Publications

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Auto Industry

December 2003
Case

Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (C) (Abridged)

Manville Corp.'s senior managers are surprised when Japanese government officials advise them not to go forward with their plan to add a cancer warning label to diatomaceous earth (DE) products sold in Japan. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has ruled... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Moral Sensibility; Safety; Government Administration; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Announcements; Industrial Products Industry; Japan

December 2003 (Revised August 2006)
Background Note

Grutter v. Bollinger: A Synopsis

In June 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, upholding the principle of affirmative action in university admissions, which had been challenged as a violation of the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment. This case includes... View Details

Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation

December 2003 (Revised November 2015)
Background Note

The Fiduciary Relationship: A Legal Perspective

By: Lynn Sharp Paine

Discusses the concept of a fiduciary, as developed in the Anglo-American common law tradition, and outlines the principal differences between the legal standard applied to fiduciaries compared to ordinary arms'-length contractors. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Assets; Financial Management; Common Law; Standards

December 1999 (Revised July 2000)
Case

Cimetrics Technology (B): Russian Perspectives

Presents the perspectives of two Russian software developers working for Cimetrics in Moscow. A central issue from the Russian perspective is whether a more structured and formal arrangement is needed for managing the Russian team. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Applications and Software; Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Labor and Management Relations; Product Development; Performance Evaluation; Information Technology Industry; Russia; Canada; United States

October 1999
Case

Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (B)

This case describes the decisions made by Shell in response to the situation presented in the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Governance; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Transformation; Energy Industry

2006
Chapter

A Compass for Decision Making

Keywords: Decision Making

19 Nov 2003
Lecture

Governance Beyond the Boardroom: Assessing Risk and Assuring Compliance Throughout Your Organization." Presenter. "HBS Audioconference

Keywords: Governance; Risk and Uncertainty; Governance Compliance; Organizations

19 Nov 2004
Lecture

Excellence in practice: unsolved mysteries and research questions from the field." Presenter. "The 2004 Ruffin Lectures: Business Ethics and Business Excellence

12 Nov 2003
Lecture

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift." Presenter. "CHCA Executive Dialogue

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; For-Profit Firms; Ethics

3 Mar 2003
Lecture

What Must Asset Managers and Plan Sponsors Do to Win Back Public Trust?" Panelist. "Corporate Funds Roundtable

Keywords: Management; Trust; Finance

18 Mar 2003
Lecture

Panel: A Dialog on Corporate Leadership

Keywords: Leadership

May 1999 (Revised November 2000)
Case

AES Global Values

Members of the development team for the AES Corp.'s power plant project in India must decide what plant technology to specify in their application for techno-economic clearance from the government of India's Central Electric Authority. Their choice is between more... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Generation; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; India; United States

31 Jan 2003
Keynote Speech

Business Ethics as a Cornerstone of Success." Keynote speaker. "Finance, Law, and Communications/IR Committees

Keywords: Ethics; Success

June 1998 (Revised July 2001)
Case

Haier Group (C), The

Presents the outcome of the (B) case and relates development in the company up to 1997. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Consumer Products Industry; China

June 1996
Background Note

Summary of Built to Last

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07 Nov 2002
Conference Presentation

Corporate Values: Should Investors Care?

Keywords: Ethics; Investment

March 1996 (Revised May 1996)
Teaching Note

Hutton Branch Manager Series TN

Teaching Note for (9-396-044), (9-396-045), (9-396-046), and (9-396-047). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

December 1995 (Revised November 1996)
Background Note

Corporate Purpose and Responsibility

Presents several conceptions of corporate purpose and responsibility as articulated by a variety of groups and individuals during the period 1970-95. Included are materials from the Business Roundtable, the American Law Institute, the Royal Society of Arts and... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; History; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact