Dealing with Corruption in the Police Force of La Paz

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

A reform mayor of Bolivia's capital city is taken aback by a consultant's report showing a shocking level of corruption on the part of municipal police-a force whose many duties involve regulation of the city's sprawling open-air markets...

Fighting Crime in Downtown Oakland: A Public-Private Partnership

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

When crime threatens to undermine revitalization efforts in downtown Oakland, California, local corporate leaders and merchants propose a seemingly simple idea to a fiscally strapped city government. Their proposal: that additional municipal...

Walking a Fine Line: Qualifications and Equal Opportunity in the Charlotte Fire Department

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s, the fire department in Charlotte, North Carolina, successfully integrated women firefighters into the formerly all-male department. To do so, the city deftly adjusted testing procedures so that neither male...

US-Guatemalan Relations: The Struggle over Human Rights (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

This ethics and foreign policy case focuses on the relationship between the United States and the government of Guatemala, accused of widespread human rights violations and under US pressure to change. This case assumes the point of view of the...

Building the "Super 7" Expressway in Connecticut (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 1, 1991

This case tracks the efforts of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to gain the necessary environmental approvals to build a major new highway. The long, drawn-out process has attracted an array of community and environmental opponents...

Building the "Super 7" Expressway in Connecticut

Publication Date: January 1, 1991

This case tracks the efforts of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to gain the necessary environmental approvals to build a major new highway. The long, drawn-out process has attracted an array of community and environmental opponents...

Jesse Helms v. Harvey Gantt: Race, Culture, and Campaign Strategy in the 1990 Senate Battle (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

This case, drawn from the events of the closely-fought Jesse Helms/Harvey Gantt North Carolina campaign for the United States Senate, explores the dynamics of race as they affect electoral politics in America. The campaign was widely viewed as...

Groundwater Regulation in Arizona

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, increasing demands for water threatened to lead to a crisis in Arizona. The growth of the desert state's cities posed a conflict with its agricultural and mining interests. Its main source of water--groundwater...

Lifeboats for Hong Kong: Britain Debates a Rescue Plan, 1989 (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

The Chinese crackdown on the dissidents in Tiananmen Square had a multi-faceted impact on Hong Kong, conjuring both long-term and immediate fears. This case, however, is concerned with a specific decision faced by the British government of Prime...

Lifeboats for Hong Kong: Britain Debates a Rescue Plan, 1989

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

The Chinese crackdown on the dissidents in Tiananmen Square had a multi-faceted impact on Hong Kong, conjuring both long-term and immediate fears. This case, however, is concerned with a specific decision faced by the British government of Prime...

A Big Dark Pond: Britain, China and Hong Kong, 1979 (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

When the governor of the British crown colony of Hong Kong is invited to an unprecedented meeting with top leaders of the People's Republic of China, he suddenly faces a decision about a crucial and delicate matter: the status of booming...

A Policewoman's (Non) Use of Deadly Force

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

The new and growing presence of women in the police department of Houston, Texas does more than create a need for a new locker room. Women appear to introduce a different sense of policing tactics, particularly as regards the police response to...