TICE – Turkish Integrity Center of Excellence
Topic: Product (Controversial Product) Characters: Len Quill, Buyer for Artifacts, an importer of ethnic arts; Mary Mathers, Len’s boss at Artifacts, Ltd.; Bob Littman, Art gallery owner Len Quill has been working for Artifacts, Ltd., an importer of ethnic arts, for four years. Len was uniquely suited for a position at Artifacts, having majored […]
Topic: Portfolio Management Characters: Carol, Assistant Treasurer at a medium-sized manufacturing company; Mary Ann, Treasurer at a medium-sized manufacturing company Carol was recently promoted to the assistant treasurer position of her medium-sized manufacturing company in Rochester, New York. One of her primary duties is to monitor the three fixed-income investment managers for her company’s […]
Topic: Human Resource Management/Sexual Harassment Characters: Paula, Management trainee in the Production Department of a medium-sized company Steve, Vice President of Production and Paula’s Manager Richard, Paula’s coworker and a Manager in Production Paula, a recent college graduate, is a newly hired manager in the Production Department of a medium-sized US. company. The first […]
Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility Characters: Bob, President John, Chemical Engineer Henry, Controller Kirk, Assistant Controller Kirk was a bright individual who was being groomed for the Controller’s position in a medium-sized manufacturing firm. After his first year as Assistant Controller, the officers of the firm were starting to include him in major company functions. […]
Topic: Asset Valuation/Write-Downs Characters: Ron, Inventory Control Clerk; Penny, Controller Art, Company President Rhonda, Sales Manager Penny is the first Controller ever hired at a medium-sized farm machinery company. The firm has reacquired tractors and other parts and equipment from farmers who filed for bankruptcy or were seriously behind in their monthly payments during […]
Topic: Undercounter Sales Characters: Maryanne, a divisional manager for a large restaurant chain; Paul, one of Maryanne’s store managers Maryanne, a divisional manager for a major restaurant chain had heard rumors about one of her unit managers, Paul. Paul is her best manager, by any performance measure. His store has the highest sales volume […]
Topic: ROI/Residual Income Characters: David Hendricks, the cost accountant for a small, closely held chemical manufacuring company William Jones, the plant manager The chemical company currently gets rid of waste solvents by paying a hazardous waste disposal company to dispose of them in a special landfill site. The board of directors asked William Jones […]
Topic: Obligations to Shareholders (investment banking) Characters: Henrietta Bluefish, investment banker at Tremper and Co. Henrietta Bluefish has been an investment banker with Tremper and Co. for four years. Since Henrietta had an undergraduate degree in biomechanical engineering and an M.B.A, degree, she was the ideal candidate to assist medal supplies companies going public […]
Topic: Leadership (Communication, Power, Motivation) Characters: Bob, Managing Partner Jerry, Partner; Leandra, Stacy’s Supervisor Stacy, Junior Accountant The Psychologist Stacy is a recently hired employee of a growing local CPA firm. The partners of this firm have high expectations for Stacy, mainly because he scored near the top of his graduating class. However, nothing […]
Topic: Capital Budgeting Characters: George, a recent M.B.A. who is the only cost accountant at a manufacturing plant which is the largest employer in Cedar Valley, a town of about 20,000 people; Arthur, the plant manager Arthur: “George, come into my office for a few minutes. You know that the company brass want to […]
