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37 cases found.

Ref No.	Title	Author(s)
06/289RN	Business Corruption in China Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 23 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2006 This research note provides an overview of business corruption in China, placing it in a context that takes into account various political, economic, legal and cultural elements. More specifically, it... Related Product(s): Research Note	Ali Farhoomand Claudia H L Woo
12/523C	Eco$ave, Can They Save the Planned Business? Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 12 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2013 This case is primarily used for teaching students how to make reasonable decisions with regard to entrepreneurship or starting a business, regardless of whether they have any working experience. The i... Related Product(s): N/A	Yanfeng Zheng
12/522C	iBakery: How a Hong Kong NGO Ventures into Social Enterprise Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 22 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2012 iBakery is the name of two social enterprises (“SEs”)—a bakery shop and a café—established by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs) of Hong Kong with a social mission to train and employ people with dis... Related Product(s): N/A	Florence Chan Sammy Fung W. H. Lo
12/519C	Fullness Christian Social Enterprise Limited—Offering a Right Path to Deviant Youth in Hong Kong Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Finance & Investments, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 22 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2012 In 2008, Fullness Christian Social Enterprise Limited (“FCSE”) was established as a commercial-based subsidiary of Fullness Christian Vocational Training Centre, a locally registered charitable organi... Related Product(s): N/A	Sammy Fung Ted Kwan Boby Shiu
12/518C	WebOrganic: Creating a Blue Ocean for a Social Cause Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 19 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2012 On a mission to give “hope, chance and choice” to underprivileged students, Erwin Huang started the social enterprise WebOrganic to sell quality computers and internet services to students at below-ma... Related Product(s): N/A	Julie Yu Penny Lau
12/511C	The Aquaculture Industry in the Philippines: Creating Social Values at Marina Gana Vida Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 15 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2012 In February 2007, Jonah Nobleza started Marina Gana Vida ("MGV") in the Davao coastal area in the Philippines, which historically had been the home of many subsistence fishermen living in poverty. MGV... Related Product(s): N/A	Ali Farhoomand Shiu Kau Wong
11/494C	The Lao Coffee Industry: Implementing Vertical Integration for a Social Cause at Bolaven Farms Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 19 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2011 Founded in 2007 by Sam Say, a Lao refugee of Chinese origin who lived in Canada and Hong Kong, Bolaven Farms is a coffee business with a social purpose. Set up in Laos and Hong Kong, Bolaven Farms aim... Related Product(s): N/A	Gilbert Wong Marta Dowejko
11/485C	Kitchen Best: Ethics when Doing Cross-Boundary Business is Southern China Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 15 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2011 Kitchen Best is a Hong Kong based electrical-appliance company. The company has a manufacturing facility in China and sells it wares to customers across the world. Henry Chan, the newly appointed CEO ... Related Product(s): N/A	Say Goo Grace Loo
10/475C	Corporate Governance Failure at Satyam Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Economics & Business Policy, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 23 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2010 This case is about a US$1.4 billion corporate governance fraud at India's fourth-largest information technology company: Satyam Computer Services. The company offered IT outsourcing services to around... Related Product(s): N/A	Vanita Yadav C.V. Baxi
10/474C	Crown Worldwide: Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility in Business Functional Area: Human Resource Management, Production & Operations Management, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 22 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2010 Founded in 1965 by Jim Thompson, the Crown Worldwide Group ("Crown") began as a small moving company in Japan, shifting its headquarters to Hong Kong in the mid-1970s. Within 30 years, Crown had becam... Related Product(s): DVD	Ali Farhoomand Claudia H L Woo Ricky Lai
10/471C	East of Africa (and West of China): Chinese Business in Africa Functional Area: Economics & Business Policy, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 20 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2010 Trade between China and Africa was estimated to have quadrupled between 2000 and 2008, with China becoming Africa's third-largest trading partner and second-largest export destination. Trade relations... Related Product(s): N/A	Marcus Schuetz Carola Ramon-Berjano
09/444C	Corporate Governance at Citic Pacific Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 18 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 On the evening of 20 October 2008, Citic Pacific, the Hong Kong arm of the CITIC Group, China's largest state-owned investment company, stunned the stock markets by announcing that it would lose as mu... Related Product(s): N/A	Stephen Ko Havovi Joshi
09/439C	Sanlu's Melamine-Tainted Milk Crisis in China Functional Area: Marketing, Production & Operations Management, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 24 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 On 12 September 2008, Sanlu Group, the biggest producer of milk powder in China, rocked the country when it admitted that its infant formula had been contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine. Chi... Related Product(s): N/A	Jiangyong Lu Zhigang Tao Claudia H L Woo
09/438C	New Life: Scaling Up Social Enterprise Start-Ups Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 24 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association has been pursuing its social enterprise initiative since 1994 to create employment and training opportunities for former mental patients in Hong Kong. A... Related Product(s): N/A	Gilbert Wong Saimond Ip Penelope Chan
09/436C	Green Rubber: The Revolution of the Rubber Recycling Business Functional Area: Marketing, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 16 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 Dedicated to offering high-tech solutions for environmental and social problems, a privately-owned Malaysian conglomerate, Petra Group, aimed to innovate the recycling of rubber waste. Since the 1990s... Related Product(s): N/A	Maria Francesch-Huidobro Claudia H L Woo
09/429C	Keidanren: Foreign Political Contributions in Japan Functional Area: Economics & Business Policy, Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 18 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 In Japan, there has been increased scrutiny of companies' participation in the political process in general, and of their political campaign contributions in particular. Over the past decade, Japan ha... Related Product(s): N/A	Mitsuru Misawa
09/425C	Carrefour China and the Olympic Torch Relay: Managing Corporate Crisis amid Evolving Expectations of Multinational Firms Functional Area: Marketing, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 20 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 Prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chinese people were outraged by repeated interruptions of the Olympic torch relay in Paris on 7 April 2008. Soon after the incident, LVMH Group, a shareho... Related Product(s): N/A	Kineta Hung Candise Pong-wa Wai
09/424C	Wal-Mart and Bharti: Transforming Retail in India Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 18 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 On 27 November 2006, Bharti Enterprises Ltd ("Bharti"), one of India’s principal business groups, and American retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc ("Wal-Mart"), entered into a joint venture with equal pa... Related Product(s): N/A	Indranil Bose Shilpi Banerjee
09/421C	Sowers Action (a): The First Ten Yards Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 15 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 Sowers Action was founded in September 1992 as a non-religious, non-political and not-for-profit charity. Its principal objective was to improve the level of education in remote areas of China by subs... Related Product(s): N/A	Gilbert Wong Po Chung Iris Wang
09/418C	Lantian Stock: The 600-Word's Spell on the Transformed State-Owned Enterprise in China Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 22 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 Lantian Stock was China's first state-owned agricultural enterprise to have gone through the corporatisation reform in mid 90's. Since its listing in 1996, Lantian Stock had recorded a dazzling perfor... Related Product(s): N/A	Amy Lau Raymond Wong Claudia H L Woo
09/414C	Microfinancing in Tanzania Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 21 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2009 Microfinance has been around for a long time and always seen as a panacea for eradicating poverty around the globe. It gained a lot of prominence after the success of "Grameen Model" in Bangladesh. Se... Related Product(s): N/A	Ali Farhoomand Prasun Choudhary
08/391C	Ethics Management at a Small Cross-Border Enterprise (B): Misconduct in a public office Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 5 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2008 This case study concerns Choi & Leng Paper Ltd ("C&L") , a Hong Kong-based company that falls into the category of small- and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs"). The company consists of a paper recycli... Related Product(s): N/A	Say Goo Jeroen van den Berg
08/384C	ITC e-Choupal: Corporate Social Responsibility in Rural India Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 26 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2008 Business decisions need not be intentionally altruistic, but empowering the community eventually creates both notional wealth (in the form of brand recognition) and actual wealth (in the form of profi... Related Product(s): N/A	Ali Farhoomand Saurabh Bhatnagar
08/376C	Ethics Management at a Cross-Border Enterprise (A) Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 9 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2008 This case study concerns Choi & Leng Paper Ltd ("C&L") , a Hong Kong-based company that falls into the category of small- and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs"). The company consists of a paper recycli... Related Product(s): N/A	Say Goo Jeroen van den Berg
08/374C	The Era of Corporate Citizenship: Perodua's Advertising with a Social Dimension Functional Area: Marketing, Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 23 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2008 As a home-grown compact car maker in Malaysia, Perodua has integrated social messages into its corporate advertisements since 1999, seeking to enlighten the local audience about various social issues ... Related Product(s): N/A	Ken Peattie Claudia H L Woo
07/358C	Yinguangxia: An Epitome of Corporate Governance Flaws in China Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 23 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2007 Yinguangxia ("YGX"), a listed company in China, had captured media attention since the mid-1990s for its contribution to China's eco-agricultural industrialisation and modernisation of traditional Chi... Related Product(s): N/A	Amy Lau Claudia H L Woo
07/351C	Manfold Toy Company: Corporate Governance and Ethics for Directors and Professionals Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 20 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2008 This case was written for the "Ethics—The Core Value of Leadership" forum (2007) organised by Hong Kong's Independent Commission against Corruption. Attended by over 200 directors of listed companies,... Related Product(s): N/A	Say Goo Jeroen van den Berg
07/327C	Procomp Informatic: Stepping on Ethical Landmines in Asia Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 18 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2007 The collapse of Procomp Informatics Ltd, a major Taiwanese chipmaker, has been regarded by Taiwan’s market watchdogs as similar to the scandal of the US energy giant Enron in 2001. In June 2004, Proco... Related Product(s): N/A	Amy Lau Claudia H L Woo
06/308C	AccuForm: Ethical Leadership and its Challenges in the Era of Globalization Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 13 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2006 AccuForm is a German-Hong Kong joint venture specializing in the production of chemical coatings for application on garments. Confronted with a situation where an unauthorized Chinese manufacturer had... Related Product(s): N/A	Amy Lau Raymond Wong Claudia H L Woo
06/307C	KingJewels: Ethical Leadership in Practice Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 14 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2006 KingJewels, one of the leading jewelry manufacturing and trading companies in Hong Kong, was having another profitable year. With its Operations Director essentially running the company in Hong Kong w... Related Product(s): N/A	Amy Lau Raymond Wong Macy Wong
06/305C	Ina Food Industry: A New Management Philosophy for Japanese Businesses Functional Area: Economics & Business Policy, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Production & Operations Management, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 14 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2006 Ina Food Industry Co. Ltd was situated in Ina, Nagano Prefecture, and surrounded by the soaring mountains of Japan's Alps. Amidst this idyllic setting, Mr. Hiroshi Tsukakoshi, Ina Food's 68-year-old c... Related Product(s): N/A	Mitsuru Misawa
06/294C	Nireco Co., Japan: Introduction of the Poison Pill Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Economics & Business Policy, Finance & Investments, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 26 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2006 Japanese corporations faced the looming threat of hostile takeovers because of the rapid dissolution of cross-shareholdings that began in the 1990s, in particular, between creditor banks and corporate... Related Product(s): N/A	Mitsuru Misawa
06/293C	National Kidney Foundation: CEO with a Golden Tap Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 17 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2006 In April 2004, Singapore's Straits Times uncovered in an article that T.T. Durai, CEO of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), had been drawing on public donations to pay for his generous salary, perk... Related Product(s): N/A	Amy Lau Emily Ho Shirley Chan
06/292C	Global Corporate Social Responsibility vs. Local Legal Compliance: A Case of Internet Censorship in China Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 4 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2006 In mid-February 2006, Christopher Smith, a US Republican Congressman, proposed the Global Online Freedom Act, a draft legislation that would prohibit US-listed internet companies to comply with the de... Related Product(s): N/A	Ali Farhoomand Samuel Tsang
06/288C	Livedoor: The Rise and Fall of a Market Maverick Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 13 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2006 Internet service firm Livedoor allegedly took advantage of loopholes in securities trading laws to swell the amount of assets held by the firm and its president, Horie, who led the Livedoor group. Liv... Related Product(s): N/A	Mitsuru Misawa
06/287C	Hostile Takeover Battle in Japan: Fuji TV vs Livedoor for NBS Functional Area: Accounting & Control, Finance & Investments, Social Enterprises & Ethics, Strategy & General Management Length: 30 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2006 In February 2005, the top management of Fuji Television Network, Inc. (Fuji TV), one of Japan's leading media conglomerates, was informed that a small IT-related company, Livedoor Co. (Livedoor), had ... Related Product(s): N/A	Mitsuru Misawa
05/270C	Senior Citizen Home Safety Association: Going Beyond Elderly Services? Functional Area: Social Enterprises & Ethics Length: 20 Page(s) Pub. Year: 2005 In February 1996, more than 100 elderly people living alone in Hong Kong died because of an unexpected cold spell. Two public figures set up the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association to provide emerg... Related Product(s): N/A	Gilbert Wong Joseph Wong Shirley Chan