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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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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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E-Cigarettes: The Wild, Wild West
Farris, Paul W.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny; Abbott, KatherineCase DARDEN-M-0876-EMarketingIn 2014, tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) had to confront the rapidly evolving global tobacco industry landscape. E-cigarettes, once considered a fad, were becoming increasingly popular. Facing uncharted territory, tobacco companies were uncertain about how to most successfully enter this market and how to do so rapidly.Starting at €8.20
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E-Cigarettes: The Wild, Wild West - Teaching Note
Farris, Paul W.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, JennyTeaching Note DARDEN-M-0876TN-EMarketingTeaching note for product M-0876Starting at €0.00
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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
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Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (A), (B), and (C) - Teaching Note
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mead, Jenny; Starr, JustinTeaching Note DARDEN-E-0373TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityTeaching note for product E-0373Starting at €0.00
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Google and Internet Privacy (A)
Harris, Jared D.; Denoncour, Joan; Heffernan, Edward; Koranne, Rahul; Marxen, Jake; Neu, Thomas; Sundaresan, Narayanan; Bowie, Norman E.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0344-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityBased on their use of a shared computer and the Internet ads that keep popping up, two co-workers suspect that another co-worker is HIV-positive or has AIDS. Using this story platform, the case explores Internet marketing, especially the powerhouse search engine Google and how it tracks its users’ habits. The history of Google is chronicled, as well as the privacy issues that have mushroomed as the Internet and its technology have developed.Starting at €8.20
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Juul Labs: Guilty by Association?
Wicks, Andrew C.; Wang, Yuhan; Pak, Sally; Botha, Helet; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0471-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe protagonist, the CEO of Juul Labs (Juul), an e-cigarette company founded to help smokers quit cigarettes, is trying to negotiate a merger with Philip Morris International (PMI), the behemoth tobacco company, in the face of bad press about e-cigarettesStarting at €8.20
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Vulcan Clothing Company
Wicks, Andrew C.; Nolan, John; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0438-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAs an advertising consultant for a New York-based clothing company, the protagonist in this case wants to respect and reflect religious diversity in both promotion and publicity. An actress wearing a hijab, the head cover many Muslim women wear in public, has been included in the company's upcoming global ad campaign, sparking concerns about how the campaign will be received in France. Taking into account the friction between political secula...Starting at €8.20
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Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (C): Planning in the Global Financial Crisis
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mead, Jenny; Starr, JustinCase DARDEN-E-0375-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhen the global recession of 2008–09 hit, Rio Tinto was forced to reexamine its spending priorities. Knowing that the availability of investment capital along with commodity prices would eventually rebound and that project delays could have a negative impact on net present value, David Salisbury and his team were faced with the additional challenge of prioritizing the various aspects of the RCM project. These fell into several categories: (1) rec...Starting at €5.74