TICE – Turkish Integrity Center of Excellence
Topic: Bidding Process Irregularities Characters: Tom Jones, New salesperson for Wood Truss commercial building supply firm Mark Smith, Tom’s boss at Wood Truss Tom Jones has recently joined the sales force of Wood Truss, a manufacturer of wooden structural parts for commercial buildings. Large contractors issue requests for bids for a bill of materials […]
Topic: Use of Proprietary Information Characters: Beth, Assistant Product Manager; Amanda, Beth’s former college roommate, now in advertising Amy, Group Product Manager and Beth’s supervisor Beth enjoys most aspects of her first job out of college as Assistant Product Manager for a consumer package goods marketer, except that Amy, her Group Product Manager, is […]
Topic: Cost vs. price vs. value issues Characters: Julie, Brand Manager for potato chips at a regional salty snacks manufacturer; Dave, Marketing Director for the regional salty snacks manufacturer Julie has been concerned about the profitability of the various items in her line of potato chips. According to her potato suppliers, the recent drought […]
Topic: Auditing/Materiality Characters: Kelsey, Senior accountant for a local CPA firm; Bruce, Audit manager for the same CPA firm Kelsey, a senior accountant at a multi-office CPA firm, is assigned to the audit of Compo Corporation. Compo is a closely held corporation and a major client of the firm. During the audit, Kelsey finds […]
Topic: Product Liability Issues Characters: Mark, Marketing Sales Representative David, farmer/owner of product Jim, hired man who suffered anhydrous ammonia burn Lee, president of agricultural products firm Mark had been an agricultural products representative for just over 19 months. During his initial year of probation and the subsequent months, he had proven himself over […]
Topic: Marketing Intelligence (Marketing Research and Marketing Management and Miscellaneous Topics) Characters: Lynn, a junior employee at a marketing consulting firm Bob, Lynn’s boss, an experienced marketer; Kyle, a product manager at a firm that has hired Lynn’s consulting firm Lynn’s first consulting assignment has been to work with Kyle at Business Equipment Corporation […]
Topic: Negotiations Characters: Mary, Broker for a firm which buys and sells businesses; Rev. Smith, a retired minister now managing a nonprofit organization; George, Mary’s supervisor Mary, a recent college graduate, works for a company which represents clients who are interested in either buying or selling businesses. As a “business broker,” her job is […]
Topic: Pricing (Price vs. Value), Advertising (Deceptive) Characters: Carol Meyers, Director of Membership at Green Earth; Jeffrey Smith, Staff person in Membership Renewal Department Stella Latham, Director of Fund Raising at Green Earth After graduating from college, Carol Meyers, a concerned environmentalist, was very pleased to get a position at Green Earth, a large […]
Topic: Advertising Sales/Promotion Characters: Cathy and Dave, a well-to-do professional couple Al, a real estate salesman Cathy and Dave are young, upwardly mobile. They hold good professional jobs in downtown Chicago. One day Cathy received an invitation in-the mail, from a resort called Green Acres (GA), which was located near the mountains, about eight […]
Topic: Production/Operations Management Characters: Don Bradish, recently hired to remedy problems meeting scheduled deliveries; Jane Fitzgerald, VP of Operations, daughter of the company president The Fitzgerald Machine Company is a $25MM per year custom metal fabrication shop. It has a work force of 30 machinists and 15 office personnel Don Bradish was hired from […]
