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Freedom Technology Services

Hess, Edward D.

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Freedom Technology Services

Hess, Edward D.

ENT-0127 | Published September 24, 2009 | 3 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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This case is suitable for classes in business ethics, leadership and organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, and managing small enterprises. It focuses on the conflict between the personal values of the entrepreneur and the risk of losing a major customer. It deals with the issue of whether the entrepreneur should prosecute a CFO for stealing corporate money. And the decision is complicated because the CFO's husband is, in effect, the company's largest customer.

1. Understanding the impact on the business's market reputation, its culture, and its revenue if the entrepreneur chooses to prosecute the CFO for fraud as compared to settling the matter out of court. 2. Examining what stakeholder interests are relevant and how to prioritize them.