For a long time, Shell has been operating and producing oil in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The local ethnic group occupying the region are the Ogoni people. In the 1990s, due to the social issues the ethnic group was experiencing, members of the Ogoni formed a human rights group called MOSOP, “Movement for...
Category: Ethics Case
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12: Silent Initiative: Pedro’s Commitment to the Hearing Impaired
Lamoiyan Corporation was born out of the desire of Pedro to rise from the sudden end of his previous business venture Aluminum Containers Inc., during the time ACI was doing good supplying Aluminum tube containers to Multinational Corporations., In 1985 MNCs started to adopt plastic laminated tubes, and in 1988 Aluminum containers were no longer...
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11: Walmart Case
Discrimination of women in the workplace even today is rampant. In many places it is due to culture and lack of diversity policies within the workplace. In the case of Walmart, the women of Walmart have banded together to file a class-action lawsuit against Walmart for discrimination and unfair disparity on promotions and wages among...
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10: Google’s Handling of the Echo Chamber Manifesto
It is August 2017 and among google’s ranks, an employee named James Damore wants to vocalize his criticism towards Google’s diversity efforts among its workers. He plots down that the Google programs of Google, like mentoring are catered towards certain genders and/or race, and does not cater to everyone. In one example he cited...
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9: Enron Case
Titans of the industry are sometimes built upon a solid foundation. For Enron, they have been built around loopholes, not within the scope of the law to pump their value by posting unrealized gains based on projected profits. Today, they are well known and are synonymous with the epitome of greed and corruption. Their...
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8: The Ford Motor Pinto Case
Before social corporate responsibility has become widely adopted by many organizations today, the lack of it before was heavily exploited by huge enterprises. In some cases, regular consumers have been harmed due to the systemic need for organizations to earn more money. These organizations will exploit areas of industry where regulations have not yet been...