The Case Centre Award winners

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Ethics and Social Responsibility category

The winners of this category are the Ethics and Social Responsibility cases that were used in the largest number of organisations across the globe in the preceding calendar year.

Ethics and Social Responsibility

An award was made for the first time in the Ethics and Social Responsibility category in 2006.

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About the awards and competitions

The Case Centre Awards and Competitions recognise worldwide excellence in case writing and teaching, and are considered the case community's annual 'Oscars'.

Awards

Our awards have been presented since 1991. We recognise those cases that have been used in the largest number of organisations across the globe in the past year. Cases that have been added to our collection in the past five years are eligible.

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The winners

Click on a case title to view further details and, where available, an educator preview copy.

2023

Global Sourcing at Nike

Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael W Toffel and Olivia Hull
Harvard Business School

Reference no. 9-619-008

2022

Volkswagen's Emissions Scandal: How Could It Happen?

N Craig Smith and Erin McCormick
INSEAD

Reference no. 718-0015-1

2021

Enel's Innovability: Global Open Innovation and Sustainability

Felipe Monteiro and José Miguel García Benavente
INSEAD

Reference no. 719-0058-1

2020

TOMS Shoes: The Buy-one-give-one Social Enterprise Business Model

Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas and Ana Roncha
London College of Fashion

Reference no. 717-0007-1

2019

Uber and the Ethics of Sharing: Exploring the Societal Promises and Responsibilities of the Sharing Economy

N Craig Smith and Erin McCormick
INSEAD

Reference no. 717-0037-1

2018

Sustainability as Opportunity: Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan

Joanne Lawrence and Kevina Kenny
Hult International Business School
Andreas Rasche
Copenhagen Business School

Reference no. HLT3-27-13-1001EC

2017

Cult Girl: Responsible Management and Self-management of Subjectivity at Work

Rasmus Johnsen and Navid Baharlooie
Copenhagen Business School

Reference no. 713-070-1

2016

IKEA in Russia: Ethical Dilemmas

G V Muralidhara and Namratha V Prasad
ICFAI Business School (IBS)

Reference no. 713-037-1

2015

CSR and the Tobacco Industry: A Contradiction in Terms?

Susan Schneider and Anca Pintilii
GSEM Geneva School of Economics and Management

Reference no. 713-067-1

2014

McDonald's: Corporate Social Responsibility Challenge

Magdalena Öberseder, Elisabeth Götze, Anna-Maria Saupper and Christian Wilhelmer
WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Reference no. 711-033-1

2013

Henri-Claude de Bettignies and Charlotte Butler
CEIBS and INSEAD

Reference no. 710-030-1

2012

Marks & Spencer: The Business Case for Plan A

Heiko Spitzeck
Cranfield School of Management

Reference no. 709-018-1

2011

IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)

Christopher A Bartlett, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjöman
Harvard Business School

Reference no. 9-906-414

2010

Innocent Drinks: Values and Value

Robert Brown and David Grayson
Cranfield University School of Management and EABIS

Reference no. 708-041-1

2009

Procter & Gamble PuR Purifier of Water (TM) (A): Developing the Product and Taking It to Market

Margaret Hanson and Karen Powell
INSEAD

Reference no. 706-057-1

2008

The Wal-Mart Supply Chain Controversy

N Craig Smith and Robert Crawford
London Business School

Reference no. 706-043-1

2007

The Co-operative Group: Fairtrade Chocolate

Stephanie Robertson, Chris Voss, Adrian Clarke and Josephine Brennan
London Business School

Reference no. 704-056-1

2006

GlaxoSmithKline and Developing Country Access to Essential Medicines (A)

A Senate Hall Academic Publishing case by:
N Craig Smith and Anne Duncan
London Business School

Reference no. JBEE2-1CS1

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