Part A – The situation
Summarize the situation, the stakeholders involved and ensure you clearly highlight the decision that is to be made.
Part B – The Impact and the Stakeholders
Identify the various stakeholders that can be affected by this decision. Describe how they will be impacted by the decision. Try to provide an objective and balanced analysis. Comment on the complexity of the decision and any conflict between the stakeholders.
Part C – Your recommendation
Based on your analysis of the impact and the stakeholders, indicate how you would recommend to resolve the dilemma. You should have a clear position on the issue and support what were the key arguments that made you conclude that way.
If specific considerations should be taken as part of the implementation of your recommendation, you may note them in this section.
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
Twitter or Facebook: In January of 2021, the account of former president Donald Trump was disabled on the basis that his messages incited violence and played a role in the January 6th riots in Washington.
The French Tennis Federation: Imposing fines and possible expulsion to Naomi Osaka who refused to speak to the press (which every athlete is required to do per tournament guidelines) citing the negative impact this has on her mental health.
HSBC: HSBC which has come under fire for publicly endorsing the controversial security law in Hong Kong has frozen the account of certain pro-democracy activists from China. Notably, the account of Ted Hui who fled to the UK were frozen in early 2021.
Loblaws (Metro and Sobeys) deciding to interrupt hero pay for front line workers despite the on-going pandemic.
Serum Institute of India: In the spring of 2021, the world’s largest producer of Astra Zeneca vaccine decided to hold back nearly all of the 2.4 million doses of the vaccine produced each day to help combat the COVID-19 situation in India. This meant they could no longer deliver on contracts and agreement with other nations and triggering setbacks in vaccination drives in many other countries.
Patagonia: The company will no longer accept contracts from corporation where the logo of a company is put on the clothing along with Patagonia’s logo (co-branding) The company indicated that adding a company logo to their clothing reduces the life span of a garment.
Air Canada: In the winter of 2020 when covid-19 restrictions were still in place for most of the country, the company hired influencers to go on Air Canada vacations and post about their vacation online.
Chipotle: The company made the decision to buy only responsibly raised meats for their restaurants.
NCAA: With revenues close to $1billion in TV rights, merchandise and ticket sales, NCAA doesn’t pay any of the athletes.