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Revenue Flow and Human Rights: A Paradox for Shell Nigeria
The case explores events in Nigeria related to human rights and
involving Shell as a corporation, which were a springboard for Shell’s
involvement in the development of the Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2002.
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Novo Nordisk A/S - Integrating Sustainability into Business Practice
The purpose of this case is to introduce students to the management
control systems adopted by Novo Nordisk A/S in order to communicate to
their employees and other stakeholders what behaviour is desired, and
to ensure that their corporate sustainability claims are implemented at
the operational level.
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Norsk Hydro ASA: Sustainable PVC at Hydro Polymers?
The purpose of the case is to demonstrate a strategic approach to
sustainable development that connects corporate responsibility to core
business strategy and planning to enable sustainable value creation for
shareholders and society at large.
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Microsoft: Bringing Technology to the Aging Population
The main purpose of this case is to show how difficult it is to
integrate corporate responsibility in the core business processes of a
large corporation, even when the business case is strong and approved
by the (strong and charismatic) leadership.
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Innocent: Values and Value
The case study examines how the founders of innocent launched a company
whose business strategy incorporated their social values from the
outset and how they ensured that as innocent grew from a start-up with
three founders to a medium-sized company all new employees understood
and shared the corporate values of the organisation.
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Illycaffè: Value Creation through Responsible Supplier Relationships
The learning objectives of this case development can be summarised in
the challenge of the traditional management of supply chain relations
highlighting a possible difference between sustainability and
solidarity.
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IBM in China: Responding to a Government's Social Initiatives
The objective of this case is to provide a basis for executives
and MBAs to discuss corporate strategy for a multinational company such
as IBM in a heavily regulated Chinese market where a firm’s licence to
operate can be greatly influenced by its response to political agendas.
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IBM in China: Designing a Stakeholder Assessment Team
The objectives of this case are to provide a basis for executives
and MBAs to discuss corporate strategy for a multinational company such
as IBM in a heavily regulated Chinese market where a firm’s licence to
operate can be greatly influenced by its response to political agendas.
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IBERDROLA: A Utility´s Approach to Sustainability and Stakeholder Management
The aim of the case is to examine the extent to which consumers’
stakeholders can determine the permanence of a new business model based
on sustainability in the long run and if strategic agreements should be
pursued
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Waste Concern - Turning a Problem into a Resource
The purpose of the case study is to allow students to get a good
understanding of the nature of social entrepreneurship as it supports
an in-depth discussion on an inclusive (or what some authors might call
a “blended”) approach towards value creation that combines social,
economic and environmental elements.
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