Dick's Sporting Goods: Getting Out of the Gun Business (A)

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Dick's Sporting Goods: Getting Out of the Gun Business (A)

Case

Reference no. 9-321-024

Subject category: Ethics and Social Responsibility

Authors: George Riedel (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 2021

Version: 21 January 2022

Length: 16 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: Business and Government relations; Business ethics; Decision making; Government policy and regulation; Human resource management; Social and global issues; Strategy

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Abstract

Dick's Sporting Goods was one of the top five retailers of a range of firearms in the US. Over the last several years and specifically following the Parkland shooting of 2018, Ed Stack, the CEO and chairman, had wrestled with the question of their role as a leading firearms retailer and the inconsistent patchwork of laws, oftentimes right after a tragic shooting.

Location:

United States

Industries:

Professional sports industry; Retail and consumer goods

Size:

< 50 million; Fortune 500

Other setting(s):

2018-2019