Publications

March 1991 (Revised July 2001)
Supplement

Ann Hopkins (B)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Ilyse Barkan

Describes the reasons why the courts found in favor of Ann Hopkins in the sexual discrimination suit. Also explains why the courts concluded she was the victim of sexual stereotyping. View Details

Keywords: Law; Ethics; Human Resources; Gender

February 2024 (Revised May 2024)
Case

Lina Khan at the FTC: Redefining Antitrust in the Age of Big Tech

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Susan Pinckney

In 2023 and 2024, the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice sued Google, Amazon, and Apple claiming antitrust violations. These lawsuits marked a shift in U.S. antitrust enforcement away from the Chicago School and towards the New Brandeis school of... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Monopoly; Technology Industry; United States; European Union; China; India

September 2006
Teaching Note

Models of the Corporation (TN)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Corporate Governance

September 1995 (Revised October 1996)
Case

Willie Overmeyer

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jennifer Bermant

A student comes to believe that a classmate has cheated on an exam. The action question is: What, if anything, should the student do? View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Management; Value

October 1993 (Revised July 1994)
Case

A Brush with AIDS (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

A product manager at a health products company is responsible for marketing sharps containers, which hospitals use to store used needles in order to protect medical workers from being pricked with AIDS-contaminated needles. After hospitals report repeated instances of... View Details

Keywords: Health; Cost vs Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Safety; Values and Beliefs; Profit; Goals and Objectives; Compensation and Benefits; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

May 1992
Teaching Note

International Drilling Corp. (A), (B), (C), Morality and Consequences, and Morality and Duties TN

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Allen Webb

September 2006 (Revised June 2007)
Teaching Note

Note on Human Behavior: Character and Situation (TN)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Aldo Sesia

Teaching Note to 9-404-091. View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Values and Beliefs

July 1995
Background Note

Managerial Duties and Business Law

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Consists of excerpts from Principles of Corporate Governance, a set of legal guidelines that enumerates the principal duties of corporate managers and directors, including fiduciary duty, duty of care, and duty of fair dealing. Also addresses legal obligations relating... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Governance; Retention; Common Law; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles

May 1994
Teaching Note

Brush with AIDS, A (A) & (B) TN

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Teaching Note for (9-394-058) and (9-394-059). View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Ethics; Health Industry

April 1983 (Revised May 1984)
Case

Environmental Pressures (A&B) (Condensed)

By: Norman A. Berg and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

February 1979 (Revised December 1983)
Case

Allied Chemical Corp. (A)

By: George C. Lodge and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Describes Allied, the chemical industry, and the effects of the Kepone problem (a toxic pesticide dumped into the James River) as of 1976. The executive in the case must decide whether the company should support the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act and an... View Details

Keywords: Pollutants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Laws and Statutes; Welfare; Legal Liability; Business and Government Relations; Chemical Industry

winter 1995
Article

Business Ethics: The View from the Trenches

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and A. P. Webb

March 1985
Teaching Note

Trade In Services and American Express, Teaching Note

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and David B. Yoffie

October 2000 (Revised January 2002)
Case

Individual and the Corporation, The: Kathy Levinson and E*TRADE (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Susan Harmeling

Kathy Levinson, the president and COO of ETRADE and a lesbian mother of two children, must decide whether and how to participate in the "No on Knight" campaign. The campaign opposes California ballot proposition 22, which requires California to recognize only marriages... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Values and Beliefs; Decision Choices and Conditions; Gender; Diversity; Financial Services Industry

September 1995 (Revised April 1999)
Case

Exporting American Culture

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

A large entertainment company, extensively criticized for producing violent, offensive, and anti-social material, is considering whether to sell its material to a semi-illegal operation that is beaming satellite TV into Turkey. The opportunity raises many questions... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Media; Business and Community Relations; Opportunities; Social Issues; Media and Broadcasting Industry