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How Olympic Sponsors Can Be Socially Responsible
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Research: Public Opinion Is Not Enough to Hold Companies Accountable
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How Tony's Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain
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How Do Your Workers Feel About Harassment? Ask Them
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Before You Make a Tough Decision, Imagine How You'll Have to Sell It
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The Downside of Focusing on Women and Girls
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Convincing CEOs to Make Harassment Prevention a Priority
Organizational Development Digital ArticleHow to make the case.
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LangKomm Sweden: Traversing Middle East Politics
Management Case Study11.95View Details The in-coming Social Democrat-Green coalition government in Sweden cancelled a decades-long arms treaty with the Saudi Arabia, on the grounds of the latter's... -
Nike's Response to Human Rights Abuse Claims in China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2019, Nike and other brands were accused by the media, human rights advocates and organizations, and members of the U.S. government of potentially... -
George Soros: A Life in Full
30.00View Details A compelling new picture of one of the most important, complex, and misunderstood figures of our time. The name George Soros is recognized around the... -
Social Auditing in Global Supply Chains: Forced Labor in the Malaysian Rubber Glove Industry
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case is written from the perspective of Ting-ting Loh, CEO of Aguila Safety Group (ASG). A prominent UK-based personal protective equipment (PPE)... -
Tesla's Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In October 2021, the fictional vice president of supply chain sustainability at Tesla is working on finding the best way to achieve Tesla's goal of 100%... -
H&M, Rana Plaza, and Beyond: Fast Fashion Under the Microscope
Management Case Study11.95View Details "This case is set in August 2021, eight years after the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, which remains the deadliest fashion-garment incident to date.... -
Burma Pipeline
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 1996, Unocal Corp. joined forces with the French Total company to construct an ambitious natural gas pipeline from the Andaman Sea across the southern... -
Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
32.00View Details An indispensable guide to help companies navigate the new era of ethical challenges and risks in a volatile global landscape. Today's headlines teem with... -
Big Chocolate: Child Slavery in the Cocoa Industry
Management Case Study11.95View Details Dick Marty was a Swiss Parliamentarian and former state prosecutor. In 2015, Marty led the Swiss Coalition for Corporate Justice (SCCJ), an alliance of... -
Freeport Mine, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: "Tailings & Failings"--Stakeholder Analysis
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Chronicles the development of Freeport's nearly 30 years of mining operations in Indonesia. Building on a mining concession awarded by the country's government,... -
International Sourcing in Athletic Footwear: Nike and Reebok
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Nike and Reebok, the two largest athletic footwear companies, look to contractors in Asia to manufacture their shoes. Sourcing from Asia offers advantages... -
Fallen Idol? Aung San Suu Kyi & the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Soon after Myanmar's longtime democracy crusader and opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was released from a long house arrest and elected to the country's... -
Yahoo! in China (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2007 Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo!, was lambasted by U.S. Representative Tom Lantos, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, for Yahoo's... -
Maggie Lena Walker and the Independent Order of St. Luke
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details As America struggled to regain its balance in the aftermath of the American Civil War, Maggie Lena Walker did her best to actively effect change by finding... -
Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Working with Shell's country manager for Nigeria, the company's Committee of Managing Directors must decide how to respond to the Nigerian government's... -
The Michelin Group India: Handling Accusations of Misconduct
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In July 2012, the French multinational company Michelin Group, one of the largest tire manufacturers in the world, was facing accusations of failing to... -
Capitalism, Slavery, and Reparations
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The birth of "Modern Economic Growth" constituted a watershed in human history, allowing societies to escape the Malthusian impasse and permanently raise... -
Google: Should "Dragonfly" Fly?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, China was the biggest market for Internet services in the world. Along with the country's huge market size, its comparatively low penetration... -
Tony's Chocolonely: A Bittersweet Journey to Make Chocolate Slave-Free
Management Case Study11.95View Details Tony's Chocolonely is a Dutch chocolate company that prides itself on using slave-free labor within its supply chain. However, after it was revealed that... -
Note on Energy Justice
Management Case Study11.95View Details This conceptual note defines the concept of energy justice and discusses the idea in the context of energy burden and energy insecurity, transportation,...
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LangKomm Sweden: Traversing Middle East Politics
Management Case Study11.95View Details The in-coming Social Democrat-Green coalition government in Sweden cancelled a decades-long arms treaty with the Saudi Arabia, on the grounds of the latter's... -
How Olympic Sponsors Can Be Socially Responsible
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleAs media attention to the many fervent protests prompted by the Beijing Olympics continues to grow, senior executives at many of the world's leading corporations... -
Does Your Business Need a Human Rights Strategy?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleCompanies need a plan of action if they are to meet their moral and business obligations in the event that their operations intersect with labor abuses... -
Nike's Response to Human Rights Abuse Claims in China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2019, Nike and other brands were accused by the media, human rights advocates and organizations, and members of the U.S. government of potentially... -
How Companies Reckon with Past Wrongdoing
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George Soros: A Life in Full
30.00View Details A compelling new picture of one of the most important, complex, and misunderstood figures of our time. The name George Soros is recognized around the... -
Research: Public Opinion Is Not Enough to Hold Companies Accountable
Global Business Digital ArticleCustomers and other stakeholders won't always push companies to act in accordance with human rights law. -
Social Auditing in Global Supply Chains: Forced Labor in the Malaysian Rubber Glove Industry
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case is written from the perspective of Ting-ting Loh, CEO of Aguila Safety Group (ASG). A prominent UK-based personal protective equipment (PPE)... -
How Tony's Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain
Global Business Digital ArticleA case study of the popular Dutch chocolate company. -
Tesla's Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In October 2021, the fictional vice president of supply chain sustainability at Tesla is working on finding the best way to achieve Tesla's goal of 100%...
