Business ethics
May 2009
Terry Rhodes (B)
By Aleya Karim, John Mullins, Tiffany Putimahtama
This is part of a case series. ‘Everyone says entrepreneurship is about risk-taking. But it’s not: it’s about minimising risks and taking careful risks.’ Terry Rhodes’ own words resonated with him as he reflected on…
June 2011
Terry Rhodes (A)
By Aleya Karim, John Mullins, Tiffany Putimahtama
This is part of a case series. ‘Everyone says entrepreneurship is about risk-taking. But it’s not: it’s about minimising risks and taking careful risks.’ Terry Rhodes’ own words resonated with him as he reflected on…
November 2011
Military Contracting in a War Zone: Rohit
By Celia Moore, Quang Nguyen
This is part of a case series. This case takes two perspectives on the same set of case facts about a military logistics supplier gone wrong: one from the perspective of the Department of Defense…
November 2011
Military Contracting in a War Zone: Bill
By Celia Moore, Quang Nguyen
This is part of a case series. This case takes two perspectives on the same set of case facts about a military logistics supplier gone wrong: one from the perspective of the Department of Defense…
January 2014
Kweku Adoboli at UBS
By S. Wiley Wakeman, Celia Moore
The UBS case outlines how individual ambition and lax organisational standards and oversight can lead to consistent unethical behaviour resulting in a crippling loss at a large investment bank. Even though the industry had as…