Andrew Mayer was the director of Long-Term Care for Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, responsible for long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. One evening, a group of unvaccinated individuals, all family members of one resident, waited at his parking space. They indicated their displeasure with him, through words and physical threats, for doing what he was doing: implementing government directives to keep people safe. Their motive was .....more

Teaching note for product W49546.

At a Canadian law school, Dean Aaron Olshev and Professor Kris L’Heureux had an unexpectedly tense and confusing meeting in the dean’s boardroom, which the dean had initiated after receiving a complaint from a prominent law firm’s recruiter. According to the dean, the recruiter had alleged that L’Heureux had made disparaging remarks about the future of legal employment and the value of the firm’s recruiting activities, but the dean had brought no .....more

Supplement for product W49511.

Teaching note for products W49511 and W49513.

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Supplement for product W46279.

Supplement for product W46279.

Teaching note for products W46279, W46281, and W46282.

This exercise presents a simulation of the tragedy of the commons, framed within the context of sustainable forest management. Students, organized into teams of two or three, assume the role of logging crews responsible for harvesting from a shared forest over a series of 12 rounds. Although the forest regenerates between rounds, the natural growth rate is insufficient to sustain unchecked harvesting. As a result, students must navigate the tension .....more