HBSP (USA)
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Automating Morality: Ethics for Intelligent Machines
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Quinn, TomCase HBS-324007-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAs autonomy became a more significant part of modern life - most notably in autonomous vehicles (AVs), such as Teslas - ethical debates about whether and how to impart ethics to machines heated up. Utilitarians pointed out that autonomous vehicles crashed much less often than human-driven cars, making their adoption a net positive in terms of lives saved; deontologists worried about the implications of programming a car to swerve to kill its pass...Starting at €8.20
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Walmart's Online Challenge: Amazon.com
Koning, RembrandCase HBS-719461-EStrategyIn 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ran the largest healthcare system in the United States, with over 1,700 sites of care that served nearly 9 million veterans. One year earlier, a scandal had erupted over a cover-up of the excessive wait times veterans faced to get medical appointments in some VA facilities. The fallout led to the resignation of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, a criminal investigation by the Federal Bureau of Inv...Starting at €8.20
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Matching Markets for Googlers
Cowgill, Bo; Koning, RembrandCase HBS-718487-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case describes how Google designed and launched an internal matching market to assign individual workers with projects and managers. The case evaluates how marketplace design considerations -- and several alternative staffing models -- could affect the company's goals and workers' well-being. It discusses the details of implementation as well as the intended (and unintended) consequences of the internal match system. The case concludes wit...Starting at €8.20
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Este caso apesta: Beavis, Butt-head y el contenido de la TV (A)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-309S42A partir de 1992, "Beavis y Butt-head", una serie animada de MTV sobre dos inadaptados adolescentes no civilizados, se convirtieron tanto una sensación muy popular fuera de control y el símbolo de un debate nacional acerca de la programación violenta e inapropiada en la televisión. Especialmente después de la feria fue culpado por inspirar a un niño de cinco años para establecer un incendio que mató a su hermana menor, la controversia planteada d...Starting at €8.20
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Thinx, Inc. - Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care (Abridged)
Koning, Rembrand; Ofek, Elie; Keller, NicoleCase HBS-721021-EStrategyAn examination of the strategic marketing challenges facing Thinx as it tries to grow in the face of menstruation taboos and competition from large incumbents.Starting at €8.20
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Framebridge (A): Reimagining Custom Framing
Koning, Rembrand; Dadlani, AliciaCase HBS-723352-EStrategyIn December 2018, Susan Tynan, founder and CEO of Framebridge, a four-year-old venture-backed startup that sold online custom framing, formulated plans for the future. Her vision was to revolutionize the $4 billion industry by making custom framing easy, transparent, and affordable by leveraging digital technology and automation. Early demand for the product was strong, and Framebridge began experimenting in retail. The company built a high-tech,...Starting at €8.20
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La Estrategia Petrolífera “Ecologista” De Conoco (A)
Salter, Malcolm S.; Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Hall, Susan E.A.Case HBS-302S08Conoco se enfrenta a retos en la formulación de una estrategia ambiental proactiva para su desarrollo aceite propuesto en la región de la selva virgen tropical de Ecuador. El caso se describe el proceso innovador en el que Conoco colaboró con una amplia gama de grupos de constituyentes menudo en conflicto para definir y aplicar sus políticas, junto con los éxitos y los fracasos de Conoco en llegar a un consenso electoral.Starting at €8.20
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LGBT Issues at Exxon Mobil Corporation
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-314116-EIn late September 2013, Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that it would begin offering benefits to the spouses of its employees in same-sex marriages. This short supplement touches upon what led Exxon Mobil to this decision, some insights into its previous relationship with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community, and its standing on LGBT issues relative to its peers in the oil and gas sector and the Fortune 500.Starting at €8.20