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This decision-oriented critical incident describes Stacey Garrison’s personal dilemma of whether to candidly express her concerns about the human resource management practices of Lexi and Mark (o

Groupon, Inc.’s growth had been spectacular, and in less than three years after its founding, it was ready to make its initial public offering (IPO).

This descriptive critical incident describes events which took place within the Philadelphia Police Department which resulted in a federal lawsuit for a hostile work environment.

John, a long-time board member at Midwestern Community Credit Union (MCCU), noted in one of his financial reviews that MCCU’s operating expense ratio was substantially higher than those of peer c

“We cannot get new banks to join the LIBOR panel. This is unfortunate from my perspective.

This descriptive critical incident describes the events and resulting tragic consequences of Dr.

Mitch Mainhardt was ultimately responsible for hiring and developing the professionals in his office. He and Joy Jones were reviewing staff utilization for two accountants: Jennifer and Jason.

A top accounting student was struggling with the concept of capital leases versus operating leases.

The church finance team co-chair was asked by the head pastor to spearhead a review of a job description for an office administrator.

In response to employee requests, Tony Treanor, Director of Human Resources at Northwestern Counseling & Support Services (NCSS), was faced with making an important policy decision about perm

In Vol. 33 (1), we focused the discussion on cases in the classroom, and we asserted that cases offer value for student learning (Peters, Cellucci, and Ford, 2015).

This is the full preview of the Journal of Critical Incidents - Volume 8 (Fall 2015). Individual cases with the associated teaching notes can be found by searching the case title.

The Hora and Tempus Metaphor case is designed to stimulate thinking, demonstrate the sort of thinking that can be done on an object, provide a platform for considering the management of innovation in

Cases in Corporate Ethics 1.2: Hundreds of thousands of migrants who are lucky enough to survive the journey to mainland Europe, land first on the so-called frontline states of Spain, Italy, Malta and

Cases in Corporate Ethics 1.3: In Khetolai, the village closest to the Pokhran nuclear test site in Rajasthan, India, cancer is felling village people and cattle, and nobody seems to care.

Cases in Corporate Ethics 2.1: By October 2000, Enron became the pioneer and trendsetter of energy sector corporate aggressive accounting and insider trading irregularities.

Cases in Corporate Ethics 2.2: On December 25, 2008, Satyam demands an apology and a full explanation from the World Bank for the statements, which damaged investor confidence, according to the outsou

Cases in Corporate Ethics 2.3: Sherron Watkins, Vice president and CPA at Enron, found a massive accounting discrepancy at Enron in the year 2001.

Cases in Corporate Ethics 3.1: Nelson Mandela, the freedom fighter who led the emancipation of South Africa from white minority rule, who emerged from 27 years in prison to become South Africa’s