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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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The Complexity of Immigration Reform
Harris, Jared D.Case DARDEN-E-0394-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThese vignettes, which are framed as appeals from local citizens to their legislator, serve to facilitate discussion of some of the issues surrounding immigration reform, including taxes, business operations, and education.Starting at €8.20
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Table Tennis for a Cause
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Avampato, ChristaCase DARDEN-E-0399-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAndrew Barton believes strongly in Table Tennis in the Schools’ (TTS) mission, and he genuinely likes its founder, Gene Jones. But he has learned that some of the funds that Jones has raised for the nonprofit to meet a $100,000 goal in order to receive a matching grant have been raised in a fraudulent manner. Barton thinks Jones’s recent actions are unconscionable, and he needs to decide the appropriate action to take.Starting at €8.20
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Trek-ation
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0412-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn this case, a senior business analyst at the online travel agency Trek-ation struggles with the decision of whether to pursue a potentially lucrative idea. Her innovation team had proposed revising the online pricing algorithm in order to use the cookies and other information from customers’ web browser to customize pricing for flights and hotels. Although she wanted to increase revenue for the company and meet her targets, she was also concer...Starting at €8.20
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Pied Piper and Autonomous Vehicles
Freeman, R. Edward; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, Jenny; Puhl, Nicole; Mahajan, Bhaskar; Boes, SeanCase DARDEN-E-0413-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPied Piper’s first driverless car had been in an accident and had killed a 26-year-old jogger. Pied Piper felt a deep sadness for the victim’s family, and was disappointed and alarmed because the company had optimistically thought driverless cars would eventually lead to total elimination of driving fatalities. The company needed to decide if the car’s algorithm was responsible for this death and, if so, what the plan of action should be.Starting at €8.20
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AB InBev, Carling Black Label, and Femicide in South Africa (B)
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0426-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAfter much research and discussion about where the company's responsibility lay in addressing the alarming issues of femicide and violence against women, the leadership of the South African Breweries (SAB) and the African branch of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) decided to form a partnership and launch a movement and campaign, #NoExcuse. For the campaign, the company partnered with, among others, the consortium, Takuwani Riime (which meant "let ...Starting at €5.74
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Which Kaptein to Choose? The Havoysund Fleet Question
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Harris, Jared D.; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0419-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityOlaf Tryggvason, owner of a fleet of fishing ships in a small northern Norwegian town, has been offered and has accepted a reality television deal about the fleet to create a show along the lines of "The Deadliest Catch" and "Big Shrimpin'." He now has to recommend which ships and kapteiner (skippers or captains) in his fleet should be the stars of the show. He also has to consider the various dangers and complexities inherent in making a show li...Starting at €8.20
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A Dolphin Bullied: Jonathan Martin's NFL Experience in Miami (B)
Elias, Allison; Sesia, AldoCase DARDEN-E-0481-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case should be used after students have read "A Dolphin Bullied: Jonathan Martin's NFL Experience in Miami (A) (UVA-E-0477). It provides a brief update on actions taken by different stakeholders following the release of the Wells Report in 2014. The case also directly addresses issues of sexuality in the NFL.Starting at €5.74
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Gwen Berry and the Politics of Protest (A)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0479-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn the summer of 2019, notable track and field athlete Gwen Berry was representing Team USA at the Pan American Games in Peru when, having won the hammer throw—her specialty—she stood anxiously on the podium for the medal ceremony as the United States national anthem began to play. As she thought about both her own challenging upbringing and the social and racial injustice in the United States, exemplified by a recent encounter she’d had with a s...Starting at €8.20
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Gwen Berry and the Politics of Protest (B)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0480Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case is a follow-up to "Gwen Berry and the Politics of Protest (A)" (UVA-E-0479). Gwen Berry did protest at the Pan American Games in the summer of 2019 by raising her fist in the air when the US national anthem was playing. Pushback by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the public was swift and fierce. Berry, along with US fencing team member Race Imboden, who also protested, was put on problem for a year and immediately lost th...Starting at €5.74
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Morgan Wallen: Tough Decisions at the William Morris Endeavor Agency (A)
Parmar, Bidhan L.; Clark-Hamel, Skyler; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0494-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityJay Williams, cohead of William Morris Endeavor’s (WME's) Nashville office, must decide how to respond to an incident involving Morgan Wallen, one of the talent agency’s fastest-rising country music stars. Wallen, a white singer, was caught on home security footage using a serious racial slur with a group of white friends after a night of drinking. The following day, the footage was released to the public, and Wallen was swiftly disavowed by his ...Starting at €8.20