Boeing (D): No Nerds, No Birds Employee Rights

3 Pages Posted: 21 Oct 2008

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Patricia H. Werhane

University of Virginia - Darden School of Business

Jenny Mead

University of Virginia - Darden School of Business

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Abstract

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 with management decisions, contemplated and undertook a strike, the first "white-collar" work stoppage in the history of American business.

Keywords: benefits policy, bonuses, Workplace Management, labor relations, labor unions, managerial ethics

Suggested Citation

Werhane, Patricia H. and Mead, Jenny, Boeing (D): No Nerds, No Birds Employee Rights. Darden Case No. UVA-E-0236, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1277759 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1277759

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Jenny Mead

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