Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Windermere Manor: Sustainability and Change
Chetan Joshi; Hari Bapuji; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13C044-ELeadership and People Management, MarketingIn the hotel industry, the reuse of towels is considered a main step toward reducing hotels’ high carbon footprint. Windermere Manor, a private, high-end hotel, has established a routine to encourage its guests to reuse towels; however, the hotel’s towel-replacement rate exceeds its towel-reuse rate. The intended routine for identifying towels for reuse is not being followed, even by the hotels’ own housekeeping staff. The hotel's general manager...Starting at €8.20
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Politics and the Public Purse: The Government of Ontario versus Public Sector Pension Accounting
Vaughan S. Radcliffe; Grace Wu; Rahul BediCase IVEY-9B18B020-EAccounting and ControlOn October 3, 2016, the Government of Ontario released its finance statements for the province without the opinion of Ontario's auditor general. This incident stemmed from a disagreement between the auditor and the government over public-sector pension acStarting at €8.20