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Can the board of directors be an effective team?
Canals, JordiTechnical Note SMN-709-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThis technical note discusses whether boards of directors can be effective teams to help govern the company. Most of the literature in this area deals with the board structure and composition. This note presents the key attributes of boards as human groups, the dynamics of effective groups decision-making and the cognitive and behavioral biases that diminish board effectiveness.Starting at €8.20
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Fast Building (B)
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-194Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceEste caso de dos partes describe el problema de extorsión pasiva al que se enfrenta Andrew Smith, el director de la División de Construcciones Militares en Fast Building, una pequeña empresa europea que opera en el sector de la construcción. Dicha compañía está especializada en dos áreas: reestructuración de edificios antiguos y construcción de instalaciones militares. Lleva en funcionamiento más de quince años, habiendo participado en concursos ...Starting at €5.74
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Deadly Advertising: The Tobacco Case (A)
Olale, Esther; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-176-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EconomicsThe case study analyzes the effects of the regulation of tobacco advertising on tobacco companies, the U.S. government and the final consumer from an ethical and business standpoint. The first case deals with how tobacco advertising originated and how it has evolved over the years, and the second case deals with the development of regulation to curb tobacco advertising.Starting at €8.20
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Deadly Advertising: The Tobacco Case (B)
Olale, Esther; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-177-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EconomicsThe case study analyzes the effects of the regulation of tobacco advertising on tobacco companies, the U.S. government and the final consumer from an ethical and business standpoint. The first case deals with how tobacco advertising originated and how it has evolved over the years, and the second case deals with the development of regulation to curb tobacco advertising.Starting at €5.74
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Fast Building (A)
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-193Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceEste caso de dos partes describe el problema de extorsión pasiva al que se enfrenta Andrew Smith, el director de la División de Construcciones Militares en Fast Building, una pequeña empresa europea que opera en el sector de la construcción. Dicha compañía está especializada en dos áreas: reestructuración de edificios antiguos y construcción de instalaciones militares. Lleva en funcionamiento más de quince años, habiendo participado en concursos ...Starting at €8.20
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The TaxPayers' Alliance
Gyr, Oliver; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-191-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipThe TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) is a research and campaign group located in the United Kingdom that aims to speak for ordinary taxpayers fed up with government waste, increasing taxation, and the lack of transparency in all levels of government. The group's mission statement provides a good summary of its main objectives, which are to: - Reverse the perception that big government is necessary and irreversible. - Explain the benefits of a low tax ...Starting at €8.20
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Acton Institute: Unveiling the bond between individual liberty and religious principles
Vaccaro, Antonino; Potito, GianmicheleCase BE-200-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Poverty is an educational and public policy organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with international offices in Rome and Buenos Aires. The mission of the organization is to "promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles."Starting at €8.20
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The Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-192-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThe Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) is a non-profit private think tank established in November of 1990, following Lithuania's independence from the Soviet empire, with the purpose of promoting a free market in Lithuania. Since then and up to this day, the LFMI's "conducts research on key economic and policy issues, develops conceptual reform packages, drafts and evaluates legislative proposals, and aids Lithuanian government institutions ...Starting at €8.20
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Fast Building (A)
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-193-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThis is a two-part case study that describes a situation of passive extortion faced by Andrew Smith, the director of the Military Construction division at Fast Building, a small European company operating in the construction sector. Fast Building works in two sectors: the restructuring of ancient buildings and the construction of military installations. It has operated for more than 15 years, having participated in and won international competit...Starting at €8.20
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Fast Building (B):
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-194-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThis is a two-part case study that describes a situation of passive extortion faced by Andrew Smith, the director of the Military Construction division at Fast Building, a small European company operating in the construction sector. Fast Building works in two sectors: the restructuring of ancient buildings and the construction of military installations. It has operated for more than 15 years, having participated in and won international competit...Starting at €5.74