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- December 2017
- Case
Charity or Bribery?
By: Eugene Soltes and Brian Tilley
Filip Kowalski, a senior manager at the pharmaceutical company Healthgen, leads sales for the firm’s Polish division. While pitching Healthgen’s products, he develops a relationship with a director of a regional health fund who also runs a private foundation. After a... View Details
Keywords: Bribery; Crime and Corruption; Law; Ethics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States; Europe
Soltes, Eugene, and Brian Tilley. "Charity or Bribery?" Harvard Business School Case 118-052, December 2017.
- September 1986 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
Graves Industries, Inc. (B): Lohnes Marine Hardware Division
Describes events occurring over a four-year period in one division of Graves Industries. The division goes through a business cycle and uses several methods of managing earnings to meet its budget targets. The purpose of the case is to allow the exploration of the... View Details
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Graves Industries, Inc. (B): Lohnes Marine Hardware Division." Harvard Business School Case 187-046, September 1986. (Revised March 1987.)
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
versus status) for these two subgroups. Distribution and Victim Behavior during a Crime Wave Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky Publication:Chap. 4 in The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2023 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
Eike Batista: Making or Breaking Brazil
By: Geoffrey Jones, Pedro Magalhães, Daniel Tong and Marcel Anduiza
This case explores the meteoric rise and fall of Eike Batista, once Brazil’s richest person and the world’s seventh wealthiest in 2012. Batista began his career by investing in gold mining in the Amazon, using the network his father had built after years serving as... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; Brazil
Jones, Geoffrey, Pedro Magalhães, Daniel Tong, and Marcel Anduiza. "Eike Batista: Making or Breaking Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 323-111, April 2023. (Revised April 2025.)
- 2020
- Chapter
Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective
By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones
This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India
Hunter, Janet, and G. Jones. "Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective." Chap. 10 in Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives, edited by Asli M. Colpan and G. Jones, 224–245. New York: Routledge, 2019.
- May 1993
- Case
Vocational Educational Club—The Missing Cash Dilemma
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Vocational Educational Club—The Missing Cash Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 193-121, May 1993.
- November 1986 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Disctech, Inc.
Describes a company that had problems of fraudulent financial reporting. Provides an opportunity to discuss the roles of top management, financial management, internal and external auditors, and the audit committee of the board of directors in such circumstances. The... View Details
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Disctech, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 187-066, November 1986. (Revised December 1998.)
- December 1993 (Revised April 1995)
- Exercise
Corporate Criminal Fines Exercise
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. "Corporate Criminal Fines Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 394-101, December 1993. (Revised April 1995.)
- November 2004 (Revised February 2006)
- Background Note
Note on Insider Trading Liability
By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner
Provides a general description and overview of U.S. law on insider trading, including the basic theories of liability, the responsibilities of securities firm managers to prevent and detect insider trading, and the potential penalties for insider trading. A rewritten... View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher Bruner. "Note on Insider Trading Liability." Harvard Business School Background Note 305-029, November 2004. (Revised February 2006.)
- August 1994 (Revised July 1995)
- Case
Astra Sports, Inc. (A)
By: John A. Quelch
Astra executives meet to discuss how to counteract the appearance of Korean-made counterfeit athletic shoes in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Strategy; Crime and Corruption; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry; North Korea; Latin America; South Korea; Asia; Europe
Quelch, John A. "Astra Sports, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 595-007, August 1994. (Revised July 1995.)
- June 2012 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
I Paid a Bribe (Dot) Com
By: Karthik Ramanna and Rachna Tahilyani
Anti-corruption web platform "ipaidabribe.com" leverages the transparency and anonymity of the Internet to encourage private citizens in India who have been the victims of corruption to self-report details of bribes paid, including the bribe amount, the name of the... View Details
Ramanna, Karthik, and Rachna Tahilyani. "I Paid a Bribe (Dot) Com ." Harvard Business School Case 112-078, June 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
- January 2005 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
WorldCom, Inc.: Two Views
By: David F. Hawkins
Financial analysis is one way to detect WorldCom's fraudulent accounting. This case presents two perspectives of WorldCom: the company as viewed by security analysts and the inside view of the accounting fraud. Also looks at the company's acquisition accounting to... View Details
Hawkins, David F. "WorldCom, Inc.: Two Views." Harvard Business School Case 105-047, January 2005. (Revised March 2005.)
- November 1993 (Revised May 1994)
- Supplement
Dow Corning Corporation: Business Conduct and Global Values (A), Supplement
By: Lynn S. Paine
Describes the 1988 amendments to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. View Details
Paine, Lynn S. "Dow Corning Corporation: Business Conduct and Global Values (A), Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 394-068, November 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
- May 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Teaching Note
Designing a Compliance Program at AB InBev
By: Eugene Soltes
Teaching Note for HBS No. 118-071. View Details
- June 2007
- Article
Theft and Taxes
By: Mihir A. Desai, I.J. Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales
Desai, Mihir A., I.J. Alexander Dyck, and Luigi Zingales. "Theft and Taxes." Journal of Financial Economics 84, no. 3 (June 2007). (Was NBER Working Paper No. 10978, 2006. Second Place Winner of the Jensen Prize for the Best Paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics, 2007.)
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
PublicationsThe Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer, Anandi Mani, Prachi Mishra, and Petia Topalova Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2014
- Working Paper
Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery
By: George Serafeim
Using survey data from firms around the world I analyze how detection of bribery has impacted a firm's competitiveness over the past year. Managers report that the most significant impact was on employee morale, followed by business relations, and then reputation and... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Corruption; Bribery; Employee Engagement; Reputation; Regulation; Competition; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Performance
Serafeim, George. "Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-012, July 2013. (Revised February 2014, April 2014.)
- March 2001
- Case
Corruption in International Business (A)
By: Robert E. Kennedy and Rafael M. Di Tella
Explores various aspects of corruption in international business, in two sections. The first section provides a broad discussion of the ethical, business, and legal aspects of corruption. The second section provides a series of "caselets" that are designed to promote... View Details
Kennedy, Robert E., and Rafael M. Di Tella. "Corruption in International Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 701-128, March 2001.
- July 2016
- Article
Taxation, Corruption, and Growth
By: Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Julia Cagé and William R. Kerr
We build an endogenous growth model to analyze the relationships between taxation, corruption, and economic growth. Entrepreneurs lie at the center of the model and face disincentive effects from taxation but acquire positive benefits from public infrastructure.... View Details
Keywords: Endogenous Growth; Public Goods; Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Taxation; Economic Growth
Aghion, Philippe, Ufuk Akcigit, Julia Cagé, and William R. Kerr. "Taxation, Corruption, and Growth." Special Issue on The Economics of Entrepreneurship. European Economic Review 86 (July 2016): 24–51.
- December 2015
- Case
Stephen Richards: Addressing FAQ
By: Eugene Soltes
Stephen Richards, former global head of sales at Computer Associates, addresses frequently asked questions from "A Letter from Prison." View Details
Soltes, Eugene. "Stephen Richards: Addressing FAQ." Harvard Business School Case 116-036, December 2015.