ABSTRACT

This third collection of outstanding contributions from the Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) continues to challenge business practice in ways not tackled by other more typical business case studies.

There is a critical need for business educators to expose students and managers to the multifaceted phenomena of doing business in the twenty-first century; to support critical, reflective moral development; and to reflect and understand the complexities of organizational life. Is the system broken? Is there need for more systemic change? The cases explore a number of critical issues at some of the largest industries and companies in the world, including wealth creation and human rights in mining, the CSR approaches at Coca-Cola, the palm oil industry, and the supply chain at Apple Inc.

Online Teaching Notes to accompany each chapter are available on request with the purchase of the book.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

Dark Side Series: an encouragement to revisit dominant capitalist models

part I|60 pages

Business, community and environment

chapter 1|20 pages

Compromised livelihoods in Vapi

What needs to be cleaned up in the armpit of India?

chapter 2|10 pages

Whose wealth is that?

Discussing human rights and mining in the Global South

chapter 3|19 pages

Nestlé and palm oil

When a company gets under the spotlight

part III|46 pages

Gender and power

chapter 9|9 pages

Revealing the ‘real Julia’

Authenticity and gender in Australian political leadership ©

chapter 11|15 pages

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Ghomeshi Sex Scandal

Was it a case of “ignorance is bliss”?

chapter 12|10 pages

Blood on the gatepost

Managerial conflict down on the farm

part IV|21 pages

Management, technology and education

chapter 13|13 pages

The dark side of advanced technologies

A case study of American Airlines Flight 587

chapter 14|7 pages

To become a public manager or a medallion? 1

A dilemma on the relevance of competences and skills