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Reference no. 9-394-116
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Sarah B Gant
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1994
Version: 7 May 1999
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Business ethics; Product safety; Industrial goods; Labor management teams; Conflicts of interest; Health; Cross cultural relations; Business policy
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Abstract

Manville Corp's senior managers are surprised when Japanese government officials advise them not to go forward with their plan to add a cancer warning label to diatomaceous earth (DE) products sold in Japan. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has ruled that a component of DE is probably carcinogenic, and Manville has prepared to modify its labels and material safety data sheets and to mount a communications effort to inform customers of the cancer warning. Now, Manville's senior managers are being told that it is 'culturally inappropriate' to proceed with this plan in Japan.
Locations:
United States; Japan
Industry:
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18,000 employees, gross revenue USD2 billion
Other setting(s):
1988
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-395-217
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Charles A Nichols III
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 28 May 1996
Length: 28 pages
Data source: Field research
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Reference no. 9-394-117
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Sarah B Gant
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1993
Version: 30 November 2009
Length: 18 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Communication; Business ethics; Product safety; Strategy; Decision making; Health; Risk management; Marketing communications; Social responsibility; Industrial goods
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-394-118
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Sarah B Gant
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1993
Version: 17 December 2003
Length: 9 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Communication; Business ethics; Product safety; New product marketing
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-395-243
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Sarah B Gant
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 21 June 1995
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Business ethics; Product safety; Industrial goods
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Manville Corp's senior managers are surprised when Japanese government officials advise them not to go forward with their plan to add a cancer warning label to diatomaceous earth (DE) products sold in Japan. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has ruled that a component of DE is probably carcinogenic, and Manville has prepared to modify its labels and material safety data sheets and to mount a communications effort to inform customers of the cancer warning. Now, Manville's senior managers are being told that it is 'culturally inappropriate' to proceed with this plan in Japan.

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Locations:
United States; Japan
Industry:
Filters
Size:
18,000 employees, gross revenue USD2 billion
Other setting(s):
1988

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-395-217
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Charles A Nichols III
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 28 May 1996
Length: 28 pages
Data source: Field research
View full details
Case
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Reference no. 9-394-117
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Sarah B Gant
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1993
Version: 30 November 2009
Length: 18 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Communication; Business ethics; Product safety; Strategy; Decision making; Health; Risk management; Marketing communications; Social responsibility; Industrial goods
View full details
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-394-118
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Sarah B Gant
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1993
Version: 17 December 2003
Length: 9 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Communication; Business ethics; Product safety; New product marketing
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-395-243
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Sarah B Gant
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 21 June 1995
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Business ethics; Product safety; Industrial goods
View full details