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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case follows on from case A, and begins with Rob McKenzie's decision to fire the 11 recalcitrant staff, and shows how he does this in accord with the spiritual and humanistic values outlined in "Our Project". It then goes on to show how he gradually introduced the company's guiding values to all aspects of its daily management.Starting at €5.74
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Tomasso Corporation: Incorporando espiritualidad en la cultura empresarial (A)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-154Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl director ejecutivo y propietario único de la compañía considera la empresa como apoyada en dos columnas, una edificada con aspectos económicos y otra con aspectos humanos. Ambas columnas están en continua tensión pero se equilibran, a modo de piedra angular, por fuerzas interiores que hay que buscar en la trascendencia. Esta piedra angular tiene que dar lugar a decisiones armónicas, justas y humanas, sin olvidar la necesidad primaria de obten...Starting at €8.20
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La plataforma «Brent Spar» de Shell (B)
Melé, Domènec; Jardí L.Case TD-126Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAnte las presiones recibidas desde varios sectores, la multinacional Shell decide replantearse su decisión inicial de hundir la plataforma Brent Spar. Shell encarga un estudio a una consultora independiente para verificar los datos sobre la cantidad de resudios tóxicos que contenía la plataforma. Se reafirma que los datos alegados por Greenpeace eran erróneos, y así lo reconoce publicamente. Sin embargo, sigue insistiendo en su oposición al hund...Starting at €5.74
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Shell's «Brent Spar» loading buoy (B)
Melé, Domènec; Jardí L.Case TD-126-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityStarting at €5.74
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Ethics Away from Home (Spanish version)
Donaldson, ThomasArticle HBS-96502Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhat should managers working abroad do when they encounter business practices that seem unethical? Should they, in the spirit of cultural relativism, tell themselves to do in Rome as the Romans do? Or should they take an absolutist approach, using the ethical standards they use at home no matter where they are? Many business practices are neither black nor white but exist in a gray zone, a moral free space through which managers must navigate. Le...Starting at €8.20
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Fazenda Diamantina: ESG Dilemmas of a Brazilian Coffee Farm
Azevedo, Leonardo; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-96-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2022, two coffee growers in Matas de Minas, Brazil, were at a crossroads about the future of their coffee farm. Their original goal was to create an environmentally and socially responsible (ESG) coffee farm. However, due to low profitability and other challenges, they began to consider several alternatives. The options on the table included i) divesting from the farm altogether and returning to their corporate roles, ii) partially divesting t...Starting at €8.20
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The Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-192-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThe Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) is a non-profit private think tank established in November of 1990, following Lithuania's independence from the Soviet empire, with the purpose of promoting a free market in Lithuania. Since then and up to this day, the LFMI's "conducts research on key economic and policy issues, develops conceptual reform packages, drafts and evaluates legislative proposals, and aids Lithuanian government institutions ...Starting at €8.20
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Soft Power and Personal Magnetism: Brendan Bracken
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorCase DPO-136-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People Management: If one has professional credibility and is charming and articulate, does personal credibility, in so far as one's private life is concerned, really matter in the long run? This case is not only about the balance between professional and personal credibility; it also covers the importance of perception in the communication process. The world has known many great survivors and certainly our protagonist in this case, Brendan Bracken, was one of th...Starting at €8.20
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The Windham Family (A): Family Tradition
Batt, Robert; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-897-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementFrom these cases you will learn that parents' actions (expectations, responsibilities, excessive demand) can lead to negative effects: for example, the creation of a dysfunctional next generation. A sensible governance structure for family wealth is necessary, but it is even more important to foster emotional health (vs. financial health) and self-worth (vs. net worth) among all family members, especially in-laws. The cases also deal with family ...Starting at €8.20
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The Windham Family (B)
Batt, Robert; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-898-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementFrom these cases you will learn that parents' actions (expectations, responsibilities, excessive demand) can lead to negative effects: for example, the creation of a dysfunctional next generation. A sensible governance structure for family wealth is necessary, but it is even more important to foster emotional health (vs. financial health) and self-worth (vs. net worth) among all family members, especially in-laws. The cases also deal with family ...Starting at €5.74