Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In 1977 President Carter, pursuing his policy of appointing liberal public interest advocates to subcabinet posts, named Mike Pertschuk as chairman of the FTC. Pertschuk assumed command of a recently revitalized, aggressive bureaucracy. This...

Bill White and the Veterans Administration: Federal Version

Publication Date: January 1, 1981

In this disguised case, Jack Goldman, director of the Illiana Veterans Administration Hospital, and his assistant for administrative services, Bill White, are requested by the new VA administration in Washington, DC to offer a position in the...

Audrey Simmons and the FAA

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

The National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center (NAFEC), a facility of the FAA located in a community afflicted with high unemployment, particularly among minorities, was reputed to be reluctant to hire local residents. After five months on...

Malcolm X

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

This case traces the life of Malcolm X, a leader of the Black Muslims and a powerful voice for black pride, from his birth as Malcom Little in 1925 to his break with the Muslims in 1964. It shows how his philosophy was shaped by his long...

Martin Luther King

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

This case traces the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King from his birth into a black middle class family in Atlanta in 1929 to his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. It shows how his family background, his mentors, and his...

Voting Rights Act of 1965: Summary Case

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

This case series examines the events that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Part A traces the development of voting registration drives in Selma, Alabama, and examines their role in furthering voting rights legislation...

Police Negotiations in Barkfield, MA (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

This disguised case concerns contract negotiations between the town of Barkfield, Massachusetts, and its ten-officer police local. After an impasse was reached, the Joint Labor management Committee, a state-appointed standing committee with...

Police Negotiations in Barkfield, MA (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

This disguised case concerns contract negotiations between the town of Barkfield, Massachusetts, and its ten--officer police local. After an impasse was reached, the Joint Labor management Committee, a state--appointed standing committee with...

Police Negotiations in Barkfield, MA (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

This disguised case concerns contract negotiations between the town of Barkfield, Massachusetts, and its ten-officer police local. After an impasse was reached, the Joint Labor management Committee, a state-appointed standing committee with...

Legalizing Laetrile

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

This case describes the legalization of Laetrile, a purported natural cancer treatment, by the New Jersey legislature and the subsequent resistance by the state health department.Learning Objective:It considers both the policy dilemma of whether...

Labor/Mgt Relations & Civil Service Reform Act

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

The Civil Service Reform Act, which was signed into law by President Carter in 1978, constituted the first comprehensive revision of the civil service system since its inception in 1883. The case examines the reorganization of a military base,...

Controlling AFDC Error Rates (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

Five HEW secretaries, from the late sixties through 1979, struggled to implement "quality control" in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. This quality control aimed to reduce financially and politically costly errors in payments...