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The e-Choupal Initiative
Horniman, Alexander B.; Venkataraman, S.; Thiemele, Anne-Laure; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0343-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAn international corporation’s agricultural business division reviews its seven-year-old IT initiative among rural Indian farmers. Suitable for learners at all levels, the case is ideal for modules on strategic change, transformational change in a value chain, and development at the bottom of the pyramid. It also provides excellent insight into how corporations can improve both profits and lifestyles in developing nations while bolstering their w...Starting at €8.20
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BabySupplies: el conflicto entre empresarios e inversores (B)
Ener, HakanCase E-180Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipYa han pasado varios meses desde los acontecimientos descritos en la parte A del caso titulado "BabySupplies: el conflicto entre empresarios e inversores" y han surgido nuevos problemas que ponen en riesgo la viabilidad de la empresa. La compañía ha estado acumulando deudas con los proveedores, por lo que algunos de ellos han dejado de abastecer a BabySupplies. Liz ocultó este hecho a los miembros del Consejo de Administración durante varios mese...Starting at €5.74
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Laia Bertran (E): En Chicago: y yo qué hago
Bertran, Laia; Las Heras, Mireia; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-402Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl caso E presenta la situación de Laia en 2016, tras pasar casi un año en Estados Unidos, donde no ha estado trabajando, sino ayudando a Jordi y a toda la familia a aclimatarse a su nuevo destino. El caso finaliza con una serie de preguntas que Laia se plantea con respecto a su vida profesional.Starting at €5.74
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Laia Bertran (E): In Chicago: So, What Do I Do
Bertran, Laia; Las Heras, Mireia; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-402-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementCase E presents Laia's situation in 2016. At this point, she has spent almost a year in the United States, where, rather than working, her role has been to help Jordi and the rest of the family settle into their new life. The case ends with a series of questions Laia is asking herself about her professional future.Starting at €5.74
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Looking for (e)Harmony
Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny; Shariff, IkramCase DARDEN-BRI-1003-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityA growing company has an opportunity to sign a major client: an online dating service. But that service is notorious for having forbidden ads indicating a search for same-sex partnerships. That policy goes against the corporation's own ethics and the personal views of many of its employees. Yet the company needs a large contract such as this one to sustain itself. What should the company decide to do?Starting at €8.20
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Purpose: A Great Opportunity to Make the Future Matter
Huete, Luis MaríaTechnical Note PN-517-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementHaving a noble purpose humanizes work in companies, gives a sense of meaning to life and encourages decision making with the long term in mind. Leaders looking to create a better future must articulate an inspiring purpose for their companies and for their lives. This article offers ideas and suggestions in this regard.Starting at €8.20
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Agility: A Company´s Best Defense Against Black Swans
Huete, Luis María; Quinn, BernardoTechnical Note PN-519-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementIn markets where black swans are becoming more common, the business response has three dimensions: greater internal cohesion, greater capacity for adaptation and extraordinary integration with customers. In this paper we describe the eight principles upon which the agile movement is based, and propose their incorporation into everyday processes in organizations as a solution to the eight most endemic problems currently threatening the sustainabil...Starting at €8.20
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Códigos de conducta empresarial: condiciones de éxito, elaboración e implementación
Melé, Domènec; González, CésarTechnical Note BEN-126Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityUn código de conducta empresarial, llamado a veces código ético de empresa, podría definirse como un documento corporativo de la empresa en el que se presentan valores, criterios y normas para una correcta actuación ante dilemas, aspectos o situaciones empresariales en los que se considera especialmente relevante que directivos y empleados sigan unas pautas de actuación aprobadas por la dirección. En esta nota se discuten qué argumentos existen,...Starting at €8.20
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Liderazgo, sociopatía y buen gobierno
Huete, Luis MaríaTechnical Note PN-514Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementMuchas de las habilidades asociadas a la sociopatía son apreciadas por las empresas y por aquellas instituciones políticas en las que se sobrevalora el corto plazo y las consideraciones financieras. Este refuerzo indirecto contribuye al descrédito empresarial y de la política en la sociedad, e introduce un factor de riesgo en dichas instituciones, ya que esa persona que consigue resultados brillantes a corto plazo sin muchos miramientos en los có...Starting at €8.20
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Out for Blood: Tyler Shultz and Theranos (E)
Harris, Jared D.; Agle, Bradley R.; Mead, Jenny; Scoville, JimmyCase DARDEN-E-0440H4-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn early 2014, recent Stanford University graduate Tyler Shultz was in a quandary. He had been working at Theranos, a blood-diagnostic company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford-dropout wunderkind, for almost a year. Shultz had learned enough about tStarting at €5.74