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Defining Moments: Fair to Whom?
Detert, James R.; Black, Christina; Taubenfeld, BrittonCase DARDEN-OB-1261-ELeadership and People ManagementThe head of an R&D unit in a high-tech firm in India faces a tough decision about whether to recommend firing and replacing or investing even larger amounts of time and resources into training employees who have come up through India’s “reservation system.” Similar to “affirmative action” policies in the United States and Brazil (where the focus is on race), the reservation system in India is meant to counteract inequalities resulting from the hi...Starting at €8.20
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ZS Associates: Sales Force Sizing
Spekman, Robert E.; Kumar, Sameer; Kalla, AryaCase DARDEN-M-0745-EMarketingThis case describes a consulting firm that is assisting a pharmaceutical company as it faces a strategic question regarding how to determine the size of its sales force. An Excel file containing two of the case exhibits is included and is available by contacting sales@dardenbusinesspublishing.com. A related Technical Note entitled "A Note on Sizing the Sales Force" (UVA-M-0746) is available that describes several approaches one could employ to si...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Virtual Teams (A)
West, June A.; Kalla, Arya; Kumar, SameerCase DARDEN-BC-0210-EKnowledge and CommunicationKarl Henderson was a senior manager at Metrionic Systems, a Santa Clara, California-based provider of networking solutions. During his time there, he had worked on and managed various cross-functional teams. When he was given the opportunity to manage a team that was spread across five continents, Henderson was confident that with a little groundwork, he could manage perfectly and deliver on time as he had always done. Due to a recent increase in...Starting at €8.20
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Yahoo! and Customer Privacy
Freeman; R. Edward; Werhane; Patricia H.; Wicks; Andrew C.; Fruscello; Thomas W.; Mead; JennyCase DARDEN-E-0300-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis case explores the larger context of competition among internet companies for market share globally; especially in the emerging Chinese economy; as well as concerns about advancing the core values of the company including user privacy. Specifically; it concerns the decision facing Yahoo! when it is confronted with a request by the Chinese government to release the name of one of its users for alleged violations of Chinese law.Starting at €8.20
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Yahoo! and Customer Privacy - Teaching Note
Wicks; Andrew C.; Mead; JennyTeaching Note DARDEN-E-0300TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityTeaching note for product E-0300Starting at €0.00
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Fake News and the News Feed
Parmar; Bidhan L.; Leiner; Benjamin; Mead; JennyCase DARDEN-E-0429-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityTessa Lyons was a rising star at Facebook. She had been the project manager in charge of news feed integrity for a little over a year; stationed at the front lines in the battle against misinformation and “fake news.” However; in early 2019; she faced an ethical dilemma that could define her tenure at the company and perhaps her career: whether to ban Alex Jones and the content from his platform; Infowars; from the Facebook news feed.Starting at €8.20
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(I Think) I Know Why You Did That: The Risky Business of Inferring Intentions
Detert, James R.; Taubenfeld, BrittonTechnical Note DARDEN-OB-1348-ELeadership and People ManagementDespite the important role that assumptions about intentions play in our judgments of others’ actions and how we respond to these actions, most of us haven’t thought much about the accuracy of the inferences we make, the ways our decisions about “what he meant to do” or “why she did that” might be unintentionally biased, or the potential negative effects that result when inferences about intentions affect how we judge a behavior. Nor have we thou...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix and Dave Chappelle (A)
Kaufmann; Lauren; Botha; Helet; Mead; JennyCase DARDEN-E-0499-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave Chappelle. In the special—the last of six that Chappelle was contracted to make for Netflix—his targets included the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, plus others (LGBTQ+) community, particularly the transgender and nonbinary segments of that population. Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sar...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix and Dave Chappelle (B)
Kaufmann; Lauren; Botha; Helet; Mead; JennyCase DARDEN-E-0501-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave Chappelle. In the special—the last of six that Chappelle was contracted to make for Netflix—his targets included the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, plus others (LGBTQ+) community, particularly the transgender and nonbinary segments of that population. Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sar...Starting at €5.74
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Intersectionality
Kaufmann; Lauren; Mead; JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0500-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis note gives an overview of intersectionality, which is a theory, originally from legal scholarship, that explains how multiple forms of social inequality interact to produce individuals' experiences of marginalization. Intersectionality gives us a language to understand the systemic practices and structural barriers that perpetuate social inequities. As a theoretical paradigm, intersectionality provides a framework for understanding how categ...Starting at €8.20