Here, we provide links to cases useful in teaching courses about ethical systems design. You can also find case studies on our individual research pages.

Ethical Systems Case Studies:

• Under Pressure: Wells Fargo, Misconduct, Leadership, and Culture
• Barings Bank [Barings Bank.pdf]
• Fixing a Hole, an Accounting case by Robert Bloomfield of Cornell University.

Ethical Systems Company Snapshots:

• Conscious Capitalism- Core to The Container Store’s Success
• “Don’t Buy Our Products” – Ethics at Patagonia
• At Costco, Culture is King

Sites that offer large collections of cases in which ethics, or behavioral science research, features prominently:

• A great number of cases related to ethical issues can be found at CasePlace.org
• The Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship at University of Michigan (Ross) offers a list of teaching cases
• Most cases can be purchased/licensed from Harvard Business Publishing for Educators
• The Keenan Center for Ethics offers several cases on business ethics, developed and tested for undergraduate students

Case Studies from Media:

• “The Leadership Blind Spots at Wells Fargo.” Susan Ochs, Harvard Business Review, October 2016.