Spreading the Gospel: DARE Goes National (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

A program originated in Los Angeles to bring police officers, preaching an anti-drug message, to public school classrooms, not only seems to show promise but spreads quickly across the US. Is the idea itself so good that others simply rush to...

The Palestinian Flag Controversy at Lakeland High School (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

A celebration of a suburban high school's ethnic diversity unexpectedly leads to crisis when a Palestinian student demands that a display of flags include the banner of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The community threatens to break down...

The Palestinian Flag Controversy at Lakeland High School

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

A celebration of a suburban high school's ethnic diversity unexpectedly leads to crisis when a Palestinian student demands that a display of flags include the banner of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The community threatens to break down...

Pavel Krivka: Civilian in the Czech Police

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

In the wake of the 1989 "Velvet Revolution," the newly democratic government of Czechoslovakia must face not only its future but the totalitarian past. That challenge is joined when the new leadership takes on the task of remaking the nation's...

Emily's List and Campaign Finance Reform

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

A federal legislative proposal, supported by the "good government" group Common Cause, would limit contributions of political action committees to election campaigns. The proposal runs into surprising opposition from liberal members of the House...

A Question of Values: The Case of Environmental Externalities in the Generation of Electrical Power (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

This is the 3-page sequel to a microeconomics case (1244.0) that uses the deliberations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities as a vehicle for raising the issue of how to quantify the value of an environmental externality--in this...

A Question of Values: The Case of Environmental Externalities in the Generation of Electrical Power

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

This microeconomics case uses the deliberations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities as a vehicle for raising the issue of how to quantify the value of an environmental externality--in this instance, power plant construction--and...

A Measure of Delight: The Pursuit of Quality at AT&T Universal Card Services (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

This total quality management case, focused on one of the most successful new initiatives by a major firm in the US, serves as a complement to the public sector TQM cases. It describes the theory and operations of the AT&T Universal card, a...

Telling the Boss He's Wrong: George Shultz and Iran/Contra

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

From the first he heard of the idea, Reagan administration Secretary of State George Shultz objected to the idea of selling arms to Iran in exchange for the safe release of American hostages held in Lebanon, with proceeds from the sale to be...

Guarding the Guards: General Hector Gramajo and the Guatemalan Army (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

This case offers an unusual window into the little-known inner politics of an army with significant control over a civilian government. Its description of the recent political history of Guatemala, with specific focus on the response of the...

Guarding the Guards: General Hector Gramajo and the Guatemalan Army

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

This case offers an unusual window into the little-known inner politics of an army with significant control over a civilian government. Its description of the recent political history of Guatemala, with specific focus on the response of the...

What If We Could Start Over? The US Forest Service Champions "Bottom-up" Management (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

In a bid to promote regional office innovation and entrepreneurship, the US Forest Service gives significant new administrative and programmatic latitude to the forest supervisors in the system of national forests. Innovation gives way to...