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The Constitutional Roots of Freedom of Speech
Wicks, Andrew C.; Becerra, Spencer L.; Botha, Helet; Mead, JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0460-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis note, written to accompany "The NBA, China, and Social Media: What Are the Rules of the Game?" (UVA-E-0459) but useful in tandem with other cases, charts the history of freedom of speech in the United States. The US Constitution did not originally inStarting at €8.20
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Google and Internet Privacy (B)
Harris, Jared D.; Denoncour, Joan; Heffernan, Edward; Koranne, Rahul; Marxen, Jake; Neu, Thomas; Sundaresan, Narayanan; Bowie, Norman E.; Mead, JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0345-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case begins with the resolution of the A case (disturbed by the office reaction to him, Patton resigns), and then discusses the privacy issues in the situation from a Utilitarian and a Kantian perspective.Starting at €8.20
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The United States Olympic Committee and Rule 50 in the 21st Century
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0478-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis technical note explains the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Rule 50, put into place in the 1970s, which prohibited protest at the Olympic Games. The stated goals of the rule were to (1) protect the athletes; (2) minimize commercialization of the Games in what was known as the "clean venue" policy; (3) prevent the Games from becoming a vehicle for "promotion of political, religious or racial propaganda"; and (4) specify what was allow...Starting at €8.20
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Chinese History and the National Humiliation Narrative
Wicks, Andrew C.; Metcalf, Mark; Botha, Helet; Mead, JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0461-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis note describes how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), founded in 1949, has attempted to create and maintain an official narrative of the country and regime that tilts toward the favorable and minimizes any negative. A key component of the historical narrative has been China's so-called Century of Humiliation, in which China suffered exploitation at the hands of various other nations. Mistreatment by foreigners resulted in China's bei...Starting at €8.20
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Food Versus Fuel
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0302-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAlthough biofuels had been used for many years (from 1980 to mid-2007, an estimated 2 trillion miles were driven on ethanol-blended fuels in the United States), it was not until the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with dwindling oil supplies, the threat of global warming, and unrest in the oil-rich Middle East that people began thinking of them seriously as alternatives to petroleum-based fuel. Biofuels were also considered better for the en...Starting at €8.20
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Equity Considerations in Remote and Hybrid Work Environments
Kaufmann, Lauren; Mead, Jenny; King, LucyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0498-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAfter the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, companies around the world built and refined models of working in both fully remote and hybrid environments. While many of these policies and programs focused on maintaining operational productivity, few intentionally considered equity in their structures or outlined guidelines to ensure all employees felt they were treated fairly, regardless of chosen work modality or other external factors...Starting at €8.20
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Equity Considerations in Remote and Hybrid Work Environments
Kaufmann, Lauren; Mead, Jenny; King, LucyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0498Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAfter the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, companies around the world built and refined models of working in both fully remote and hybrid environments. While many of these policies and programs focused on maintaining operational productivity, few intentionally considered equity in their structures or outlined guidelines to ensure all employees felt they were treated fairly, regardless of chosen work modality or other external factors...Starting at €8.20
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True Leadership: Leading with Meaning
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Newkirk, David; Spangler, LoganTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0364-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityLeadership is an enduring subject for research, writing, and discussion. There are almost endless theoretical and fundamental explanations as to what leadership is and what makes a good leader. The research has gone through various different phases. Intended for all audiences but specifically written for an Executive Education course, this technical note identifies some of the contemporary theories and prominent thinkers in the field of leadershi...Starting at €8.20
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Using a Framework to Create Better Choices
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Freeman, R. Edward; Wicks, Andrew C.; Harris, Jared D.; Mead, JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0407-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIntuition can be a good guide for decision making when the current situation generally matches the situations in which the intuition was formed. But for novel or ambiguous situations, relying only on intuition can blind us to possible negative consequences by focusing our attention only on data that support our intuition. To reduce the likelihood of these errors and to better imagine and prepare for the outcomes of our choices, we use a decision-...Starting at €8.20
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The Book of Bad Arguments
Wicks, Andrew C.; Freeman, R. Edward; Harris, Jared; Parmar, Bidhan; Mead, Jenny; Mayo, ZacharyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0408-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis note, intended to accompany the short booklet An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments, discusses the logical framework behind argumentation and presents the basic logical rules necessary to reach sound conclusions. Throughout, it refers to the philosophical foundations of logical reasoning and attempts to address these concepts in the framework of management. By the end, diligent students should be able to identify the necessary structure and c...Starting at €8.20