Ensuring Corporate Compliance
Problem: The police descended on the headquarters of a Fortune 50 firm and searched the premises. The firm, which has business interests in more than 190 countries, learned that the police [...]
Preventing Counterfeit Products
Problem: An association wanted to create a more effective public/private partnership to deal with the growing global issue of intellectual property protection. Specifically, it sought to set up a model law [...]
Getting to the Bottom of Hate Mail
Problem: A letter was distributed to senior management of a major manufacturing company containing a drawing of nine stick figures being hung by the neck, with the caption “One down, nine [...]
Reentry into Colombia
Problem: Ten years earlier, a large international industrial company had abruptly pulled all of its people out of Colombia and shut down its manufacturing operations in response to a deteriorating security [...]
Publicly Held, But Run Like a Private Company
Problem: Within two of weeks of a new CEO assuming office, several suspicious business practices came to light that appeared to favor a particular supplier and certain members of the executive [...]
Managing a Domestic Corporate Crisis
Problem: In the midst of its first labor dispute in decades, the board of directors decided to sell the company. The entire town – as well as surrounding communities and the [...]