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Two Miscellaneous Vignettes
Grousbeck, H. I.; Tauber, Alexander; Zambricki, Elizabeth A.Case SGSB-ETH-14-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case uses two vignettes to illustrate ethical questions that may occur at hospitals. In the first, 89-year old widow Theresa Addison is faced with the challenge of finding a facility that will care for her 47 year old son on a long term basis. Her son had been born with cerebral palsy, and facilities had deemed his situation futile. In the second vignette, hospital staff missed a key indicator during a newborn’s first baby wellness check, re...Starting at €8.20
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Global Sourcing at Nike
Hsieh, Nien-he; Toffel, Michael W.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-619008-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). This case explores the evolution of Nike's global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers' factories. When the case opens in July 2018, Vice President of Sourcing Amanda Tucker and her colleagues in Nike's Global Sourcing and Manufacturing...Starting at €8.20
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Responsibilities to Employees
Hsieh, Nien-heCase HBS-315067-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe note provides a framework to conceptualize managers' responsibilities to employees in relation to economic, legal and ethical considerations. The note frames the central ethical challenge for managers as exercising power in a fair manner. The fair exeStarting at €8.20
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Responsibilities to Society
Hsieh, Nien-heCase HBS-317065-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis module note for students outlines an approach to help managers deliver on their responsibilities in relation to society. The approach frames these responsibilities in terms of potential harms to third parties beyond investors, customers, and employeeStarting at €8.20
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Gender and Free Speech at Google (A)
Hsieh, Nien-he; Crawford, Martha J.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-318085-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In August 2017, Google fired James Damore, a 28-year-old software engineer who had been employed by the compStarting at €8.20
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Patagonia: "Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder"
Trelstad, Brian; Hsieh, Nien-he; Norris, Michael; Pinckney, SusanCase HBS-323057-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPatagonia's change of ownership from a privately held company to a perpetual purpose trust and 501(c)(4) nonprofit in order to use the company's profit to fight the environmental crisis and be a model for future businesses.Starting at €8.20
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Culture at Google
Hsieh, Nien-he; Klopfenstein, Amy; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-320050-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityBeginning in 2017, technology (tech) company Google faced a series of employee-relations issues that threatened its unique culture of innovation and open communication. Issues included protests surrounding Google's contracts with the U.S. government, restStarting at €8.20
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Handy: The Future of Work? (A)
Hsieh, Nien-he; Stopforth, KieronCase HBS-319103-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWitnessing numerous lawsuits alleging that online platform companies misclassified workers as contractors when they were actually employees, Handy's founders faced a series of decisions. Handy was an online platform business that enabled customers to bookStarting at €8.20
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Apple: Privacy vs. Safety? (A)
McGee, Henry W.; Hsieh, Nien-he; McAra, SarahCase HBS-316069-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook debuted the iPhone 6S with enhanced security measures that enflamed a debate on privacy and public safety around the world. The iPhone 6S, amid a heightened concern for privacy following the 2013 revelation of clandestine U.S.Starting at €8.20
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The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (A)
Hsieh, Nien-he; Chaturvedi, SaloniCase HBS-317052-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Responsibility for working conditions in contract factories within the supply chain presents an ongoing chalStarting at €8.20