Author Profile
Werhane, Patricia H.
Davis Press: Should You Publish Meccan Madness?
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny; Berne, Rosalyn W.; Bassit, Taha; Jilani, Ahsun
E-0421 | Published March 27, 2018 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
You are the owner/editor of your own publishing firm, Davis Press. You encounter a dilemma when, in 2010, you are given the opportunity to publish a novel set in the Islamic holy city of Mecca. Given ... Read More
Recruiting: Additional Vignettes
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Mead, Jenny
E-0417 | Published December 04, 2017 | 3 pages Exercise
Collection: Darden School of Business
These vignettes highlight several ethical issues for MBA students as they begin to look for a job. They serve as a practical springboard for a discussion of topics, including one's obligation to class... Read More
Transforming Education in Rural Haiti: Intel and L'Ecole de Choix
Werhane, Patricia H.; Albert, Pauline J.; Archer, Crina; Hartman, Laura P.; Mead, Jenny
E-0385 | Published May 09, 2013 | 33 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case tells the story of the Intel Corporation's collaboration with a nonprofit school in rural Haiti, l'Ecole de Choix (the School of Choice). Choix was already facing daunting educational challe... Read More
Albina Ruiz and "Healthy City"
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0384 | Published January 18, 2013 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Industrial engineering student Albina Ruiz was disturbed by the trash she saw around her in Lima, Peru. It was the late 1980s, and uncollected trash was a huge problem for many of the poorer urban are... Read More
Bal Vikas Bank: Children as Bankers
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0377 | Published January 10, 2013 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In early 2001, Rita Panicker, founder and director of an Indian NGO called Butterflies, was determined to find additional ways to help the many homeless children who worked and slept on the streets of... Read More
Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (A): The Land Exchange
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Gorman, Michael E.; Starr, Justin
E-0373 | Published August 13, 2012 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
From its inception, the Resolution Copper Mining (RCM) joint venture faced a number of significant technical, political, and environmental challenges as it attempted to develop a strategy for mining a... Read More
Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (B): Dewatering the Magma Mine
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mead, Jenny; Starr, Justin
E-0374 | Published August 13, 2012 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
To dewater the former Magma Mine and sink the exploratory shaft, the RCM team was faced with extracting and managing about 2 billion gallons of naturally accumulated water as well as about 300 million... Read More
Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (C): Planning in the Global Financial Crisis
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mead, Jenny; Starr, Justin
E-0375 | Published August 13, 2012 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When the global recession of 2008-09 hit, Rio Tinto was forced to reexamine its spending priorities. Knowing that the availability of investment capital along with commodity prices would eventually re... Read More
Transformational Gaming: Zynga's Social Strategy (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Hartman, Laura P.; Christmas, Danielle
E-0361 | Published May 17, 2012 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case of this three-case series outlines how Mark Pincus, with help from his sister Laura Hartman, began to implement his new brand of social strategy. Initial steps included two partnerships: (1... Read More
Transformational Gaming: Zynga's Social Strategy (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Hartman, Laura P.; Christmas, Danielle
E-0362 | Published May 17, 2012 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Following the May 2010 Sweet Seeds campaign, Zynga announced that it would expand its FATEM partnership to build a school for children in Haiti who had been affected by the devastating earthquake in J... Read More
Transformational Gaming: Zynga's Social Strategy (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Hartman, Laura P.; Christmas, Danielle
E-0360 | Published May 11, 2012 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In January 2009, Mark Pincus, founder and CEO of the immensely popular and successful Zynga Game Network met with his sister Laura Hartman, DePaul University business ethics professor, to discuss buil... Read More
Snow Brand Milk Products (A): Assessing the Possibility for Revitalization
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Saito, Akira; Koehn, Daryl; Wolfe, Regina
E-0347 | Published February 26, 2010 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This three-case series, set in Japan, explores corporate responsibility and brand rebuilding in the face of a serious crisis. Suitable for MBA, executive education, and undergraduate students, it depi... Read More
Snow Brand Milk Products (B): Reform and Revitalization Efforts
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Koehn, Daryl; Saito, Akira; Wolfe, Regina
E-0348 | Published February 26, 2010 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case outlines the turnaround efforts Snow Brand undertook to address its grave missteps: shifting to a consumer-oriented, integrity-focused management style; providing greater transparency and co... Read More
Snow Brand Milk Products (C): 2009—Remaining Challenges
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Koehn, Daryl; Saito, Akira; Wolfe, Regina
E-0349 | Published February 26, 2010 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The turnaround at Snow Brand Milk Products was a real learning experience for all involved. The lessons were many, and while prioritizing them was difficult, it seemed clear that the most significant ... Read More
Impact Makers
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hess, Edward D.; Mead, Jenny
E-0342 | Published January 21, 2009 | 27 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Michael Pirron was a health care services consultant who had always dreamed of starting a "Nonprofit Competitive Business" with a social mission. In 2006, he launched Impact Makers, a new hybrid entit... Read More
WorldCom: Keeping Planes in the Air (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Sack, Robert J.; Mead, Jenny
E-0335 | Published September 24, 2008 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on the dilemma faced by Betty Vinson, a senior manager in the corporate accounting division of telecommunications giant WorldCom, when asked repeatedly to falsify financial informati... Read More
ExxonMobil and the Chad–Cameroon Pipeline (B): The Pipeline Becomes a Reality
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny
E-0330 | Published August 28, 2008 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case picks up after the end of "ExxonMobil and the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline (A)" (UVA-E-0262), presenting additional facts, advancing in the story, and setting up a new and challenging decision to ... Read More
Great Lakes: Great Decisions (A)
Freeland, James R.; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny
E-0325 | Published August 18, 2008 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
One of the few remaining producers of lead additives must decide whether to continue producing them for use abroad. Banned in the United States, lead additives were still legal in developing nations. ... Read More
Procter & Gamble: Children's Safe Drinking Water (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hartman, Laura P.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, Jenny
E-0314 | Published March 24, 2008 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1995, Procter & Gamble (P&G) scientists began researching methods of water treatment for use in communities facing water crises. P&G, one of the world's largest consumer products companies, was int... Read More
Procter & Gamble: Children's Safe Drinking Water (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hartman, Laura P.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, Jenny
E-0315 | Published March 24, 2008 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1999, P&G purchased?through the acquisition of Recovery Engineering in a $265 million deal?PUR Water Filtration System, a point-of-use water filtration system. The PUR water filtration system used ... Read More
BHP Billiton and Mozal (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hartman, Laura P.; Mead, Jenny
E-0316 | Published March 24, 2008 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
BHP Billiton, the world's largest diversified resource company at the start of the 21st century, began a feasibility study in 1995 for building an aluminum smelter project in the Maputo province in so... Read More
BHP Billiton and Mozal (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hartman, Laura P.; Mead, Jenny
E-0317 | Published March 24, 2008 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
BHP Billiton began construction of Phase 1 of the Mozal aluminum smelter in 1998. Because of the challenges that the community presented, BHP Billiton and its partners created the Mozal Community Deve... Read More
HealthReach and HABLA (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, Jenny
E-0306 | Published February 29, 2008 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 2004, there were 50 million non-English speakers in the United States and an additional 22 million who had marginal English proficiency. Many had no health insurance or access to low-cost, affordab... Read More
Started as Crew (B): Darlene Calhoun and McDonald's
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hartman, Laura P.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, Jenny
E-0309 | Published February 29, 2008 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
McDonald's Corporation, the behemoth of the fast food industry, has taken its share of criticism—even ridicule—over the years. The image of the company suffered as the public began to perceive its job... Read More
Started as Crew (C): McDonald's Strategy for Corporate Success and Poverty Reduction
Werhane, Patricia H.; Wolfe, Regina; Hartman, Laura P.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, Jenny
E-0310 | Published February 29, 2008 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
From the early 1970s to the beginning of the 21st century, multinational corporations (MNCs) had increasingly participated in the reduction of poverty as part of their business strategies. Such partic... Read More
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0311 | Published February 29, 2008 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1999, the 20-year-old AIDS crisis had ravaged many developing countries and, in particular, on the continent of Africa. Of the estimated 33.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide in 1998, ... Read More
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0312 | Published February 29, 2008 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1999 and 2000, Abbott Laboratories' senior management considered a number of philanthropic options that could make a difference and define the focus for Abbott and the Abbott Fund's charitable prog... Read More
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (C): What Lies Ahead?
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0313 | Published February 29, 2008 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The partnership between Abbott and the government of Tanzania continued to flourish. As a demonstration of Abbott's long-term commitment to Tanzania, in 2007, the Abbott Fund opened its first office o... Read More
Started as Crew (A): Jan Fields and McDonald's
Werhane, Patricia H.; Hartman, Laura P.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, Jenny
E-0308 | Published February 27, 2008 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
McDonald's Corporation, the behemoth of the fast food industry, has taken its share of criticism—even ridicule—over the years. The image of the company suffered as the public began to perceive its job... Read More
The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development: Tackling HIV/AIDS and Poverty in South Africa (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0303 | Published February 27, 2008 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1998, Klaus Leisinger and Karin Schmitt of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development in Basel, Switzerland, were approached by a sociologist who wanted help in launching a pilot program i... Read More
The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development: Tackling HIV/AIDS and Poverty in South Africa (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0304 | Published February 27, 2008 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The increasing problems of millions of HIV/AIDS orphans and the perceived need for an innovative and creative solution to tackle the psychological, social, and economic needs of vulnerable children ti... Read More
The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development: Tackling HIV/AIDS and Poverty in South Africa (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0305 | Published February 27, 2008 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Novartis Foundation and various donors undertook a risk-assessment of how REPSSI could be brought to other African countries both legally and effectively. The original initiative had to be transfo... Read More
Moral Relativism
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Gilbert, Daniel R. Jr.
E-0341 | Published January 12, 2008 | 10 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note provides an introduction to moral relativism, discusses the various ways it poses fundamental challenges to engaging in ethical reflection, and offers alternative ways of thinking about ethi... Read More
Yahoo! and Customer Privacy
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Fruscello, Thomas W.; Mead, Jenny
E-0300 | Published January 25, 2007 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case explores the larger context of competition among internet companies for market share globally, especially in the emerging Chinese economy, as well as concerns about advancing the core values... Read More
What Can a Mosquito Do to an Elephant? (D)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0293 | Published August 17, 2006 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
At the 2004 Institute for Security Studies' anticorruption conference, officials from Lesotho, South Africa, the World Bank, and other governments gathered to discuss and dissect not only the LHWP sca... Read More
What Can a Mosquito Do to an Elephant? (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0290 | Published August 17, 2006 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1999, Lesotho, a tiny African country about the size of Maryland or Belgium, faced a huge undertaking. The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), one of the world's biggest engineering and infrast... Read More
What Can a Mosquito Do to an Elephant? (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0291 | Published August 17, 2006 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
"People are quick to point the finger at Africa but if someone is taking the money then someone is paying it and they must be held accountable too. You can see from this case that it is not only Afric... Read More
South African Mining and Asbestos-Related Diseases (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Swart, Regina; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0285 | Published April 11, 2006 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the 1980s, the true effects of 100 years of asbestos mining in South Africa became apparent, as thousands of former miners and those who lived in the mining communities developed asbestos-related d... Read More
South African Mining and Asbestos-Related Diseases (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Swart, Regina; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0286 | Published April 11, 2006 Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The other South African claimants in a lawsuit against the multinational companies, particularly Cape plc, for sickness and disease that had resulted from asbestos mining moved closer to seeking redre... Read More
South African Mining and Asbestos-Related Diseases (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Swart, Regina; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0287 | Published April 11, 2006 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The seesawing in the case of the South African asbestos mining claimants continued over several years. Then, in a July 2000 landmark decision, the British House of Lords Court of Appeals ruled that Ca... Read More
South African Mining and Asbestos-Related Diseases (D)—The Settlement and the Aftermath
Werhane, Patricia H.; Swart, Regina; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0288 | Published April 11, 2006 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In February 2003, Gencor settled with the claimants in the asbestos lawsuit by paying (South African rands) ZAR378 million in the newly established Asbestos Relief Trust and ZAR4.2 million into a trus... Read More
HealthSouth (C): The Trial
Werhane, Patricia H.; Collier, Cindy Eddins; Mead, Jenny
E-0275 | Published December 08, 2005 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the winter of 2005, ex-HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy went on trial for fraud after he and other executives at this outpatient surgery/rehabilitation/physical therapy company were accused of infla... Read More
HealthSouth (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Collier, Cindy Eddins
E-0273 | Published March 29, 2005 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on an employee in the asset management division of the Birmingham-based Healthsouth who suspects possible fraud in the company's accounting practices. A highly successful outpatient ... Read More
Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0279 | Published February 14, 2005 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case details the in-house discovery of WorldCom's fraudulent accounting practices and the ethical considerations employees faced during the investigation. In May 2002, Cynthia Cooper, vice presid... Read More
Davis Press and Meccan Madness
Freeman, R. Edward; Wicks, Andrew C.; Werhane, Patricia H.; Berne, Rosalyn W.; Mead, Jenny
E-0073 | Published January 15, 2005 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The owner/editor of the small Davis Press encounters a dilemma when she is given the opportunity to publish a novel set in the Islamic holy city of Mecca. Given the events of the last 16 years—the ang... Read More
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and Project STING (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Ahmad, Pia; Mead, Jenny
E-0267 | Published September 03, 2004 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in India in the 1980s and 1990s, this series of cases concerns the attempts by the Unilever division Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to create, market, and distribute a detergent for India's rural p... Read More
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and Project STING (D)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Ahmad, Pia; Mead, Jenny
E-0269 | Published September 03, 2004 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in India in the 1980s and 1990s, this series of cases concerns the attempts by the Unilever division Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to create, market, and distribute a detergent for India's rural p... Read More
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and Project STING (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Ahmad, Pia; Mead, Jenny
E-0266 | Published September 03, 2004 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in India in the 1980s and 1990s, this series of cases concerns the attempts by the Unilever division Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to create, market, and distribute a detergent for India’s rural p... Read More
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and Project STING (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Ahmad, Pia; Mead, Jenny
E-0268 | Published September 03, 2004 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in India in the 1980s and 1990s, this series of cases concerns the attempts by the Unilever division Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to create, market, and distribute a detergent for India’s rural p... Read More
Monsanto and the Monarch Butterfly
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mead, Jenny
E-0263 | Published March 03, 2004 | 10 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note, which outlines Monsanto's response to public claims of damage to monarch butterflies from Monsanto's Bt corn, is a good companion piece to cases involving new technology, particul... Read More
ExxonMobil and the Chad–Cameroon Pipeline (A)
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Mead, Jenny
E-0262 | Published November 24, 2003 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents the dilemma of a multinational oil and gas company, ExxonMobil, as it factors in the ethical issues related to the environment and cultural differences in deciding whether to procee... Read More
Marge Norman and Miniscribe Corporation
Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Sack, Robert J.; Severance, Kristi; Williams, Leslie; Mead, Jenny
C-2168 | Published May 20, 2003 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case details the rise of a hard-disk storage manufacturer in the mid-1980s and the company's demise after executives manipulated the financial information. Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (A): To Strike or Not To Strike
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cummings, Mary L.; Mead, Jenny
E-0233 | Published September 10, 2002 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (B): Company Loyalty
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cummings, Mary L.; Mead, Jenny
E-0234 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (C): Will a Strike Jeopardize Public Safety?
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cummings, Mary L.; Mead, Jenny
E-0235 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (D): Employee Rights
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cummings, Mary L.; Mead, Jenny
E-0236 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (E): The Right Not to Unionize
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cummings, Mary L.; Mead, Jenny
E-0237 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (F): The NSPE Code of Ethics
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cummings, Mary L.; Mead, Jenny
E-0238 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing 747X
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cummings, Mary L.; Smith, Rob; Diersen, Sarah E.
E-0231 | Published September 09, 2002 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1997, the Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group had to make a decision regarding the production of the 747X airplane, a project involving more than 1,000 employees. By continuing to develop new aircraft... Read More
Diversity
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, Gerry; Mead, Jenny; Parmar, Bidhan L.
E-0227 | Published March 05, 2002 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of diversity caselets is designed to present short, quick vignettes of different workplace situations involving issues of gender, sexual orientation, race, disability, age, religion, cultu... Read More
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. (B): Scooped Up! What Lies Ahead?
Werhane, Patricia H.; Sack, Robert J.; Mead, Jenny
E-0226 | Published December 28, 2001 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Case B describes the aftermath of Ben & Jerry's being acquired by Unilever. While there was public sadness and dismay over the socially responsible company appearing to "sell out," Ben Cohen and Jerry... Read More
The Marriott Corporation Human Resources Department: Wage Disparities (Supplement)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Watson, Orson W.
E-0131 | Published October 22, 2001 | 7 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Marriott Corporation, family owned and run, has always had a non-union stance. Its "welfare-to-work" programs have angered unions but also created a more reliable low-wage work-force. These cases ... Read More
The Marriott Corporation Human Resources Department (A): Managing A Low-Wage Work Force
Werhane, Patricia H.; Watson, Orson W.; Mead, Jenny
E-0129 | Published October 07, 2001 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Marriott Corporation, family owned and run, has always had a nonunion stance. Its "welfare-to-work" programs have angered unions but have also created a more reliable low-wage workforce. These cas... Read More
The Marriott Corporation Human Resources Department (B): Strategies for the 1990s
Werhane, Patricia H.; Watson, Orson W.; Mead, Jenny
E-0130 | Published October 07, 2001 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The Marriott Corporation, family owned and run, has always had a nonunion stance. Its "welfare-to-work" programs have angered unions but have also created a more reliable low-wage workforce. These cas... Read More
The Global Water and Food Supply Problem
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Ofiesh, Caetie
E-0213 | Published June 04, 2001 | 9 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note, which presents an overview of the global water and food supply problem at the turn of the 21st century, is a good starting point for a discussion of the environmental and agricult... Read More
Monsanto and Intellectual Property
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Simmonds, J.; Ofiesh, Caetie; Smith, Rob
E-0216 | Published April 11, 2001 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents the issues and dilemmas that Monsanto faced in deciding how to market its genetically modified products. It also covers patent issues, intellectual property, and licensing strategie... Read More
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. (A): Acquisition Suitors at the Door
Werhane, Patricia H.; Sack, Robert J.; Mead, Jenny
E-0225 | Published March 13, 2001 | 21 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were best friends and socially conscious entrepreneurs when they founded Ben & Jerry's Homemade in the 1970s in Burlington, Vermont. The company was well-known for being... Read More
A Note on Utilitarianism
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Sonenshein, Scott B.
E-0189 | Published October 19, 2000 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note explains the various forms of utilitarianism, the idea that an action is morally correct if it contributes to maximizing the good in society. Read More
Ethics and MBA Recruiting—Some Vignettes
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Harris, Jared D.; Mead, Jenny
E-0185 | Published October 19, 2000 | 16 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
These vignettes highlight a number of ethical issues for MBA students as they begin the process of finding a job. They serve as a practical springboard for a discussion of topics ranging from sexual h... Read More
A Note on Virtues and Virtuous Character
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Sonenshein, Scott B.
E-0186 | Published October 19, 2000 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This brief note explains the concept of virtue as it appears in the literature on business ethics. It examines the relationships among virtue, character, and right action. Read More
A Note on Relativism
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Gilbert, Daniel R. Jr.
E-0187 | Published October 19, 2000 | 13 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note examines the concept of relativism as it often appears in business. It discusses four separate types of relativism, and lays out the reasons why relativism is a bad idea. Read More
A Note on Deontology
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Sonenshein, Scott B.
E-0180 | Published October 19, 2000 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note explains deontology and its use in ethical reasoning. Deontology is the idea that an action is morally right if it is done out of a sense of duty. Read More
Professor Emma Pover (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny
E-0181 | Published October 19, 2000 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case illustrates ongoing difficulties for women in high-powered investment banks. See also the B case (UVA-E-0182). Read More
Professor Emma Pover (B)
E-0182 | Published October 19, 2000 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
To be used with Emma Pover (A). Read More
First Impressions, Inc. (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Yemen, Gerry
E-0176 | Published September 28, 2000 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Judy Wiles, president and owner of First Impressions, Inc., needs new ideas to market her temporary-food-service employment agency to lucrative private accounts in suburban Detroit. In the A case, Wil... Read More
Top Resources
Werhane, Patricia H.; Yemen, Gerry
E-0219 | Published June 25, 2000 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Ruth Parks owns Top Resources, a temporary employment agency, with offices in Kansas and Missouri. She discovers an employee working at a big-box store. The employee is collecting workers' compensatio... Read More
A Note on Rights
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Sonenshein, Scott B.
E-0188 | Published January 10, 2000 | 3 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note explains the idea of rights. It examines such distinctions as positive versus negative rights, and fundamental versus derivative rights. Read More
A Note on Questionable Payments in Business
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Lee, Amanda; Tolbert, Cheryl
E-0179 | Published January 10, 2000 | 12 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Written to accompany "Questionable Payments" (UVA-E-0178), this note provides insights into the issue of questionable payments (e.g., bribery and extortion). Read More
Moral Justification and Reflective Equilibrium
Freeman, R. Edward; Werhane, Patricia H.; Wicks, Andrew C.; Parmar, Bidhan; Sonenshein, Scott B.
E-0183 | Published October 19, 1999 | 6 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note explains reflective equilibrium, a process of moral reasoning whereby considered judgments about cases are reviewed and abstracted into principles. New cases either confirm the principles or... Read More
First Impressions, Inc. (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Yemen, Gerry
E-0175 | Published September 28, 1999 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Judy Wiles, president and owner of First Impressions, Inc., needs new ideas to market her temporary-food-service employment agency to lucrative private accounts in suburban Detroit. In the A case, Wil... Read More
First Impressions, Inc. (C): Epilogue
Werhane, Patricia H.; Yemen, Gerry
E-0177 | Published September 28, 1999 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Judy Wiles, president and owner of First Impressions, Inc., needs new ideas to market her temporary-food-service employment agency to lucrative private accounts in suburban Detroit. In the A case, Wil... Read More
Ecover and Green Marketing (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Larson, Andrea; Spiro, Lisa; Reichart, Joel E.
E-0174 | Published September 17, 1999 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This set of cases describes the dilemma of a small Belgian detergent company which, faced with the inability to compete, developed an environmentally friendly detergent and household cleaners. Then th... Read More
Ecover and Green Marketing (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Larson, Andrea; Spiro, Lisa; Reichart, Joel E.
E-0172 | Published September 17, 1999 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This set of cases describes the dilemma of a small Belgian detergent company which, faced with the inability to compete, developed an environmentally friendly detergent and household cleaners. Then th... Read More
Ecover and Green Marketing (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Larson, Andrea; Spiro, Lisa; Reichart, Joel E.
E-0173 | Published September 17, 1999 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This set of cases describes the dilemma of a small Belgian detergent company which, faced with the inability to compete, developed an environmentally friendly detergent and household cleaners. Then th... Read More
A Note on Social Justice
Werhane, Patricia H.; Wood, Donna
E-0169 | Published April 30, 1999 Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Justice is ordinarily defined as "fairness," but the meaning of fairness suggests both a comparative element (i.e., treating equals as equals, except when they have relevant differences and concomitan... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cunningham, Brian
E-0162 | Published April 07, 1999 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Eskom, a South African electric utility company, spends roughly 30% of its annual profits to implement a national social-initiative project, a countrywide infrastructure development program to provide... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cunningham, Brian
E-0164 | Published April 07, 1999 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Committed to spending approximately $400 million annually to provide 1.75 million South African households with electricity by 2000, Eskom had to forfeit an additional $300 million because of consumer... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cunningham, Brian
E-0163 | Published April 07, 1999 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After Eskom implemented a viable plan for providing electricity to more than 1.75 million South African households, many of its customers failed to pay for service, which resulted in a debt of approxi... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (D)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cunningham, Brian
E-0165 | Published April 07, 1999 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case concerns Eskom's commitment to provide employment in rural areas by training residents to work on local electrification projects. But the company discovers that its employees, for a small fe... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (E)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Cunningham, Brian
E-0166 | Published April 07, 1999 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Eskom produces the world's cheapest electricity by using coal-fired plants, most of which have not been retrofitted to meet World Bank standards. Moreover, most South Africans without electricity burn... Read More
Bhopal (B): Recipe for a Toxic Mist
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Diersen, Sarah E.
E-0160 | Published April 01, 1999 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case details the causes of the tragic toxic leak at the Bhopal plant and the dilemmas faced by the plant managers as they coped with the aftermath. See also the A case, E-0159. Read More
Bhopal (A): Choosing a Safe Plant Location and Design
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Diersen, Sarah E.
E-0159 | Published April 01, 1999 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The A case deals with Union Carbide's decision to build a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, as a joint venture with the Indian government. The case deals primarily with the choice of plant location an... Read More
Unilever: Corporate Venturing and Environmental Sustainability
Werhane, Patricia H.; Venkataraman, S.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.; Standish, Myles
E-0152 | Published December 16, 1998 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on how Jan-Kees Vis, a middle-echelon staff worker at Unilever Foods, champions his ideas for environmental sustainability. Despite his position and company reorganization, he manage... Read More
North vs. South: The Effects of Regional Competition on the American Textile Industry during the 1950s
Werhane, Patricia H.; Spiro, Lisa
E-0150 | Published December 04, 1998 Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note traces the history of the U.S. textile industry and the reasons for its flight to the South in the 1950s. Written to accompany the Malden Mills series of cases (UVA-E-0125, UVA-E-0126, UVA-E... Read More
Shorebank and Indecorp (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Powell, Elizabeth A.; McMillen, Sheila
E-0120 | Published October 02, 1998 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Shorebank, owner of the Chicago community-development bank South Shore Bank, must decide whether to acquire another Chicago institution, Indecorp. The A case reviews the history of white-owned South S... Read More
Shorebank and Indecorp (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Powell, Elizabeth A.; McMillen, Sheila
E-0121 | Published October 02, 1998 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case (see also the A [E-0120] and C [E-0122] cases) opens with Shorebank's decision not to pursue Indecorp, though by the end of the case Shorebank is reconsidering its decision. In the meantime... Read More
Shorebank and Indecorp (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Powell, Elizabeth A.; McMillen, Sheila
E-0122 | Published July 23, 1998 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The C case (see also the A [E-0120] and B [E-0121] cases) opens with Shorebank's announcement that it will acquire Indecorp. From Shorebank's perspective, the merger affords an opportunity to further ... Read More
Rohner Textil (E) (Environmental Accounting)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0147 | Published December 18, 1997 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the A [UVA-E-0107], B [UVA-E-0108], C [UVA-E-0109], and D [UVA-E-0110] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0146 | Published December 17, 1997 | 17 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note documents the transition of Michael Braungart from Greenpeace activist to international consultant in industrial ecology. In the process of forming a consulting company, the Environmental Pr... Read More
Against the Current: Malden Mills Inc. (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Watson, Orson W.
E-0125 | Published October 07, 1997 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases focuses on Malden Mills' strategy for rebuilding its Lawrence, Massachusetts, plants following a catastrophic fire in 1995. Through an analysis of the history of the Feuerstein fa... Read More
Against the Current: Malden Mills Inc. (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Watson, Orson W.
E-0127 | Published October 07, 1997 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases focuses on Malden Mills' strategy for rebuilding its Lawrence, Massachusetts, plants following a catastrophic fire in 1995. Through an analysis of the history of the Feuerstein fa... Read More
Against the Current: Malden Mills Inc. (D)
Watson, Orson W.; Werhane, Patricia H.
E-0128 | Published October 07, 1997 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases focuses on Malden Mills' strategy for rebuilding its Lawrence, Massachusetts, plants following a catastrophic fire in 1995. Through an analysis of the history of the Feuerstein fa... Read More
Against the Current: Malden Mills Inc. (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Watson, Orson W.
E-0126 | Published October 07, 1997 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases focuses on Malden Mills' strategy for rebuilding its Lawrence, Massachusetts, plants following a catastrophic fire in 1995. Through an analysis of the history of the Feuerstein fa... Read More
W. R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix Patent (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Spiro, Lisa; Severance, Kristi
E-0157 | Published June 10, 1997 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Neemix is a natural biopesticide developed by W. R. Grace from the neem tree, which is indigenous to rural India. Because of its medicinal and religious use by rural Indians for more than 1,000 years,... Read More
W. R. Grace & Co. and the Neemix Patent (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Spiro, Lisa; Severance, Kristi
E-0158 | Published March 22, 1997 | 1 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case describes W. R. Grace's sale of the Neemix Division to Ecotek and the continuing activist movement that questions the patentability of indigenous products such as Neemix. See also the A cas... Read More
American Solar Network, Ltd. (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Warren, Wendy; Gorman, Michael E.
E-0098 | Published March 01, 1997 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this follow-up case, Rich does move to another state and obtains subsidies for his solar water heater, but he still cannot create a market for his technology. Does he fail because of flaws in his ... Read More
American Solar Network, Ltd. (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Warren, Wendy; Gorman, Michael E.
E-0097 | Published March 01, 1997 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A.C. Rich has invented and patented a new form of solar water heater that he claims will significantly reduce home-heating costs and is aesthetically pleasing. The case asks students to evaluate Rich... Read More
Rohner Textil AG (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0107 | Published January 22, 1997 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the B [UVA-E-0108], C [UVA-E-0109], D [UVA-E-0110], and E [UVA-E-0147] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
SELF (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Sonenshein, Scott B.
E-0112 | Published January 22, 1997 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the choices facing the founder and president of SELF, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to improve the standard of living in developing countries, as he attempts to pr... Read More
A Note on Moral Imagination
E-0114 | Published January 22, 1997 | 5 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Moral theories provide us with reasonable criteria for making moral judgments and evaluating decisions and actions. There is, however, one difficulty with approaching moral reasoning strictly from a "... Read More
Rohner Textil AG (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0109 | Published January 22, 1997 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the A [UVA-E-0107], B [UVA-E-0108], D [UVA-E-0110], and E [UVA-E-0147] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
Rohner Textil AG (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0108 | Published January 22, 1997 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the A [UVA-E-0107], C [UVA-E-0109], D [UVA-E-0110], and E [UVA-E-0147] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
SELF (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Sonenshein, Scott B.
E-0113 | Published January 22, 1997 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The main purpose of the B case is to demonstrate that corporate and managerial ideologies play a role in determining how to finance projects. Williams must decide how to fund rural-electrification pro... Read More
Rohner Textil AG (D)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0110 | Published January 22, 1997 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the A [UVA-E-0107], B [UVA-E-0108], C [UVA-E-0109], and E [UVA-E-0147] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
Designtex, Inc. (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Larson, Andrea; Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0100 | Published March 01, 1996 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case briefly covers the sequence of events that led to Designtex's successful introduction of Climatex Lifecycle, a complete compostable material that is produced by an absolutely clean manufactu... Read More
Designtex, Inc. (A)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Larson, Andrea; Gorman, Michael E.; Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0099 | Published March 01, 1996 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Susan Lyons, a vice president at Designtex, a firm that develops high-end custom fabric collections, wants to create an environmentally responsible fabric that will provide a model for sustainable des... Read More
A Note on Environmental Sustainability
E-0094 | Published January 26, 1996 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note presents various definitions of sustainability and outlines some of the basic issues surrounding environmental sustainability. It addresses the question of whether one can continue economic ... Read More
A Note on Five Traditional Theories of Moral Reasoning
E-0092 | Published December 01, 1994 | 9 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
Business decisions, by their nature, involve ethical considerations because (1) most economic decisions are choices where the decision-maker could have done otherwise, (2) every decision or action aff... Read More
Note on Islam
Freeman, R. Edward; Wicks, Andrew C.; Werhane, Patricia H.; Berne, Rosalyn W.; Mead, Jenny; Bassit, Taba; Jilani, Ashun
E-0072 | Published January 15, 1990 | 8 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
The note was written to complement the teaching of any case that assumes knowledge of Islam. It provides a brief review of the Muslim religion, including the geographical representation of its believe... Read More
HealthSouth (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Mead, Jenny; Collier, Cindy Eddins
E-0274 | Published | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The HealthSouth asset management employee's suspicions were correct. Indeed, management at HealthSouth had been "cooking the books" for several years to show a profit and thus continue to endear the c... Read More
What Can A Mosquito Do to an Elephant? (C)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Painter-Moreland, Mollie; Mead, Jenny
E-0292 | Published | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Even though the World Bank had announced that it was not contributing financially to Lesotho's attempts to bring the multinationals to account, Fine Maema and the government decided to proceed anyway.... Read More
HealthReach and HABLA (B)
Werhane, Patricia H.; Sheehan, Justin; Mead, Jenny
E-0307 | Published | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Jim Zimmerman, executive director of HealthReach clinic, approached the Abbott Fund, one of the organizations that helped fund HABLA in 1992, about providing additional funds to continue the very succ... Read More