Title
of case study | Source | Topic
areas | Key words |
| The
case of the missing barrels | Colin Fisher | The
case study gives an account of Royal Dutch Shell’s troubles arising from
the admission that it had overstated its oil reserves. | Lying,
performance management, corporate governance, organisational poitics |
The
ethics of leadership
| Colin Fisher | The
case study is an account of the problems that beset Conrad black in 2003 and 2004.
It raises questions of executive remuneration and of corporate governance. | Executive
rewards, corporate governance, dual class shares, entrepreneurship |
Ethics
and financial services
| Paul Griseri | Issues
of financial and human resource management ethics in the context of a financial
services company
| Financial ethics, whistleblowing,
ethics and HRM practises, money laundering, ethics of share options. |
| Big
brother is watching you… | Kevin Morrell, Loughborough
University | The ethical implications of the consumer research
techniques used by supermarkets | Market research, point-of-purchase
marketing, ethics, information, privacy |
| The
service manager's dilemma. |
The Open University | A
brief case which involves whether leaders should be told the truth about their
leadership style. | Leadership, integrity, away days, organisational
values |
| The
Area manager's dilemma | The Open University | The
case involves a manager who finds himself working with another manager who is
unprincipled, devious and a liar. What if anything should he do? | Stages
of moral development, whistle blowing
|
| The
Collector of Images | Colin Fisher, Nottingham Business
School | HRM and disciplinary decisions, ethical horizons | Disciplinary
proceedings, Internet pornography, Police |
| The
marketer's dilemma | The Open University | A
marketing manager is offered inside information on a competitor's marketing plans
by a disgruntled employee. | Industrial espionage, unfair competition,
duty of confidentiality
|
| The
Information System manager's dilemma | The Open University
| Planning decisions and conflict of interests. | Conflicts
of interest, confidentiality, privileged information |
| The
HR manager's dilemma | The Open University | Selection
and recruitment | Criminal records, honesty, privacy |
| The
whistle blower | The Open University | Employment
policies of multi-national companies operating in developing countries
| Employment
practices, whistle blowing
|
| Caveat
emptor: are super normal profits acceptable? | Alan Lovell,
Nottingham Business School | | Ethics of
business negotiations, super normal profits, duties of directors, corporate governance |
| The
Inspector's dilemma | The Open University | Racist
behaviour and attitudes within a police Force | Diversity,
Discrimination, ethnic minorities, Police |
Ethical
issues in an SME
| Paul Griseri,
Paul Griseri Associates | The ethical issues and dilemma that
can confront a new small business trying to keep in business | Small
business; consultant/contractor ethics, client confidentiality; employee protection |
