Diversity

Making a Statement: Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Sanctuary City of Oakland, CA Epilogue

Publication Date: October 8, 2020

This epilogue accompanies HKS Case 2191.0. In February 2018, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf learned through unofficial sources that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was planning to arrest a large number of undocumented immigrants in her...

Making a Statement: Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Sanctuary City of Oakland, CA

Publication Date: October 8, 2020

In February 2018, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf learned through unofficial sources that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was planning to arrest a large number of undocumented immigrants in her city. Oakland had been a “sanctuary...

Colin Kaepernick v. Donald Trump

Publication Date: April 4, 2019

In this 8:30 min. video, New York Times Magazine Chief Correspondent Mark Leibovich tells the story of the Colin Kaepernick controversy, describing the football player’s initial protest, its ripple effects throughout the NFL and the...

The Massport Model: Integrating Diversity and Inclusion into Public-Private Partnerships

Publication Date: March 3, 2019

On May 22, 2018, executives from the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), along with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, gathered in the Seaport District of South Boston for a groundbreaking ceremony to...

Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF

Publication Date: August 20, 2018

This case covers the career of Christine Lagarde from 2011 to 2018 as she takes the helm of troubled multilateral organization during a time of deepening economic turmoil. As the first female leader of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and...

Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant

Publication Date: August 20, 2018

This case covers the career of Christine Lagarde from 2005 to 2011 after she joins the French Government. After serving several grueling years as Finance Minister during the financial crises that started in 2007/2008, she is being considered as...

Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls

Publication Date: August 20, 2018

This case covers formative events and influences in Christine Lagarde's childhood and her trajectory from studying political science and law to heading the world's largest law firm. As she prepares to transition back to practice in 2005, the new...

Christine Lagarde (Extended)

Publication Date: August 20, 2018

For a modular presentation of the same material, please see Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls (2136.0), Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant (2137.0), and Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF (2138.0). These...

Into Local Streets: Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore Riots Epilogue

Publication Date: March 19, 2018

On April 19, 2015, Freddie Gray, a young African American male, died while in the custody of the Baltimore Police. In response to his death, which occurred less than a year after a similar incident in Ferguson, Missouri, protestors mobilized...

Into Local Streets: Maryland National Guard and the Baltimore Riots

Publication Date: March 15, 2018

On April 19, 2015, Freddie Gray, a young African American male, died while in the custody of the Baltimore Police. In response to his death, which occurred less than a year after a similar incident in Ferguson, Missouri, protestors mobilized...

Detroit’s Troubled Waters: Race, Politics, Bankruptcy & Regionalism

Publication Date: December 22, 2017

Regional governance, by contrast to municipal or state control, is the best level of government to tackle certain public functions—or at least, so it seems to most urban planners. Yet in many parts of the United States, it is all but...

Christine Lagarde

Publication Date: Sept 20, 2017

The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde, across her time at Baker & McKenzie, as a minister in the Government of France, and as the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The case highlights the...