are vital to its completion. The case raises the question of how Alejandro should deal with them and with the suppliers involved.Starting at €8.20