Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Good Ventures: The Power of Informed Decisions
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Sarah MurrayCase SGSB-SI124-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn 2010, Cari Tuna quit her job at the Wall Street Journal to work full-time on developing a giving strategy for herself and her husband—Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. In May 2011, the couple created the philanthropic foundation Good Ventures. Tuna made transparency and knowledge sharing core components of the foundation; creating a blog to report on the foundation’s activities and learnings. Good Ventures co-funded projects so that the...Starting at €8.20
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Palantir Philanthropy Engineering: Software to Improve Lives
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Sarah MurrayCase SGSB-SI125-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeBy 2014, Palantir Technologies, a fast growing Silicon Valley company with global impact at the heart of its mission, had spent several years donating the same software to nonprofits that it sold to commercial customers to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. It had consolidated these philanthropic activities in 2011, when Jason Payne, a long-time software engineer at the company, made an internal transition to found the compan...Starting at €8.20
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Sticks and Stones? How Companies Respond to "Tax Shaming"
DeSimone, L; Hoopes, H; Lester, R; Melvin, SCase SGSB-A226-EAccounting and ControlAn increasing number of global corporations have experienced negative publicity over complicated tax structures established to minimize their tax burdens. In the case of U.S. companies, there has been a growing outcry over “inversions,” a means of restructuring the business so that the U.S. parent was replaced by a foreign parent entity in a nation with lower corporate tax rates. Apple CEO Tim Cook was called to testify regarding Apple’s tax st...Starting at €8.20
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Etsy: Keeping it Real by Keeping Taxes Low
de, Simone, L; Hoopes, J; Lester, R; Melvin, SCase SGSB-A227-EAccounting and ControlEtsy was an online craft bazaar founded in 2005 in a loft in Brooklyn, New York. The company was known for its emphasis on social responsibility, transparency, authenticity, and its somewhat nontraditional approach to business. In January 2015, Etsy converted its Irish subsidiary to an unlimited liability company, a move it described as implementation of an “updated global corporate structure.” In a subsequent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commis...Starting at €8.20
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Good Ventures: The Power of Informed Decisions - Teaching Note
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Sarah MurrayTeaching Note SGSB-SI124TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn 2010, Cari Tuna quit her job at the Wall Street Journal to work full-time on developing a giving strategy for herself and her husband—Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. In May 2011, the couple created the philanthropic foundation Good Ventures. Tuna made transparency and knowledge sharing core components of the foundation; creating a blog to report on the foundation’s activities and learnings. Good Ventures co-funded projects so that the...Starting at €0.00
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Palantir Philanthropy Engineering: Software to Improve Lives - Teaching Note
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Sarah MurrayTeaching Note SGSB-SI125TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeBy 2014, Palantir Technologies, a fast growing Silicon Valley company with global impact at the heart of its mission, had spent several years donating the same software to nonprofits that it sold to commercial customers to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. It had consolidated these philanthropic activities in 2011, when Jason Payne, a long-time software engineer at the company, made an internal transition to found the compan...Starting at €0.00