Written after the successful cloning of a cat, this case discusses the market for pet cloning, specifically, allergen-free cats. The case looks at pet cloning from the perspectives of (1) an animal-rights activist, (2) a pet lover, and (3) an individual allergic to cats. It also explores the...

One of the most investigated research topics in the corporate sustainability literature is “the” business case. Long lionized for linking the profit motive to corporate environmental initiatives, the business case for sustainability is now vehemently criticized. These critics generally argue...

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce a view of leadership that infuses ethics into its definition. This chapter will demonstrate that previous conceptions of leadership within management literature define leadership as either amoral or having an instrumental use for values. However, we...

Employee monitoring has raised concerns from all areas of society - business organizations, employee interest groups, privacy advocates, civil libertarians, lawyers, professional ethicists, and every combination possible. Each advocate has its own rationale for or against employee monitoring...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the recent controversy in health care delivery around whether or not it should be conceptualized as a business. Concurrently, should health care organizations adopt standard business practices? We suggest that such questions implicitly appeal to a common...

Miranda Shaw had decided to do a Google search on the two finalists for the open position in her company. Based on the photos she saw on her preferred applicant's Facebook page, she decided to hire the other applicant, whose Internet search returned no controversial results. But Shaw found...

This case picks up after the end of "ExxonMobil and the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline (A)," presenting additional facts and advances in the story, and setting up a new challenging decision to be made about the project

As it headed into 2005, Wal-Mart faced an array of difficult stakeholder issues, bad publicity, and a stagnating stock price. Despite good 2004 financials, fundamental issues assailed the company. More than anything, Wal-Mart needed to address the issues that had arisen over the years, and...