{"id":3398,"date":"2023-02-22T21:28:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient102\/?page_id=3398"},"modified":"2023-02-22T21:28:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:28:36","slug":"several-case-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient102\/learning-pathways\/business-ethics\/several-case-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Several case studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Laptop-1071779_1280.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Laptop-1071779 1280.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/3\/34\/Laptop-1071779_1280.jpg\/300px-Laptop-1071779_1280.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>There are many cases that have been in the news due to business ethics issues.<\/p>\n<p>Here we will look at three recent cases.\n<\/p>\n<p>On the next page, you will jointly build a repository of cases, so if you are looking on the web, remember to make a note of the URL of any that you find.<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"Reading\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Required reading<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Mitsubishi_fuel_economy_scandal\">Mitsubishi fuel economy scandal<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In June 2016, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi) admitted that it had fabricated fuel economy data for 625,000 cars sold in Japan. Apparently, its engineers had deliberately manipulated the mileage data of the cars. Some models of car were made to look 5% to 10% more fuel efficient than they actually were.\n<\/p>\n<p>Read these reports for more information.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mitsubishimotors-scandal-idUSKCN1150PL\">Mitsubishi says overstated mileage for more vehicle models<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/05\/03\/mitsubishi-vw-takata-scandal\/\">What companies can learn from Mitsubishi\u2019s fuel-efficiency scandal<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mitsubishicorp.com\/jp\/en\/about\/philosophy\/code.html\">Mitsubishi&#8217;s Code of Conduct<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> Feel free to research this topic yourself.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Vote<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.oeru.org\/t\/ient102-how-did-mitsubishi-fail-their-customers-click-all-that-apply\/316\/1\">Have Mitsubishi failed their customers morally, legally, or ethically (or a combination)?<\/a> <br \/>Click on the link to vote and see what your sister\/fellow learners thought. Voting is anonymous.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Uber_app-based_transportation_network\">Uber app-based transportation network<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Uber has given a new spin on transportation for hire. It offers an alternative to taxis and limos, and is one of the most valuable privately owned start-ups in the world. However, it has attracted negative reports about ethical issues, safety, privacy, and pricing problems, among others.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/elizabethharris\/2017\/04\/03\/ubers-behavioral-experiment-on-drivers-may-raise-ethical-questions-but-it-is-hardly-unique\/#6f7ff48256d1\">Uber&#8217;s behavioral experiment on drivers may raise ethical questions, but it is hardly unique<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2014\/11\/21\/technology\/uber-ethics-oped\/index.html\">Opinion: Four other ways Uber is ethically challenged<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/complianceandethics.org\/culture-matter-uber\/\">Does culture matter at Uber?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> Feel free to research this topic yourself.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Vote<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.oeru.org\/t\/ient102-how-did-uber-fail-their-customers-click-all-that-apply\/317\/1\">Have Uber failed their customers morally, legally, or ethically (or a combination)?<\/a> <br \/>Click on the link to vote and see what your sister\/fellow learners thought. Voting is anonymous.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Honest_Tea_buy_out_by_Coca-Cola\">Honest Tea buy out by Coca-Cola<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Honest Tea was founded in 1998 by Seth Goldman, a graduate of Harvard and the Yale School of Management who got the idea to found a beverage company while he was at business school. There were two key ideas behind the company: to bring beverages to market that were organic and not heavily sweetened, and to conduct the business using fair trade principles. &#8230; The Coca-Cola Company purchased a 40% stake of the U.S. company at $43 million in 2008 and bought the rest of the company in 2011&#8221; <sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/consciouscompanymedia.com\/the-new-economy\/food-agriculture\/did-honest-tea-sell-out-to-coca-cola\/\">Did Honest Tea sell out to Coca-Cola?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/news\/why-you-should-boycott-coca-colas-so-called-honest-tea\">Why you should boycott Coca-Cola&#8217;s so-called Honest Tea<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-honest-tea-kept-its-culture-after-coke-bought-it-out-2013-3?IR=T\">How Honest Tea kept its culture after getting bought by Coke<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> Feel free to research this topic yourself.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Vote<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.oeru.org\/t\/ient102-has-honest-tea-remained-true-to-its-principles-of-organic-and-fair-trade\/318\/1\">Has Honest Tea remained true to its principles of organic and fair trade?<\/a> Yes or No?<br \/>Click on the link to vote and see what your sister\/fellow learners thought. Voting is anonymous.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reflection\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reflection.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Reflection<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> In your <b>learning journal blog<\/b>, write a short reflection (200-250 words) on what surprised you with these cases, and explain your response. Are large companies more likely to act unethically than small businesses? Why\/why not?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li> Remember to tag or label your post using the course code: IENT102 (This is needed to harvest a link to your blog post in the course feed.)\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><a href=\"#cite_ref-1\">\u2191<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honest_Tea\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.060 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.072 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 260\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1020\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 12235\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 8292\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:181989-0!*!*!!*!2!* and timestamp 20230222085328 and revision id 1059134\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/ient102\/learning-pathways\/business-ethics\/what-is-business-ethics\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/ient102\/learning-pathways\/business-ethics\/business-ethics-resource-bank\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/Introduction_to_entrepreneurship\/IENT102\/Ethics\/Case_studies\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"fb4817c116a7261d5ab29b936ba03d3c\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/Introduction_to_entrepreneurship\/IENT102\/Ethics\/Case_studies\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"fb4817c116a7261d5ab29b936ba03d3c\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many cases that have been in the news due to business ethics issues. 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