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Cases tagged with Ethics and Social Responsibility

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Growing a Global Forest: Ant Financial, Alipay, and the Ant Forest

This case won the Teaching Cases on Sustainability category at the inaugural Financial Times Responsible Business Education Awards 2022.
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The case is set in January 2019, when Di Xu, the team leader of Ant Forest, a green initiative within the Chinese payment and lifestyle app...
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Ethical Issues in Singapore’s Real Estate Industry

As of 2014, housing policies in Singapore continue to be a hot issue with the growing affluence of the population and the long-standing policy of ensuring home ownership for all Singaporeans. Despite the establishment of the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) in 2010, which put in place tighter...
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Future For Children: A Social Enterprise Project In Transition

This case won the Inclusive Business Models category at the EFMD Case Writing Competition 2016.
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This case is set in January 2015 and follows Future for Children (FFC), a poverty eradication charity initiated by Swiss banker, Daniel Elber, in Muntigunung, Bali (Indonesia). FFC...
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National Library Board: Building Social Capital

Set in 2013, Elaine Ng, CEO of the National Library Board of Singapore (NLB), has to ensure the library remains relevant in the new knowledge economy. The goals of the library have changed from providing convenience and accessibility to information to building social capital and facilitating...
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DBS: Journey to Integrated Reporting

In 2011, Mikkel Larsen, Managing Director, Head of Tax & Accounting Policy, Group Finance at DBS Bank mooted the idea of DBS adopting an integrated reporting approach. He was convinced that this was a more holistic way of reporting on the bank’s business strategy and activities, linking each of...
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HappyTap: Encouraging Handwashing in Rural Vietnam

The case is set in Phnom Penh in March 2014. Geoff Revell was the Regional Programme Manager of WaterSHED, a non-governmental organisation based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, founded in August 2011. WaterSHED had been established to promote socially impactful businesses in water, sanitation, and hygiene...
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The Senior Citizen Home Safety Association: Enabling Active, Ageing-in-Place in Hong Kong

This case won the Urban Transition Challenges category at the EFMD Case Writing Competition 2015.
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SCHSA is a self-financing social enterprise and charitable organisation in Hong Kong that provides quality self-funding services at a low cost to empower the elderly to live...
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‘Ummeed’: Building Hope for Children with Developmental Disabilities in India

After studying medicine and specialising in paediatrics in India, Dr Vibha Krishnamurthy, the founder and Medical Director of Ummeed, underwent further training in children’s developmental disabilities in the US. The resources available at the centres there highlighted to her the lack of similar...
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Sussing Out Sustainability: The Case of Singapore's Property Developers

The case is set in June 2013, and deals with an SME-sized Singapore-based property developer’s decision on whether to launch a sustainability initiative and engage in sustainability reporting as an innovative practice to improve the long-run viability of the company through improved operational...
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Social Capital Ventures: Water For Life In The Cambodian Countryside

The case follows the foundation and growth of Social Capital Ventures Development (SCVD), a social enterprise based in Cambodia launched by Christopher Wilson and Khov Boun Chhay in 2008. The venture aims to improve the lives and conditions of disadvantaged people in developing countries, through...
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