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The Globe and Mail: Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism Scandal
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B13M047-EStrategyThe public editor of The Globe and Mail, Canada’s leading national newspaper, faces a significant ethical situation. An advocate of media standards has released a blog post outlining allegations of plagiarism against a prominent newspaper columnist. Following the release of the blog post, numerous members of the public and the journalism community began commenting on the situation. The public editor is responsible for upholding journalistic ethic...Starting at €8.20
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o.b.: The Case of the Missing Tampons
Mary Weil; Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M096-EStrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of a large consumer health conglomerate faces a controversial situation. Loyal consumers of a feminine hygiene product are outraged when they learn that a highly coveted product has been permanently discontinued. Unable to find their favourite brand in stock, consumers create a website and post online petitions to boycott, or rather “girlcott,” all products made by the company. The company has already suffered se...Starting at €8.20
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Greenpeace's Unfriend Coal Campaign and Facebook
Michael Sider; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M011-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyFacebook’s director of policy communications was faced with a situation caused by a YouTube video posted by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Greenpeace. This video publicly critiqued the environmental sustainability of Facebook’s decision to build a new data centre, its main objection being that the new facility would be connected to a local utility provider that supplied electricity mainly from the burning of coal, one of the largest sour...Starting at €8.20
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Toyota: Accelerator Pedal Recall (B)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11M078-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Toyota: Accelerator Pedal Recall (A).Starting at €5.74
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Research in Motion: Sincerely, a RIM Employee (B)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12C021-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Research in Motion: Sincerely, a RIM Employee (A).Starting at €5.74
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Research in Motion: Blackberry Blackout (B)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M045-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Research in Motion: Blackberry Blackout (A).Starting at €5.74
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City in Crisis: Michael Taylor
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B10M102-EStrategyOver the past four years the chief administrative officer (CAO) had worked hard to bring change to the city of Havenstock, Canada. Prior to his arrival at Havenstock in 2004, City Hall was awash in media scandal, secrecy, and suspicion. Moreover, the work environment at City Hall was plagued with closed-channel communication and a lack of trust between employees and management. Staff morale was low and the relationship with the press was tense. T...Starting at €8.20
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Lac-Megantic Train Derailment: Putting Out the Fires (B)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B13M136-EStrategySupplement to 9B13M135.Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Cancer Society: Fundraising Controversy
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11M098-EStrategyOn July 6, 2011, the communication director for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) in Toronto, Ontario, was faced with a challenging situation. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) had just released an online article that focused on the 2011 CCS budget and how the CCS allocated millions of dollars each year. The article provided details on how the proportion of donation money that the CCS spent on cancer research each year had decreased fro...Starting at €8.20
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Ontario Place Revitalization (Spanish version)
Mary Gillett; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12MS087StrategyIn 2012, the Ontario provincial government announced that after 41 years in operation, the iconic Toronto tourist attraction Ontario Place would be shut down. The immediate closing would save the province and tax payers an estimated $20 million a year and eliminate at least 48 full-time jobs and 600 summer positions in the process. Ontario Place attendance had dropped sharply from an average of three million visitors during the early 1980's, to j...Starting at €8.20