Teaching note for product 9B14C036.

A university student is working on a group project for a case-based business ethics course. Just over a week before the project deadline, one of her fellow group members reveals that he has found part (B) of the assigned case on the Internet. He has read this document, which specifies exactly what the company has done to address the challenge in the case they are working on. It is clear to the protagonist that her group cannot use this information, .....more

This case follows the Vic Young and Fishery Products International (A), product 9B03M011, but can be used without it. It focuses on a contest for control of Fishery Products International Ltd. leading up to the company's annual general meeting on May 1, 2001. The owner of a Nova-Scotia-based competitor of Fishery Products International is the leading dissident shareholder. This proxy battle quickly becomes a matter of public and political debate, .....more

This supplement to Vic Young and Fishery International (B), product 9B04M003, reports the proceedings and results of the FPI annual general meeting, the election of a new board of directors and the immediate ouster of long-time Chief Executive Officer Vic Young.

Rachel Turner works as a cook in the largest restaurant of the Lincoln Diner chain. There are a variety of human resources problems in this company and the staff association representing the employees is weak. In this context, Rachel stands up for her co-workers, almost as an unofficial steward. The situation culminates with Rachel's abrupt, unsubstantiated suspension by her difficult boss, leaving her wondering whether or not she should file .....more

This supplement to Lincoln Diner (A), product 9B03C032, covers Rachel Turner's decision to grieve her suspension and eventual dismissal by the Lincoln Diner restaurant chain, and the complete failure of both the company and the employees' staff association to address her formal grievances about her treatment. As this process is unfolding, Rachel's boyfriend continues to work as computer operations manager in the Lincoln Diner head office, .....more

This supplement to Lincoln Diner (A) and (B), product number 9B03C032 and 9B03C033, covers Rachel Turner's decision to file a labor board complaint against the employee association of which she is a member for its failure to represent her properly in grievances related to her suspension and eventual dismissal by the Lincoln Diner restaurant chain. The labour board rules in her favor which sends her grievances to arbitration. However, prior to .....more

This supplement to Lincoln Diner (A), (B) and (C), products 9B03C032, 9B03C033 and 9B03C034, presents Rachel Turner's rationale for settling a grievance just prior to going to arbitration. It also provides some insights she gained after the fact about the incident precipitating her suspension and eventual dismissal by the Lincoln Diner restaurant chain, and her reflections on how the experience affected her.

Yodlee is pioneering an emerging technology, "account aggregation," that allows Internet users to authenticate only once to have access to personal password-protected account data from many sources. Yodlee offers this technology on a co-branded application service provider basis, primarily to financial institutions. In January 2001, the company acquired its only significant competitor VerticalOne; the combined entity has almost 100 accounts, .....more

This supplement to Yodlee Inc. - The VerticalOne Integration (A), product number 9B03E002, discusses how Yodlee integrated VerticalOne, its only significant competitor in the emerging account aggregation space, after acquiring it. The combined entity had almost 100 accounts, but 25 installed clients were on the VerticalOne platform so integration involved migrating the installed base of VerticalOne clients to the Yodlee platform. Reflections by Yodlee .....more