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Ecology Consciousness and Green Ideology
Sison, AlejoTechnical Note TDN-105-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityBy means of a close look at the history of ideas, this paper traces the roots of both «ecology consciousness» and «green ideology». An analysis of these two attitudes is offered, before establishing the parameters of man's proper relationship with nature, helpful to the pursuit of a sustainable socio-economic development.Starting at €8.20
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PFA Pension: Expansion of Alternatives Portfolio
Ivashina, Victoria; Gabrieli, Federica; Lenhardt, JeromeCase HBS-218025-EFinancePFA Pension was the biggest commercial pension provider in Denmark. At the end of 2015, the company had decided to boost its investments into the alternative asset class, an area where it was lagging behind its competitors. The aim was to privilege direct investments and co-investments rather than allocations through funds. One year later, PFA could count on an expert alternative investment team, a defined investment process and a number of succe...Starting at €8.20
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Deutsche Bank: Structured Retail Products, Teaching Note
Vallee, Boris; Lenhardt, JeromeTeaching Note HBS-218061-EFinanceTeaching note for case 217037.Starting at €0.00
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Barclays Bank, 2008
White, Lucy; Burn-Murdoch, Stephen; Lenhardt, JeromeCase HBS-215027-EFinanceIn the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the two deals to determine which is more expensive, and must decide whether avoiding the constraints of government ownership is worth the extra cost.Starting at €8.20
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What is Social Philosophy
Sison, AlejoTechnical Note TDN-103-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn the first part of the paper, Social Philosophy is distinguished from other relative fields of study, such as the Social Doctrine of the Church, Ethics or Morals, Politics and Sociology. The second part of the paper develops the organicist intuition through which man is immediately related to society.Starting at €8.20
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Human Person: Its Individual and Social Nature, The
Sison, AlejoTechnical Note TDN-104-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility«Individual», «subject», «human being» and «ego» or «self» are terms often used interchangeably with that of «person»; yet none of them encompasses the content of the latter. A historical and systematic survey of the concept of «person» is carried out, before finally proposing it as the proper object of ethical study.Starting at €8.20
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Society and Sociability
Sison, AlejoTechnical Note TDN-102-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis paper provides the keys for the definition of society in general and human society in particular. The problem of the origin of society is likewise dealt with from both a historical and a systematic approach.Starting at €8.20
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Deutsche Bank: Structured Retail Products
Vallee, Boris; Lenhardt, JeromeCase HBS-217037-EFinanceDescribes how Deutsche Bank, a leading bank in Europe, is deciding whether or not to launch a new structured retail product in Germany: an auto callable note. Will this product find a market and how does it fit into the bank's product portfolio? The case investigates how Deutsche Bank manufactures and distributes its structured retail products, and more broadly explores the opportunities and challenges of offering financial products to households...Starting at €8.20
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The Family as a Social Institution
Sison, AlejoTechnical Note TDN-101-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis article covers a wide range of issues related to the family; its definition and essential elements; its relationship with the marriage institution; and finally, its economic and educational functions.Starting at €8.20
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Work and Society
Sison, AlejoTechnical Note TDN-106-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWork is, perhaps, one of the principal configuring elements of human society. But neither «work» nor «society» is a stable and unchanging notion; rather, both of them are in continuous evolution. This paper draws the historical parallel between «work» and «society», while it suggests the paths of future development for both.Starting at €8.20