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Actions Speak Louder Than Words: What to Do to Address Racial Disparities?
Riefberg, VivianCase DARDEN-OB-1323Leadership and People ManagementIn mid-June 2021, prominent attorney Jane Goldman, who lived and practiced in Danbury, Connecticut, was asked if she might be interested in getting more involved with the local hospital, possibly even serving on its board. She had been raised in Danbury; she was active with the local hospice, Catholic Charities; and she considered herself a progressive, thoughtful person. Although she had no background in health care, she was considering it. Da...Starting at €8.20
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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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Darden Investment Sales
Parmar; Bidhan L.; Morales; MattCase DARDEN-E-0432-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityTJ, a manager at an investment company, is alarmed when, during an evening out with Leslie, his female colleague, and five male prospective clients, the men behave in an overly familiar way with her. Although Leslie assures TJ that she can handle this type of attention, TJ nonetheless is very uncomfortable with the situation. What should he do?Starting at €8.20
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Cardinal Foods: Sweet Sourcing
Weiss; Elliott N.; Parmar; Bidhan L.; Mead; JennyCase DARDEN-OM-1591-EService and Operations ManagementAs part of a biennial supplier review; Jennifer Schramm; a purchasing manager in the cocoa and chocolate division at Cardinal Foods; had been considering several different cocoa cooperatives. She wanted to (1) source high-quality cocoa in the proper particle sizes; (2) source cocoa from environmentally and socially conscious producers; (3) keep the cost of cocoa sourcing as low as possible; and (4) not increase any reputational risks to the compa...Starting at €8.20
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Save the Children (B): Epilogue
Riefberg, Vivian; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-1384Leadership and People ManagementThis case set uses a humanitarian aid organization, Save the Children, to set the stage for analyzing a crisis and the CEO’s strategy of leading through uncertainty. The case provides only the minimal information the decision-maker had at the time and gives a sense of the complexity around that fact. It introduces issues around basic communication, strategy, and crisis uncertainties that can be explored in subsequent classes. The material include...Starting at €5.74
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Save the Children (A) and (B) - Teaching note
Riefberg, Vivian; Yemen, Gerry; Kemp, BiancaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1383TNLeadership and People ManagementStarting at €0.00
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Darden Investment Sales- Teaching note
Parmar; Bidhan L.; Mead; JennyTeaching Note DARDEN-E-0432TN-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityTeaching note for product E-0432Starting at €0.00
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Bad Arguments and Rationalization in Business
Freeman; R. Edward; Wicks; Andrew C.; Harris; Jared D.; Parmar; Bidhan L.; Mead; JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-E-0406-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe following note attempts to catalog and analyze a set of flawed but common arguments made in business and organizational settings to drive strategic and operational decision-making. The arguments are deconstructed into syllogistic form—a set of premises leading to a conclusion—and analyzed for validity and soundness. The final part of this note pays attention to ways decision-makers can avoid such bad arguments and the rationalization that oft...Starting at €8.20
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The Ethics of Consulting
Parmar; Bidhan L.; Pritmani; Tanvi; Mead; JennyCase DARDEN-E-0431-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe consulting field; with its variety of different experiences and scenarios; often presents numerous challenges and conflicts for those involved. These vignettes; some based on actual situations; present a number of dilemmas in which the protagonists must determine the right course of action; often when that is not easily identifiable. These vignettes identify situations in which one’s values; ethical judgment; and sense of fairness might be te...Starting at €8.20
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Save the Children (A)
Riefberg, Vivian; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-1383Leadership and People ManagementThis case set uses a humanitarian aid organization, Save the Children, to set the stage for analyzing a crisis and the CEO’s strategy of leading through uncertainty. The case provides only the minimal information the decision-maker had at the time and gives a sense of the complexity around that fact. It introduces issues around basic communication, strategy, and crisis uncertainties that can be explored in subsequent classes. The material include...Starting at €8.20