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Cómo alinear los intereses del gobierno a largo plazo
Berrone, PascualArticle ART-1893Corporate GovernanceHasta el 93% de los CEO afirman que la sostenibilidad es esencial para el futuro de sus empresas, pero también admiten ¿lagunas en su implementación¿. Un factor de suma importancia para salvar esa brecha es el modelo de gobierno corporativo. Partiendo de varias investigaciones sobre empresas estadounidenses contaminantes, el autor muestra cómo las organizaciones pueden adaptar su modelo de gobierno corporativo en los tres niveles que lo conforman...Starting at €8.20
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Aligning Governance Interests for the Long Haul
Berrone, PascualArticle ART-1893-ECorporate GovernanceAs many as 93 percent of CEOs surveyed say sustainability is essential to their company¿s future success. At the same time, they recognize ¿an implementation gap in meeting their ambition to embed sustainability deep and wide within their organizations.¿ To bridge this gap, there is one factor of overriding importance: a firm¿s corporate governance model. In this article, the author draws on several pieces of research on U.S. firms in polluting i...Starting at €8.20
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Flying Light: British Airways Flight 268 (B)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0295-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDespite the incident at takeoff, the British Airways pilots, after discussion with the airline engineers at Heathrow Airport in London, decided to continue the flight uninterrupted. Although the plane landed safely in England, the decision to continue flying set off a hailstorm of criticism and sparked tension between the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the CAA, the British equivalent. This case discusses the fallout from the incident, a...Starting at €5.74
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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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Facebook (B)
Freeman, R. Edward; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0319-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityMiranda Shaw had decided to do a Google search on the two finalists for the open position in her company. Based on the photos she saw on her preferred applicant's Facebook page, she decided to hire the other applicant, whose Internet search returned no controversial results. But Shaw found herself wondering if it had been ethical for her to base her decision on a Facebook page, because she had not told either applicant that she would be using the...Starting at €5.74
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Hydrofruit, Inc.: Ripe for Harvest or Rotten Tomato?
Freeman, R. Edward; Boswell, Timothy; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0320-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case details the various issues, dilemmas, and complexities of immigration as it relates both to business and American society in general. MegaBank manager Judson Dillon is on the verge of finalizing a $65 million equity investment in the world’s largest tomato greenhouse, HydroFruit, Inc., which he believes is an attractive investment opportunity. At the same time, he suspects that the company is an employer of illegal immigrants. Immigrati...Starting at €8.20
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When the Fur Hits the Fan (A)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0328-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityHow should a nonprofit animal shelter deal with valuable old fur coats donated to its fundraising rummage sale? On one hand, selling the furs at the sale could bring in up to $20,000 to help the animals. On the other hand, there have already been angry complaints about the outrageous irony of selling "dead animals" to benefit live animals. Yet the women who donated the furs undoubtedly intended for the shelter to sell them for a profit. The B cas...Starting at €8.20
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When the Fur Hits the Fan (B)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0329-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe animal shelter finally found a solution for disbursal of the furs they had received from the public for the fundraising rummage sale. The local wildlife center took them to use as beds for baby animals. The furs seemed to soothe them. The shelter had avoided a public relations problem with this solution, but it had also lost out on a possible $20,000.Starting at €5.74
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Betting on Terrorism (A)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Mattingly, GeorgeCase DARDEN-E-0356-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityBob Marks, an employee at the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center, was intrigued by the controversy over the proposed Policy Analysis Market (PAM), which was the brainchild of the Department of Defense’s Terrorism Information Awareness initiative. PAM would be a government-sponsored, real-money futures market aimed at providing insight into military activity and political instability, primarily in the Middle East. The proposal met with a furious outcry...Starting at €8.20
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Inactive Duty
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Awad, MikeCase DARDEN-E-0358-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhat happens when personal ethics and practical concerns for family are at odds? A man who retained his native citizenship as well as attaining citizenship in his country of residency faces a dilemma: During a three-week trip to his home country with his two teenage sons, he learns that children of expatriates must register for the military if they visit their parent's country of origin for more than 10 days. The only way to get his sons out of t...Starting at €8.20