Author Profile
Gorman, Michael E.
Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (A): The Land Exchange
Werhane, Patricia H. Mead, Jenny Gorman, Michael E. Starr, Justin
E-0373 | Published August 13, 2012 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
From its inception, the Resolution Copper Mining (RCM) joint venture faced a number of significant technical, political, and environmental challenges as it attempted to develop a strategy for mining a... Read More
Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (B): Dewatering the Magma Mine
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Mead, Jenny Starr, Justin
E-0374 | Published August 13, 2012 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
To dewater the former Magma Mine and sink the exploratory shaft, the RCM team was faced with extracting and managing about 2 billion gallons of naturally accumulated water as well as about 300 million... Read More
Rio Tinto and the Resolution Copper Mining Joint Venture (C): Planning in the Global Financial Crisis
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Mead, Jenny Starr, Justin
E-0375 | Published August 13, 2012 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
When the global recession of 2008-09 hit, Rio Tinto was forced to reexamine its spending priorities. Knowing that the availability of investment capital along with commodity prices would eventually re... Read More
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and Project STING (D)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Ahmad, Pia Mead, Jenny
E-0269 | Published September 03, 2004 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in India in the 1980s and 1990s, this series of cases concerns the attempts by the Unilever division Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to create, market, and distribute a detergent for India's rural p... Read More
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and Project STING (B)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Ahmad, Pia Mead, Jenny
E-0267 | Published September 03, 2004 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in India in the 1980s and 1990s, this series of cases concerns the attempts by the Unilever division Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to create, market, and distribute a detergent for India's rural p... Read More
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and Project STING (A)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Ahmad, Pia Mead, Jenny
E-0266 | Published September 03, 2004 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in India in the 1980s and 1990s, this series of cases concerns the attempts by the Unilever division Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to create, market, and distribute a detergent for India’s rural p... Read More
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and Project STING (C)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Ahmad, Pia Mead, Jenny
E-0268 | Published September 03, 2004 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Set in India in the 1980s and 1990s, this series of cases concerns the attempts by the Unilever division Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to create, market, and distribute a detergent for India’s rural p... Read More
Monsanto Europe: Monsanto Introduces GMOs to Europe with Unexpected Results
Gorman, Michael E. Nieusma, Dean Hertz, Michael Mead, Jenny
E-0217 | Published May 18, 2004 | 11 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case, which can be used in conjunction with the other Monsanto cases (E-0216, E-0220, E-0263), details Monsanto's efforts to introduce genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into Europe in the mid... Read More
Monsanto and the Monarch Butterfly
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Mead, Jenny
E-0263 | Published March 03, 2004 | 10 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note, which outlines Monsanto's response to public claims of damage to monarch butterflies from Monsanto's Bt corn, is a good companion piece to cases involving new technology, particul... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (A): To Strike or Not To Strike
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cummings, Mary L. Mead, Jenny
E-0233 | Published September 10, 2002 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (B): Company Loyalty
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cummings, Mary L. Mead, Jenny
E-0234 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (C): Will a Strike Jeopardize Public Safety?
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cummings, Mary L. Mead, Jenny
E-0235 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (D): Employee Rights
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cummings, Mary L. Mead, Jenny
E-0236 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (E): The Right Not to Unionize
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cummings, Mary L. Mead, Jenny
E-0237 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing: No Nerds, No Birds (F): The NSPE Code of Ethics
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cummings, Mary L. Mead, Jenny
E-0238 | Published September 10, 2002 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of six cases (labeled A through F, UVA-E-0233 through UVA-E-0238) presents the various dilemmas that arose in the spring of 2001 when engineers at the Seattle-based Boeing Company, unhappy... Read More
Boeing 747X
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cummings, Mary L. Smith, Rob Diersen, Sarah E.
E-0231 | Published September 09, 2002 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In 1997, the Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group had to make a decision regarding the production of the 747X airplane, a project involving more than 1,000 employees. By continuing to develop new aircraft... Read More
The Global Water and Food Supply Problem
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Ofiesh, Caetie
E-0213 | Published June 04, 2001 | 9 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This technical note, which presents an overview of the global water and food supply problem at the turn of the 21st century, is a good starting point for a discussion of the environmental and agricult... Read More
Monsanto and Intellectual Property
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Simmonds, J. Ofiesh, Caetie Smith, Rob
E-0216 | Published April 11, 2001 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case presents the issues and dilemmas that Monsanto faced in deciding how to market its genetically modified products. It also covers patent issues, intellectual property, and licensing strategie... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (A)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cunningham, Brian
E-0162 | Published April 07, 1999 | 13 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Eskom, a South African electric utility company, spends roughly 30% of its annual profits to implement a national social-initiative project, a countrywide infrastructure development program to provide... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (C)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cunningham, Brian
E-0164 | Published April 07, 1999 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Committed to spending approximately $400 million annually to provide 1.75 million South African households with electricity by 2000, Eskom had to forfeit an additional $300 million because of consumer... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (B)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cunningham, Brian
E-0163 | Published April 07, 1999 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
After Eskom implemented a viable plan for providing electricity to more than 1.75 million South African households, many of its customers failed to pay for service, which resulted in a debt of approxi... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (D)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cunningham, Brian
E-0165 | Published April 07, 1999 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case concerns Eskom's commitment to provide employment in rural areas by training residents to work on local electrification projects. But the company discovers that its employees, for a small fe... Read More
Eskom and The South African Electrification Program (E)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Cunningham, Brian
E-0166 | Published April 07, 1999 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Eskom produces the world's cheapest electricity by using coal-fired plants, most of which have not been retrofitted to meet World Bank standards. Moreover, most South Africans without electricity burn... Read More
Bhopal (B): Recipe for a Toxic Mist
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Diersen, Sarah E.
E-0160 | Published April 01, 1999 | 9 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The B case details the causes of the tragic toxic leak at the Bhopal plant and the dilemmas faced by the plant managers as they coped with the aftermath. See also the A case, E-0159. Read More
Bhopal (A): Choosing a Safe Plant Location and Design
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Diersen, Sarah E.
E-0159 | Published April 01, 1999 | 10 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The A case deals with Union Carbide's decision to build a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, as a joint venture with the Indian government. The case deals primarily with the choice of plant location an... Read More
Unilever: Corporate Venturing and Environmental Sustainability
Werhane, Patricia H. Venkataraman, S. Gorman, Michael E. Mehalik, Matthew M. Standish, Myles
E-0152 | Published December 16, 1998 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case focuses on how Jan-Kees Vis, a middle-echelon staff worker at Unilever Foods, champions his ideas for environmental sustainability. Despite his position and company reorganization, he manage... Read More
Rohner Textil (E) (Environmental Accounting)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0147 | Published December 18, 1997 | 18 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the A [UVA-E-0107], B [UVA-E-0108], C [UVA-E-0109], and D [UVA-E-0110] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0146 | Published December 17, 1997 | 17 pages Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note documents the transition of Michael Braungart from Greenpeace activist to international consultant in industrial ecology. In the process of forming a consulting company, the Environmental Pr... Read More
American Solar Network, Ltd. (A)
Werhane, Patricia H. Warren, Wendy Gorman, Michael E.
E-0097 | Published March 01, 1997 | 12 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
A.C. Rich has invented and patented a new form of solar water heater that he claims will significantly reduce home-heating costs and is aesthetically pleasing. The case asks students to evaluate Rich... Read More
American Solar Network, Ltd. (B)
Werhane, Patricia H. Warren, Wendy Gorman, Michael E.
E-0098 | Published March 01, 1997 | 22 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In this follow-up case, Rich does move to another state and obtains subsidies for his solar water heater, but he still cannot create a market for his technology. Does he fail because of flaws in his ... Read More
Rohner Textil AG (B)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0108 | Published January 22, 1997 | 4 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the A [UVA-E-0107], C [UVA-E-0109], D [UVA-E-0110], and E [UVA-E-0147] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
SELF (B)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Sonenshein, Scott B.
E-0113 | Published January 22, 1997 | 5 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
The main purpose of the B case is to demonstrate that corporate and managerial ideologies play a role in determining how to finance projects. Williams must decide how to fund rural-electrification pro... Read More
Rohner Textil AG (D)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0110 | Published January 22, 1997 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the A [UVA-E-0107], B [UVA-E-0108], C [UVA-E-0109], and E [UVA-E-0147] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
Rohner Textil AG (C)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0109 | Published January 22, 1997 | 3 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the A [UVA-E-0107], B [UVA-E-0108], D [UVA-E-0110], and E [UVA-E-0147] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
Rohner Textil AG (A)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0107 | Published January 22, 1997 | 8 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This series of cases (see also the B [UVA-E-0108], C [UVA-E-0109], D [UVA-E-0110], and E [UVA-E-0147] cases) takes students through five design-and-manufacturing decisions confronting Albin Kalin, man... Read More
SELF (A)
Werhane, Patricia H. Gorman, Michael E. Sonenshein, Scott B.
E-0112 | Published January 22, 1997 | 6 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case describes the choices facing the founder and president of SELF, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to improve the standard of living in developing countries, as he attempts to pr... Read More
Designtex, Inc. (A)
Werhane, Patricia H. Larson, Andrea Gorman, Michael E. Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0099 | Published March 01, 1996 | 7 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Susan Lyons, a vice president at Designtex, a firm that develops high-end custom fabric collections, wants to create an environmentally responsible fabric that will provide a model for sustainable des... Read More
Designtex, Inc. (B)
Werhane, Patricia H. Larson, Andrea Gorman, Michael E. Mehalik, Matthew M.
E-0100 | Published March 01, 1996 | 2 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This case briefly covers the sequence of events that led to Designtex's successful introduction of Climatex Lifecycle, a complete compostable material that is produced by an absolutely clean manufactu... Read More