Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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From Feast to Famine: Stemming Health System Financial Losses in the COVID-19 Era
Feist, J. CoreyCase DARDEN-E-0458-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityUniversity of Virginia (UVA) Health has seen strong financial health and sustained growth in recent years, and has just hired promising new leadership. But in early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis hit with little time to prepare and resulted in immediate and significant financial losses across the organization. Now, with looming losses, J. Corey Feist, CEO of the University Physicians Group (UPG) at the UVA Health System, must help develop a financial ...Starting at €8.20
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Health Care Providers
Feist, J. CoreyCase DARDEN-E-0457-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIsabelle Davis, dean of the School of Nursing at Mountain View University, must develop a plan to support the mental health and well-being of the clinical workforce. She has spent the last three years working with the National Academy of Medicine on clinician well-being and burnout, and now the COVID-19 pandemic is adding a new stressor to the lives of clinicians, including doctors and nurses. Ensuring that clinicians would seek the support and c...Starting at €8.20
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POSCO, FINEX, and Technology Sharing
Mead, Jenny; Sisodia, Rajendra; Freeman, R. Edward; Krehmeyer, DeanCase DARDEN-E-0395-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPOSCO was a South Korean company that manufactured and sold products such as hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel, stainless steel plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets. Determined to find a greener and more cost-efficient alternative technology for steelmaking, POSCO decided to develop a new technology. Called FINEX, this technology significantly lowered operating costs, cut emissions, and, by eliminating the need for sinter and coking plants,...Starting at €8.20
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POSCO and Quick Six Sigma
Mead, Jenny; Sisodia, Rajendra; Freeman, R. Edward; Krehmeyer, DeanCase DARDEN-E-0396-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPOSCO was a South Korean company that manufactured and sold products such as hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel, stainless steel plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets. Along with other steelmaking companies, it faced the dilemma of the excessive waste inherent in its industry. In 2005, POSCO had initiated QSS (Quick Six Sigma or Quick and Smart Solution), which was extremely successful and had continuously contributed to waste reduction. Havi...Starting at €8.20
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POSCO and "Thanks Sharing"
Mead, Jenny; Krehmeyer, Dean; Sisodia, Rajendra; Freeman, R. EdwardCase DARDEN-E-0397-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityPOSCO was a South Korean company that manufactured and sold products such as hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel, stainless steel plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets. POSCO management had worked hard since 2011 to infuse the company with the tenets of conscious capitalism and to make the company a "Firm of Endearment." Consequently, it came as an unhappy surprise when the New Economics Foundation (NEF) ranked South Korea 68th out of 143 coun...Starting at €8.20
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High Health Care Premiums in Charlottesville: Who Is to Blame? And What Should Be Done?
Matherne, G. Paul; Goldberg, Rebecca; Feist, J. CoreyCase DARDEN-E-0439-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhen Karl Quist, a resident of Charlottesville, Virginia, looks at the rate increases in his unsubsidized, individual-market Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care insurance premiums in November 2017, he realizes that they have nearly tripled from the year before and that he will have to spend over $35,000 during the year in premiums for coverage that will entitle him to a benefit only after he has spent another $14,400 in deductible payments. Ast...Starting at €8.20