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Boeing (a): No Nerds, No Birds to Strike or Not to Strike


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


affiliation not provided to SSRN

UVA-E-0233

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This series of six cases (see also the B through F cases, UVA-E-0234 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.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 7

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

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Date posted: October 21, 2008  

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Werhane, Patricia H., Gorman, Michael E., Mead, Jenny and Cummings, Mary, Boeing (a): No Nerds, No Birds to Strike or Not to Strike. Darden Case No. UVA-E-0233. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=908741

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Patricia Werhane (Contact Author)
University of Virginia (UVA) - Darden School of Business ( email )
P.O. Box 6550
Charlottesville, VA 22906-6550
United States
434-924-4840 (Phone)
HOME PAGE: http://www.darden.virginia.edu/faculty/werhane.htm
Michael E. Gorman
University of Virginia (UVA) - School of Engineering & Applied Science ( email )
Box 400246
Charlottesville, VA 22904-0246
United States
Jenny Mead
University of Virginia (UVA) - Darden School of Business ( email )
P.O. Box 6550
Charlottesville, VA 22906-6550
United States
Mary Cummings
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