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- February 2023
- Teaching Material
Bangladesh: Into the Maelstrom
In the fall of 2018, Rohima Begum considered her options as the small island, or “char,” on which her family’s house rested slowly but inescapably eroded into the mighty Brahmaputra River in northern Bangladesh. Should she move to another island or into the city on the...
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- July 2022
- Cases with Notes
FIJI Water: Carbon Negative? (Abridged)
In the midst of increasing press scrutiny of the bottled water industry’s environmentally harmful practices, FIJI Water made a series of sustainability promises. The boldest of these was a pledge to go “carbon negative.” The company said that not only would they offset...
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- January 2020
- Teaching Material
Climate Change in 2020: Implications for Business
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Sophus A. Reinert and Mariana Oseguera
This note provides general information about climate change and its implications for business. Included is an overview of climate change science and a number of its impacts, including rising sea levels, changing weather patterns and extreme weather, pressure on water...
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- November 2018 (Revised February 2023)
- Cases with Notes
Bangladesh: Into the Maelstrom
By: Reshmaan Hussam, Sophus A. Reinert and Namrata Arora
In the fall of 2018, Rohima Begum considered her options as the small island, or “char,” on which her family’s house rested slowly but inescapably eroded into the mighty Brahmaputra River in northern Bangladesh. The country, once unceremoniously dubbed a “basket case”...
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- March 2018
- Psychological Science
Polluted Morality: Air Pollution Predicts Criminal Activity and Unethical Behavior
By: Jackson G. Lu, Julia J. Lee, F. Gino and Adam D. Galinsky
Air pollution is a serious problem that influences billions of people globally. Although the health and environmental costs of air pollution are well known, the present research investigates its ethical costs. We propose that air pollution can increase criminal and...
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- March 2012 (Revised October 2012)
- Teaching Material
Fiji versus FIJI: Negotiating Over Water (TN)
By: Francesca Gino, Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
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- March 2012 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
Fiji versus FIJI: Negotiating Over Water
By: Francesca Gino, Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
This case examines negotiations between a company and government over natural resources. The Fijian government proposed a substantial increase in its water extraction tax that would only apply to large extractors, and thus to FIJI Water and not to its competitors. FIJI...
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- November 2011 (Revised January 2014)
- Teaching Material
FIJI Water: Carbon Negative?
By: Michael W. Toffel and Francesca Gino
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- June 2011 (Revised December 2013)
- Cases with Notes
FIJI Water: Carbon Negative?
By: Francesca Gino, Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Seeking to go beyond global best practices in reducing environmental impacts, FIJI Water, a premium artesian bottled water company in the United States, launched a Carbon Negative campaign that would offset more greenhouse gas emissions than were released by the...
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