current about HIV/AIDS and bring their

University of Western Ontario, Operating Manager (Elective Course)
In this course, students “Use a case in Operating Manager Course that deals with AIDS in the
workplace. This case asks students to think of the differentiating characteristics of HIV/AIDS
compared to other human diseases, what management's responsibilities are in helping PWA’s
[Persons With AIDS] cope, and what specifically would they do in the position of the case decision
maker. The students are asked as well to read something current about HIV/AIDS and bring their
understanding to class. The class typically starts with an "up-date" on the status of HIV/AIDS from
a medical, social, economic, or political standpoint.”
■ McGill University, Managing Organizational Politics (Elective Course)
“When dealing with power "around" organizations, at the level of inter-organizational domains (a
broader concept than 'industry', as it incorporates all types of organizations, including NGOs and
regulatory bodies) one is talking about the social impact of business. In the second session, we
discuss business and politics: how firms and industry associations are actors in the political and social
system as well as in the economic system. During the session on 'domain transformation', the case
study we used addressed the success of AIDS treatment activists in getting the institutions of
commerce (i.e. pharmaceutical companies), government and science to reform their ways in a manner
that PWA’s [Persons With AIDS] found more socially responsible.”
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NOTABLE TEACHING MATERIALS:
Materials referenced are meant to represent the diversity of related teaching resources available
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■ Case Study: Volkswagen in the Global War Against HIV/AIDS (UN Global Compact Learning
Forum)
This case study shows how the VW group and its Brazilian and South African branches are
organizing themselves to fight HIV/AIDS throughout their workforces as well as they look for
ways to cooperate with national and regional communities in prevention and treatment of this
terrible disease.
■ Case Study: Anglo American (A) (Stanford University)
In 2001, Dr. Brian Brink, senior vice president of Anglo American, a massive South African
mining conglomerate, was debating how to confront the ravages that extremely high HIV/AIDS