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- A Business Case for Green Buildings in Canada
The purpose of this document is to clearly and holistically define the state of the green building industry in Canada, and to provide a basis for recognizing the many unique and tangible benefits a green building might offer, as well as the challeng...
Disciplines: Business - General, Government
- A Contract By Any Other Name
You are Tom Ambler, a civilian supervisor with Base Transport. You manage a mixed selection of unionized civilian drivers and Primary Reserve drivers serving on Class B contracts. During the Base Commander’s conference, concern over the end of fisca...
Disciplines: Government, Human Resource Management
- A feeling like no other
You are Private Williams and your infantry platoon is advancing towards a village within insurgent controlled territory. You and your buddy, Roley, are on point when the platoon is caught in an ambush. Roley is seriously wounded and cannot be moved ...
Disciplines: Government, Human Resource Management
- Benjamin Moore & Co. Ltd. And the Government of British Columbia's Waste Paint Regulation
The Government of British Columbia has passed regulations relating to the disposal of waste paint products. Most leftover paint in the hands of consumers was considered a hazardous waste, and there was concern about the harmful effects the disposal ...
Disciplines: Business - General, Business Ethics, Economics, Government, Law, Leadership, Strategic Management
- Clearwater Seafoods
Clearwater was trying to market value-added products in a traditionally commodities based industry while facing supply uncertainties and regulatory, environmental, and foreign exchange challenges. Clearwater harvested shellfish from the Canadian Atl...
Disciplines: Agribusiness, Environment, Government, Marketing, Strategic Management
- Columbia/HCA and the Medicare Fraud Scandal
The board of directors and top management of Columbia/HCA Corporation faced tough decisions following initiation of a massive antifraud investigation by the federal government in July 1997. At the time, Columbia/HCA was the largest health care compa...
Disciplines: Accounting, Business Ethics, Finance, Government, Policy, Strategic Management
- Environmental Management in the Rockies: Entrepreneurship versus Sustainability
The case begins with the problems of the owner of the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Charlie Locke. Locke wants to invest in and upgrade facilities in order to remain competitive. However, environmentalists have succeeded in putting a stop to any ...
Disciplines: Business - General, Entrepreneurship, Government, International Business, Marketing, Strategic Management
- Here we go or here we stay: what price human life?
You are Sgt Fraser, the section commander of a forward Army OP unit monitoring a cease-fire line between warring factions under a NATO peacekeeping mandate. Your mission is to observe and report faction activity in your area and your Rules of Engage...
Disciplines: Government
- It's only a carton of cigarettes: no big deal!
You are Private Rowntree and your unit is deployed to Bosnia. Luxuries are scarce and the black market is flourishing. As part of your rationing, each member of your Platoon is permitted to purchase one carton of duty-free cigarettes per month. You ...
Disciplines: Government
- Just sort them out!
You are Corporal Hawthorne, a driver tasked as trail party to the lead Company conducting a sweep of a local village for suspected insurgents. Young men are conducting a well-orchestrated harassment of the lead platoons by throwing stones and physic...
Disciplines: Government, Human Resource Management
- La commandite d’enfants et "l’avenir du basketball"
Le 4 février 2001, Mark jr. Walker a réussi 18 paniers consécutifs. L’exploit a été capté par caméra et quelques semaines plus tard, il apparaissait dans un message publicitaire diffusé à la grandeur des États-Unis. Mark y portait [...]
Disciplines: Government
- Let it go and everything will be alright
You are Warrant Officer Steve Levy and during a social event your friend Alice, the Commanding Officer’s secretary, confides in you - in strictest confidence - that since her divorce the CO has been “hitting on her”. His marital situation is in a st...
Disciplines: Government, Human Resource Management
- MacMillan Bloedel vs. Greenpeace
In 1997, a coalition of environemental groups, led by Greenpeace, began a public pressure campaign against the British Columbia forestry industry, led by MacMillan Bloedel, Inc (MB), over clear-cutting logging in the old-growth rainforests of the pr...
Disciplines: Business - General, Government, Law
- NAV Canada (A, B)
Canadian governments are privatizing many of their operations, a process that has implications for business. This case describes the approaches to transferring Canada's Air Navigation System (ANS) to the private sector and outlines the consequences ...
Disciplines: Business - General, Economics, Government, Strategic Management
- Putting a figurative gun to your head
You are Captain Joe Parker stationed in Ukraine as part of a multi-national Partnership for Peace Training Cadre (PPTC). Your international colleagues are all senior to you in the rank of Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, and the officer commanding the ...
Disciplines: Government
- Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
A research team has discovered a treatment to reduce the severity of spinal cord injuries and improve the injured victim's long-term quality of life. The director of the team fears that the biopharmaceutical company that owns the patent for the anti...
Disciplines: Business - General, Entrepreneurship, General Management, Government
- Talisman Energy and its Sudan Investment
Calgary, Alberta-based Talisman Energy is facing a public-relations nightmare and an ethical dilemma concerning its investment in the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC), a joint venture operating in Sudan. Talisman's 25 percent interes...
Disciplines: Business - General, Business Ethics, Government, International Business, Resource Extraction
- The Ethics of Doing Business On-Line
The explosion of electronic commerce has resulted in numerous ethical issues for business. In particular, this case examines the business and ethical implications that arise when organizations collect on-line information about consumers. Questions...
Disciplines: Business - General, Government, Marketing
- Two minutes for high-sticking the accounts
You are Judy Becker, the base accounts supervisor.
A new Base Commander has just taken over but has declined to move into the newly renovated private married quarters because his wife does not like the interior decoration.
Mrs “Base Commander” h...
Disciplines: Government
- Wal-Mart and Vancouver, Canada
On July 22, 2002 residents and local merchants of Vancouver, B.C. gathered to speak out against the Wal-Mart development proposed for the 10-acre site at 86 SE Marine Drive. Many argued that building a Wal-Mart at the proposed location in Vancouver ...
Disciplines: Business - General, Government
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