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Investment Strategies and Berkshire Hathaway
Palencia, LuisCase C-734-EAccounting and ControlAn average investor, Josu Short, reviews Berkshire Hathaway's 13-plus-one points of the "contract with shareholders" present in each of the company's annual reports. Apparent inconsistencies and financial paradoxes are presented.Starting at €8.20
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Salomon Brothers (B)
Golembiewski, Christopher; Campana A.; Torres, Maximilian B.Case TD-150-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPaul Mozer informs his supervisor, John Meriwether, about the US Treasury's letter to Mercury Asset Management, and the events that precipitated it. The decision is now Meriwether's. Should he in turn bring the problem to his superiors and the legal compliance department, a path that might result in Mozer's dismissal, harsh penalties for the firm and the loss of his traders' confidence? Or, given the SEC's stated intention of dropping the matter...Starting at €5.74
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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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Nasser Press
Kadach, Igor; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-83-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of a mid-size printing company based in New Jersey has to decide whether to accept an offer of a large publishing house who during the 2008 crisis had endangered the future of the company by abruptly reducing the volume of business. If he now accepted his proposal, and due to capacity constraints, he would have to drop some smaller customers, reducing diversification; in addition, the owner feels indebted to these small businesses becau...Starting at €8.20
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Salomon Brothers (C)
Golembiewski, Christopher; Campana A.; Torres, Maximilian B.Case TD-151-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityJohn Meriwether reports Mozer's actions to Salomon's President, Thomas Strauss, chief legal compliance officer, Donald Feuerstein, and CEO, John Gutfreund. On Feuerstein's recommendation, a decision is made to report the incident to the federal authorities. But, who will report the incident, how and to whom, the Federal Reserve Board or the more hostile Treasury Department? No plan for implementation of the decision is formulated.Starting at €5.74
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Salomon Brothers (A)
Golembiewski, Christopher; Campana A.; Torres, Maximilian B.Case TD-146-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case involves the personal decision of Wall Street government bond trader, Paul Mozer, whether or not to report a gray-area transaction he has made to his superior, John Meriwether. The stakes are very high, but the indiscretion is murky and the chances of the firm's being sanctioned for it are virtually nil.Starting at €8.20
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Marshall Bradley en Hoffman & Lucas (A)
Fontrodona, Joan; Caputo N.; Harder J.; Torres, Maximilian B.Case BE-220Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityMarshall Bradley es un popular ejecutivo de una importante empresa estadounidense de relaciones públicas. Sin embargo, la situación se complica cuando es acusado por su ayudante, Alice Reed, de acoso sexual, lo que tiene su origen en un abuso de poder por parte de Marshall. Sustituye al caso TD-147 del mismo nombre de Nina Caputo, Maximilian Torres y Joseph Harden.Starting at €8.20
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Salomon Brothers (D)
Golembiewski, Christopher; Campana A.; Torres, Maximilian B.Case TD-152-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityNothing has been done when the financial press reports of fishy activity in the May 22nd Treasury auction. Salomon orders an internal audit and uncovers Mozer's wrongdoing in the December 27th, February 7th, February 21st, April 25th and May 22nd auctions. The bottom drops out for all the key players from Mozer to Gutfreund and for the firm.Starting at €5.74
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Marshall Bradley en Hoffman & Lucas (B)
Fontrodona, Joan; Caputo N.; Harder J.; Torres, Maximilian B.Case BE-223Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityMarshall Bradley es un popular ejecutivo de una importante empresa estadounidense de relaciones públicas. Sin embargo, la situación se complica cuando es acusado por su ayudante, Alice Reed, de acoso sexual, lo que tiene su origen en un abuso de poder por parte de Marshall. Sustituye al caso TD-148 del mismo nombre de Nina Caputo, Maximilian Torres y Joseph Harden.Starting at €5.74