By early 2025, Pride Circle (a unit of Inclusion First Consultancy Private Limited), a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) organization focusing on LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion, faced a critical point. Following the momentum from the 2018 Supreme Court of India ruling decriminalizing homosexuality, Pride Circle had become a trusted corporate partner and had gained visibility through its flagship event, Reimagining Inclusion for Social Equity (RISE), .....more

Teaching note for product W46945.

On March 19, 2024, the founder, managing director, and chief executive officer of Zomato Limited (Zomato), India’s leading food-delivery platform, introduced a new feature: Pure Veg mode—serviced by a dedicated Pure Veg fleet, distinguishable by their green uniforms and delivery boxes—for customers who followed a strictly vegetarian diet. This fleet would deliver exclusively from restaurants that served only vegetarian dishes, ensuring that there .....more

Teaching note for product W42158.

In May 2022, BharatPe, a startup,announced a revamp of its governance framework to address any potential risks associated with suspicious transactions in response to a prolonged dispute with its Co-founder and former Managing Director (MD), Ashneer Grover. The company, in December 2022, filed a civil case at the Delhi High Court, and a criminal complaint with the Economic Offenses Wing alleging misappropriation of funds, embezzlement, and other misconduct. .....more

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Sexual Harassment in Virtual Workplaces is a collection of eight vignettes set in India that describe various sexual harassment incidents perpetrated by supervisors, colleagues, and clients at virtual workplaces involving video calls, social media groups, and online chats. The harassment occurred both as one incident and as a series of incidents and consisted of behaviours such as requesting video meetings, comments about appearance, sharing pictures .....more

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Teaching note for product 9B20C036.

On January 10, 2020, Samira Ahmed, a British Asian woman, won a landmark gender discrimination case against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Ahmed’s emphatic victory was a major setback for the BBC, which had been facing accusations of inequities since 2017, after it released the salary details of its top earners and a gender pay gap report showing major disparities in the way men and women were paid. Tony Hall, the BBC’s director general, .....more