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Betting on Terrorism (A)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Mattingly, GeorgeCase DARDEN-E-0356-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityBob Marks, an employee at the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center, was intrigued by the controversy over the proposed Policy Analysis Market (PAM), which was the brainchild of the Department of Defense’s Terrorism Information Awareness initiative. PAM would be a government-sponsored, real-money futures market aimed at providing insight into military activity and political instability, primarily in the Middle East. The proposal met with a furious outcry...Starting at €8.20
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Taxation in a Global Economy
Frank, Mary Margaret; Mattingly, GeorgeTechnical Note DARDEN-C-2328-EAccounting and ControlStudents can examine how international taxation is a system of global tax rules that apply to transactions between two or more countries. They will see how, given differing tax consequences across countries, taxpayers must incorporate tax planning into their strategic decisions to avoid excessive taxation by structuring transactions to limit their additional global tax exposure while taxpayers, seeking to maximize after-tax returns, can structure...Starting at €8.20
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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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Home Technologies, Inc.: Merging Corporate Learning Centers (A)
Haskins, Mark E.; Simandl, JillCase DARDEN-G-0590-EKnowledge and CommunicationTed Colby, the newly appointed director of the Home Technologies, Inc.’s (HTI) learning center, is crafting a plan for the integration of the two learning centers, which come with different operating philosophies, assets, and practices. Colby’s goal is to create a single department suitable for the new entity, HTI. In the (A) case, students are challenged to critique Colby’s early integration concerns and decisions. In the (B) case, students have...Starting at €8.20
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Home Technologies, Inc.: Merging Corporate Learning Centers (B)
Haskins, Mark E.; Simandl, JillCase DARDEN-G-0591-EKnowledge and CommunicationTed Colby, the newly appointed director of the Home Technologies, Inc.’s (HTI) learning center, is crafting a plan for the integration of the two learning centers, which come with different operating philosophies, assets, and practices. Colby’s goal is to create a single department suitable for the new entity, HTI. In the A case, students are challenged to critique Colby’s early integration concerns and decisions. In the B case, students have the...Starting at €5.74
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Betting on Terrorism (B)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, Jenny; Mattingly, GeorgeCase DARDEN-E-0357-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Pentagon decides to abandon a proposed government-sponsored, real-money futures market aimed at providing insight into military activity and political instability, primarily in the Middle East. Despite public outcry that it was tantamount to profiting from disaster, the proposal had held some merit, given the predictive power of markets. Was it right to quash it?Starting at €5.74
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Home Technologies, Inc.: Merging Corporate Learning Centers (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Haskins, Mark E.; Simandl, JillTeaching Note DARDEN-G-0590TN-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching note for product G-0590Starting at €0.00