<p style = "color:rgb(197,183,131);"> <strong> AWARD WINNER - 2024 Fox International Case Writing Competition </strong> </p><br> In February 2023, Derek Mobley filed a lawsuit against Workday Inc., claiming its AI hiring tools discriminated against Black candidates. The lawsuit accused Workday of violating civil rights laws and aiding discrimination under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. While AI .....more

By August 2024, Snapchat had surpassed 850 million monthly users and expanded its daily active users to around 397 million. Yet its parent company, Snap Inc., grappled with profitability challenges. Renowned for its ephemeral messaging, Filters, and Stories, Snapchat had carved out a distinct niche in the social media sphere and garnered significant popularity among younger demographics. Despite its appeal and cutting-edge features, the company faced .....more

This exercise includes 10 well-known US-based companies, all but one with international operations, from a variety of industries, and 10 financial profiles that must be matched. The companies included are Alaska Airlines Inc., Amazon.com Inc., The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, Merck & Co. Inc., Netflix Inc., Pacific Gas & Electric, Ralph Lauren Corporation, Starbucks Corporation, Tesla Inc., and Uber Technologies Inc.

In March 2024, an ethical dilemma was presented to The Clueless AIGENCY (TCA), led by founder and chief executive officer Ruben Cruz, surrounding Aitana, the agency’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven virtual influencer. While Aitana’s lifelike appeal and effectiveness had garnered significant attention, her rise was raising serious ethical concerns regarding potential manipulation, consumer deception, and the impact of such virtual influencers .....more

The small Filipino Canadian family business Frontier Foods Canada Ltd. was started in Calgary, Alberta with deep roots and a strong commitment to the family’s cultural heritage. By 2024, the business had grown from its start in the family’s garage into a successful and renowned food producer in Canada and was considering expansion. The company was facing critical operational challenges such as production management and a high employee turnover rate. .....more

Carlsberg Breweries A/S, a global brewing leader based in Denmark, aimed to reduce the environmental impact of traditional draught beer systems, which contributed to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through the use of CO2 tanks and the transportation of heavy steel kegs. Carlsberg developed the DraughtMaster system, which replaced CO2 tanks with recyclable plastic kegs, reducing emissions but raising concerns about plastic waste. In late 2021, Carlsberg’s .....more

In mid-January 2022, the members of the executive committee of Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer), a global pharmaceutical enterprise headquartered in New York, were facing a strategic dilemma. Having just received the company’s full financial results for the year ending December 2021, they were preparing for an upcoming conference call with analysts where, in addition to making these results public, they had to also provide revenue guidance for the year ending .....more

Just out of college, Maggie Kane founded Raleigh, North Carolina's, first non-profit, pay-what-you-can eatery, A Place at the Table (the Table). Almost ten years later, the restaurant had served over 255,000 meals to people who could not afford the cost of a meal. Many in the community knew the Table as Maggie’s Place, which was unsurprising given that the restaurant’s success was tied to her vision, tireless work, personal story, media engagement, .....more

In December 2024, a proposed $24.6 billion merger between the Kroger Company (Kroger) and Albertsons Companies Inc. (Albertsons) faced a decisive regulatory block by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) due to antitrust concerns. This decision, supported by multiple state attorneys general, highlighted increasing scrutiny over corporate consolidation. Kroger’s chief executive officer was now facing critical strategic decisions amid a rapidly evolving .....more

Founded in 2009 in Michigan by R.J. Scaringe, Rivian Automotive Inc. (Rivian) aimed to revolutionize the electric vehicle (EV) market with its adventure-focused luxury vehicles, notably the R1T pickup and R1S sport-utility vehicle (SUV). Adopting a direct-to-consumer approach, Rivian managed its vehicle life cycle in house, generating revenue through sales, financing, insurance, and after-sales services. After a successful initial public offering .....more