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Guidant Corporation (A): Don't Get a Heart Attack! Difficult Decisions in a Pacemaker Firm
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-169-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeGuidant Corporation is a high tech start up. After a couple of years of activities, it launches new high tech products such as pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, etc. After some time Guidant's top management discovers that one of its products, implanted in 24.000 patients, has a serious defect. Manager has to choose whether to disclose the information only to the FDA as requested by the law, or also to inform the patients and doctors.Starting at €8.20
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Guidant Corporation (C): Don't Get a Heart Attack! Difficult Decisions in a Pacemaker Firm
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-171-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeGuidant Corporation is an high tech star up. After a couple of years of activities, it launches new high tech products such as pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, etc. After some time Guidant's top management discovers that one of its products, implanted in 24.000 patients, has a serious defect. After the death of a patient due to the fault of a Guidant's product, the firm enter into fire. Case C provides the epilogue of the long crisis.Starting at €5.74
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Mauro Guillén, trayectoria de un académico
Lucas Chinchilla P.Case IIST-DGI-178Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilitySe trata de valorar la trayectoria académica del profesor Mauro Guillen, analizando los pasos que ha dado hasta ser Catedrático en Wharton School. La formación básica, las instituciones deonde ha estado y sus dedicaciones a docencia, dirección de investigación: ¿Qué tipo de profesor es?, ¿qué frutos pueden esperarse?, ¿qué sugerencias podrían hacérsele?, ¿que interés podría haber en contar con su colaboración?.Starting at €8.20
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De Seattle a Génova
Llamas Mendoza, Agustín; De León González, RodrigoCase IPADE-EPS 01 C 01Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilitySe acercaban los últimos días del mes de noviembre de 1999 y con ellos la Reunión de ministros de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (por sus siglas en inglés WTO), encabezada por su flamante director general Mike Moore, en Seattle, Estados Unidos. En dicha cumbre se tratarían temas como el seguimiento de las negociaciones para la liberalización progresiva del comercio internacional, la orientación del comercio de modo que contribuyera de forma ...Starting at €8.20
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Culture at Google
Hsieh, Nien-he; Klopfenstein, Amy; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-320050-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityBeginning in 2017, technology (tech) company Google faced a series of employee-relations issues that threatened its unique culture of innovation and open communication. Issues included protests surrounding Google's contracts with the U.S. government, restStarting at €8.20
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Patagonia: "Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder"
Trelstad, Brian; Hsieh, Nien-he; Norris, Michael; Pinckney, SusanCase HBS-323057-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPatagonia's change of ownership from a privately held company to a perpetual purpose trust and 501(c)(4) nonprofit in order to use the company's profit to fight the environmental crisis and be a model for future businesses.Starting at €8.20
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Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance, Teaching Plan
Trelstad, Brian; Masko, JohnTeaching Note HBS-321133-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityTeaching plan for case 320008.Starting at €0.00
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Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance
Chu, Michael; Trelstad, Brian; Masko, JohnCase HBS-320008-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio's beleaguered urban core. Two years later, the pair made thStarting at €8.20
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Gender and Free Speech at Google (A)
Hsieh, Nien-he; Crawford, Martha J.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-318085-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In August 2017, Google fired James Damore, a 28-year-old software engineer who had been employed by the compStarting at €8.20
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OpenAI and the Large Language Model Market - Teaching Note
Samila, Sampsa; Berrone, Pascual; Sastre Boquet, IsaacTeaching Note SMT-144-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case study centered on Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, as he faced critical decisions regarding the company's future direction in the rapidly growing large language model (LLM) market. With the success of GPT-4, OpenAI became a prominent player in the industry, and Altman had to develop a comprehensive strategy to maintain this position while navigating a complex array of challenges. The case explored key issues such as competitive dynamics, f...Starting at €0.00