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 the most critical decision of his career at Celtel International. Since its ince...
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 the most critical decision of his career at Celtel International. Since its ince...
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 contractor ('Bill') and one from the perspective of the Kuwaiti-based supplier ('Rohit'). The case devel...
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 contractor ('Bill') and one from the perspective of the Kuwaiti-based supplier ('Rohit'). The case devel...
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 recently as 2007 been subject to the ramifications of similar behaviour wi...