Case Studies in Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

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Cover Title Copyright Content Preface Chapter 1 APPLE’S CULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD LABOR PRACTICES BACKGROUND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ISSUES PRICE CUT STRATEGY CONCLUSION Chapter 2 BACKGROUND ANNA HAZARE’S BACKGROUND ANNA HAZARE: THE SECOND GANDHI MOVEMENT: “INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION (IAC)” ANNA’S MOVEMENT THE DARK SIDE OF INDIA IMPACT OF ANNA HAZARE’S MOVEMENT WHAT WENT WRONG? WE ALL ARE ANNA!! WHAT NEXT? Chapter 3 EVOLUTION OF APPLE EVOLUTION OF SAMSUNG INDUSTRY ANALYSIS PORTER’S FIVE FORCE MODEL TO ANALYZETHE SMARTPHONE MARKET INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT IMPACT ON SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP STRATEGIES APPLE MAY ADOPT TO PROTECT ITSELF FROMPATENT INFRINGEMENT REFERENCES Chapter 4 WIPRO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN INDIA CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AT WIPRO MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITIES THE INDIAN SOFTWARE SERVICES INDUSTRY HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ETHICAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter 5 US ENERGY INDUSTRY ANALYSIS ENRON BACKGROUND ENERGY MARKET DEREGULATION AND ENRON BUSINESS DIVERSIFICATION AND GROWTH ENRON’S CODE OF CONDUCT RISE IN THE STOCK PRICES OF ENRON THE ALARM SET OFF BY BETHANY McCLEAN: “IS ENRON OVERPRICED?” ISSUES AT ENRON QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES TOP EXECUTIVES AND THEIR ROLES SHERRON WATKINS “THE WHISTLEBLOWER” FALL OF ENRON ETHICAL DILEMMA RECOVERY REFERENCES Chapter 6 ITC PVT LTD. CONCLUSION EXHIBITS REFERENCE Chapter 7 ABOUT JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1998–2006, TURBULENCE STARTED TURBULENCE WORSENS REFERENCES Chapter 8 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT ETHICAL ISSUES – WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE? Chapter 9 INTRODUCTION ABOUT ANIL DHIRUBHAI AMBANI GROUP (ADAG) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AT RELIANCE GROUP CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter 10 INTRODUCTION INDIAN OIL INDUSTRY BACKGROUND OF COMPANIES FUEL BEHIND THE FIRE JUDGMENT OF THE APEX COURT RIL REACTS SWIFTLY REFERENCES Chapter 11 INTRODUCTION COMPANY BACKGROUND INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS ISSUES ETHICAL DILEMMA CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter 12 THE SUBHIKSHA SAGA BUSINESS VISION AND MISSION OF SUBHIKSHA INDIAN RETAIL INDUSTRY: A STORY OF TRANSITION BUSINESS MODEL OF SUBHIKSHA OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AT SUBHIKSHA RETAIL FAILURE OF SUBHIKSHA – WHAT ACTUALLY WENT WRONG? FINANCIAL HEALTH OF SUBHIKSHA CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ISSUES ETHICAL ISSUES REFERENCES Chapter 13 TATA MOTORS COMPANY BACKGROUND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS TATA NANO LAND ACQUISITION ISSUE COSTS OF CONFLICT ETHICAL DILEMMA CONCLUSION REFERENCES Chapter 14 THE TATA GROUP ABOUT THE COMPANY – TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED VISION, MISSION AND VALUES COMPANY’S PHILOSOPHY ON THE CODE OF GOVERNANCE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BY TATA CHEMICALSLIMITED SOME IMPORTANT CSR INITIATIVES BY TATA AT MITHAPUR THE UNION’S TUSSLE AT TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED REFERENCES Index