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Qué significa ser un buen jefe (A y B) - nota del instructor
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoTeaching Note BET-15Desde su primer día como CEO de Deutsche Telekom (DT), René Obermann sabía que tenía que despedir o "externalizar", expresión más amable utilizada por algunos directivos al menos a 50.000 personas. De hecho, todos los indicadores relevantes reflejaban la necesidad de reducir la enorme cantidad de trabajadores de la compañía. Cuando Obermann fue nombrado CEO de DT en noviembre de 2006, el grupo de telecomunicaciones tenía unos 250.000 empleados ...Starting at €0.00
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Acton Institute - Teaching Note
Vaccaro, Antonino; Potito, GianmicheleTeaching Note BET-21-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThis is a flexible case that can be used in courses on social entrepreneurship, social innovation, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, among others. This case has three main objectives. The first is to make students aware of what think tanks are and the role they can play in business and society. The second is to learn how different, and critical, structuring a corporate governance system can be in a public policy institute as op...Starting at €0.00
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Brunello Cucinelli - Teaching Note
Vaccaro, Antonino; Potito, GianmicheleTeaching Note BET-20-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe company Brunello Cucinelli is an Italian fashion house operating in what it calls the "absolute luxury goods sector," specializing in cashmere. Over time, it has become one of the most exclusive brands in the international informal luxury prêt-à-porter sector. The company, founded in 1978 by the stylist and philanthropist Brunello Cucinelli, employs 1,200 people and reported ?355.9 million in revenue in 2014.Starting at €0.00
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Addiopizzo - Teaching Note: Mafia, Anti-Mafia or Hiding in the Grey Area
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ribera, AlbertoTeaching Note BET-5-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis teaching note discusses the Addiopizzo case study. It is a relatively flexible case that can be used in several courses, for example, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, leadership, entrepreneurship, small and medium-size business management, and geopolitics.Starting at €0.00
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Betty's Wines - Teaching Note: Ethical problems of an "organic" narcissistic entrepreneur
Vaccaro, AntoninoTeaching Note BET-26-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementBetty is a very famous wine entrepreneur who works in the natural/organic wine sector. Although she has gained outstanding international success, she struggles to manage her team. The case is based on the notes of interviews made with Betty and one of her collaborators as a part of a 4-year project in which IESE's Center for Business in Society explored ethical and responsibility issues in the organic wine-making sector. Any kind of personal, org...Starting at €0.00
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Premià de Dalt (A and B) - Teaching Note: Privatization in the Name of Security
Giuseppe Giura; Vaccaro, AntoninoTeaching Note BET-25-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2018, the people of Premià de Dalt, a small town north of Barcelona (Spain), started to be seriously concerned about security. Indeed, the local police (Policia Urbana) had received an anomalously high number of reports of home burglaries. The mayor of the city was urged to find an immediate and effective solution. This situation was part of a much larger problem affecting Barcelona's metropolitan area. Most of the responsibility for security ...Starting at €0.00
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The EDP Foundation - Teaching Note
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoTeaching Note BET-7-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis is a quite flexible case that can be used in a variety of ways in courses on the management of non-profit and social enterprises, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, corporate communication, crisis management, decision making, etc. The main theme concerns the management of stakeholders' expectations in the context of compensatory programs.Starting at €0.00
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Deepwater Horizon - Teaching Note: Spiling pil, money and trust
Vaccaro, Antonino; Machado, AnaTeaching Note BET-4-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, StrategyOn April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizona floating, semi-submersible, dynamically-positioned drilling unitexploded after a massive natural gas gusher from a natural reservoir located more than 13,000 feet under the sea floor. The explosion killed 11 people working on the platform and injured 17 others. After the explosion, an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days, causing unprecedented damage ...Starting at €0.00
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Samasource - Teaching Note
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoTeaching Note BET-19-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesSamasource is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit enterprise that operates in the business process outsourcing (BPO) market. Its business activity consists of delivering digital services at competitive prices relying on a workforce of people living in the poorest regions of emerging economies, including suburban areas in India, Kenya and Uganda, among other countries. Particularly, Samasource obtains digital services contracts with multinational companies oper...Starting at €0.00
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Guidant Corporation - Teaching Note: Disclosure or non Disclosure. Dilemmas in the Pacemaker Industry
Vaccaro, AntoninoTeaching Note BET-1-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeThis document provides indications to conduct the discussion of the case study "Guidant Corporation".Starting at €0.00