Cases

Medicine and the Profit Motive: The Proposed Sale of McLean Hospital

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

When a major for-profit US hospital corporation proposes to buy a prominent psychiatric hospital owned, at that point, by a non-profit hospital, the medical staff becomes alarmed.Learning Objective:A prominent medical school, whose relationship...

Lead Poisoning (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

This case traces the efforts of a variety of individuals, in and out of government, to solve the lead poisoning problem in New York City. Part A explains the problem of lead poisoning in urban areas and outlines the efforts of activists to force...

Vision and Strategy: Paul H. O'Neill at OMB and Alcoa (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

Whether as analyst or deputy director at the federal Office of Management and Budget, or as the chief executive of Alcoa, Paul O'Neill has sought to inspire those working for him to approach their tasks with vision and without preconceptions. In...

Ordering Floppy Disks in Poland

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

This five-paragraph case presents the process by which a basic office supply item had to be ordered by Polish government officials in January 1992.Learning Objective:As in many brief cases, the deceptively simple procedural description can...

Vision and Strategy: Paul H. O'Neill at OMB and Alcoa

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

Whether as analyst or deputy director at the federal Office of Management and Budget, or as the chief executive of Alcoa, Paul O'Neill has sought to inspire those working for him to approach their tasks with vision and without preconceptions. In...

United States Sugar Program

Publication Date: January 01, 1992

US price supports for domestically grown sugar become controversial because of their varying impacts on sugar-exporting nations, domestic sugar refiners and, of course, domestic growers.Learning Objective:This case, told from the point of view...

Dealing with Corruption in the Police Force of La Paz (Epilogue)

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...

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...

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...

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...