Cases

Managing Environmental Risk: The Case of Asarco (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In July 1983, EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus issued proposed regulations to control arsenic emissions from copper smelting and glass manufacturing plants. At the same time, he announced that EPA would involve residents of the Tacoma,...

Managing Environmental Risk: The Case of Asarco

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In July 1983, EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus issued proposed regulations to control arsenic emissions from copper smelting and glass manufacturing plants. At the same time, he announced that EPA would involve residents of the Tacoma,...

On the Road to Isfahan: The Shah Buys the F-14

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In 1974, the US government approved the sale of the country's most advanced fighter airplane, the F-14, to the government of the Shah of Iran. This case traces the sale from its origins, setting out the interests of the plane's manufacturer,...

The Saga of Vera Katz

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In November 1984, Representative Vera Katz decided to run for the position of speaker of the house of the Oregon Legislature. If elected, she stood to become the first female speaker in state history, and only the fifth American woman to preside...

HIV and DC: The AIDS Testing Issue

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In November 1985, District of Columbia Councilmember John Ray introduced a bill that would have imposed a five-year moratorium on all kinds of applicant AIDS-testing in the district by health, life, and disability insurers. Ray wrote the bill...

Auditing the Auditors

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case focuses on the Seattle Community Accountability Program, designed to discourage juvenile crime by having offenders appear before neighborhood boards which can order them to make restitution. The program becomes mired in dispute between...

Buying the Beretta: The Army's Dilemma (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

A handgun is a soldier's weapon of last resort. Face to face with the enemy, with no other means of fighting available save their bare hands, soldiers have always reached for the handguns holstered at their sides. Since 1911 the legendary Colt ...

Buying the Beretta: The Army's Dilemma (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

A handgun is a soldier's weapon of last resort. Face to face with the enemy, with no other means of fighting available save their bare hands, soldiers have always reached for the handguns holstered at their sides. Since 1911 the legendary Colt ...

Buying the Beretta: The Army's Dilemma (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

A handgun is a soldier's weapon of last resort. Face to face with the enemy, with no other means of fighting available save their bare hands, soldiers have always reached for the handguns holstered at their sides. Since 1911 the legendary Colt ...

Industry Policy and Competition in US Navy (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In 1984, the US Navy began the task of choosing a shipyard to build the first in a new class of guided missile destroyers, the last major surface combatant ships to be constructed for the navy in the 20th century. In an era when the shipbuilding...

Industry Policy and Competition in US Navy

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In 1984, the US Navy began the task of choosing a shipyard to build the first in a new class of guided missile destroyers, the last major surface combatant ships to be constructed for the navy in the 20th century. In an era when the shipbuilding...

Mayor Evan Sweeney and the Police

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case is one of a series of hypothetical cases about fictional "Mayor Evan Sweeney," written for executive training programs for new mayors, that frame the quintessential problems faced by municipal chief executives. This case concerns the...