Boeing (B): No Nerds, No Birds Company Loyalty

3 Pages Posted: 21 Oct 2008

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Patricia H. Werhane

University of Virginia - Darden School of Business

Michael E. Gorman

University of Virginia - School of Engineering & Applied Science

Jenny Mead

University of Virginia - Darden School of Business

Mary Cummings

Duke University - Pratt School of Engineering

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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, ethical issues, labor relations, labor unions, managerial ethics

Suggested Citation

Werhane, Patricia H. and Gorman, Michael E. and Mead, Jenny and Cummings, Mary, Boeing (B): No Nerds, No Birds Company Loyalty. UVA-E-0234, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=908742 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.908742

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Jenny Mead

University of Virginia - Darden School of Business ( email )

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Mary Cummings

Duke University - Pratt School of Engineering

Durham, NC 27708
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