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Argamassa Construction Materials (B): Epilogue
Hernandez, Morela; Yemen, Gerry; Santiago, Eduardo; Almandoz, JohnCase DARDEN-OB-1077-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the B case, Santiago recounts his approach to the difficult conversation with his boss. He shares what he believed was the problem at the firm and presents a plan to turn things around. The material also includes reflections on things Santiago learned about himself and about leading others.Starting at €5.74
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Moral Relativism
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Gilbert, Daniel R. Jr.Technical Note DARDEN-E-0341-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis note provides an introduction to moral relativism, discusses the various ways it poses fundamental challenges to engaging in ethical reflection, and offers alternative ways of thinking about ethics that avoid the trap of relativism.Starting at €8.20
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Oliver Sparling and Bible Books, Inc.
Wicks, Andrew C.; Neeley, Jonathan; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0355-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhat happens when personal values and beliefs conflict with business decisions? This case, suitable for MBA, undergraduate, and executive learners, prompts engaging discussion of this issue. Oliver Sparling was a highly successful senior analyst at AFI International, a top consulting firm in Chicago with an open and tolerant workplace. He was also a gay man who had lived happily with his partner for over 10 years. Sparling encounters trouble, how...Starting at €8.20
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Marriott International and Pay-Per-View
Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny; Neeley, JonathanCase DARDEN-E-0365-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2007, J. W. “Bill” Marriott Jr., chairman and CEO of Marriott International, faced criticism from various groups about the fact that the Marriott hotels offered in-room adult entertainment. Because the Marriott family and organization was affiliated with the Mormon Church, which decried pornography, claiming that it was harmful to children, family, and society, critics assailed the company for not being true to Mormon values. In an attempt to ...Starting at €8.20
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Argamassa Construction Materials (A)
Hernandez, Morela; Yemen, Gerry; Santiago, Eduardo; Almandoz, JohnCase DARDEN-OB-1076-ELeadership and People ManagementHow does a high-performing manager move from admiring his boss to feeling like walking away from the position and company? This is a powerfully rich case that describes a manager’s leadership style in the context of a construction materials company in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eduardo Santiago, plant manager at Argamassa, disagreed with the cost-cutting strategy his boss and company owner had implemented. And he believed more recent changes had cre...Starting at €8.20
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Jess Smith and the Design Firm
Wicks, Andrew C.; Neeley, Jonathan; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0354-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityJess Smith, the recently hired director for the magazine division of a small contract publishing company in Manhattan, faces a dilemma when a client wants her company to produce images that go against Smith's personal beliefs. A project she inherited features pictures of a heavy metal band posing with anti-Christian and Satanic/devil worship images. A Christian, Smith finds these images blasphemous and also believes they promote behavior that is ...Starting at €8.20