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Looking for the Fast Break: The WNBA Nears a Quarter Century
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Elias, AllisonCase DARDEN-E-0491-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2019, as it approached its 25th year, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) faced many challenges. The players were disenchanted with subpar salaries, facilities, and amenities, as well as with their international play, which was necessary to bring in additional income but often had adverse effects on both their health and the league's schedule. There were also labor issues, as the league negotiated a collective bargaining agreeme...Starting at €8.20
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Nike: Retaining Talent and Managing a Brand
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Liedtka, Jeanne M.; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Guimaraes, Raphael A.Case DARDEN-E-0485-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2021, Nike had lost some of the top female athletes it had sponsored, including WNBA two-time champion Breanna Stewart and gymnast Simone Biles. The reasons for the departures, which had taken place over the past several years, varied, but several prominent departing female athletes had accused Nike of bad practices when athletes became pregnant. Track and field star Allyson Felix, in a New York Times op-ed, described how Nike wanted to pay he...Starting at €8.20
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The Global Great Depression, 1929-1939
Cavallo, Alberto F.; Reinert, Sophus A.; Gabrieli, FedericaCase HBS-722034-EEconomicsThe Great Depression was, by far, the worst economic contraction of the twentieth century, and some of the most important ideas about both fiscal and monetary policy in the second half of the century were developed in response to it. The economic collapse, which started with a sudden stock market crash in the United States, had quickly assumed worldwide proportions. A combination of deflation, massive unemployment, dramatic declines in industrial...Starting at €8.20
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US Migration in Four Acts - Teaching note
Debaere, PeterTeaching Note DARDEN-GEM-0214TN-EEconomicsImmigration is a powerful force shaping a country's population, and a nation's immigration policy often reveals who is welcome and who is not. "US Migration in Four Acts" offers an overview of migration to the United States and focuses especially on two major laws that have defined US migration policy. First, the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act became law toward the end of the mass migration that began in the 19th century. It imposed different immigration...Starting at €0.00
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Governments and Markets in the 21st Century
Murphy, DanielCase DARDEN-GEM-0187-EEconomicsAs Joseph Biden began his presidency in early 2021, he was faced with the enormous task of balancing his more centrist tendencies with the increasingly activist part of his coalition. More generally, he would need to understand the forces that contributed to subpar economic performance and to redirect government efforts to supporting a market economy that benefitted all Americans. To do so, he would need to understand the arguments for and agains...Starting at €8.20
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Finance Caselets: An Ethical Perspective
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Dalmia, Pranav; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0472-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThese fictional caselets, some of which are based on lived experience, present dilemmas and ethical issues in the financial field. The situations include an investment-banking firm executive deciding how to handle an investment tip; an executive struggling with whether to push her tech start-up client to a lucrative IPO or to follow her company’s directive to push a merger instead; an employee asked to contravene accepted accounting practice; an ...Starting at €8.20
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Richardson Eye Care and Surgery Center
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Stanton, Andrew; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0445-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityA consultant experienced in developing predictive models for his clients to improve business operations, Everett Blake, was working with the Richardson Eye Care and Surgery Center (RECSC), which wanted to explore ways to improve its no-show rate, classifying a “no-show” as an appointment not kept without 24-hours’ notice. After running variables through an XGBoost model, Blake’s company had identified predictive variables, which included age and ...Starting at €8.20
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Suez and Veolia in Hot Water - Teaching note
Debaere, PeterTeaching Note DARDEN-GEM-0221TN-EEconomicsStarting at €0.00
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Ethical Product Design Framework
Leiner, Benjamin; Parmar, Bidhan L.Technical Note DARDEN-E-0502-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityTechnologists, particularly product managers, do not make design choices in a vacuum. Often, they have quantitative objectives they hope to achieve as part of their quarterly goals. But purely pursuing those objectives without considering risks to various stakeholders—for example, erosion of users' attention or users becoming politically radicalized—may result in considerable harm for not only the product's users but also for the organization. Th...Starting at €8.20
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American Express: Deciding on a hybrid work model after the COVID crisis (A) & (B) - Teaching note
Almandoz, John; Reiche, SebastianTeaching Note DPOT-126-ECorporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementIn the fall of 2021, after leading his team through 18 turbulent months of the coronavirus pandemic, Juan Ortiz, CEO of American Express (Amex) in Spain, and his country executive team (CET) had to address what the new way of working would look like for their team in Spain. After a companywide discussion about what the "new normal" would look like globally, they were faced with determining to what extent, from the perspective of Amex Spain, emplo...Starting at €0.00