Military Contracting in a War Zone: Bill

2011

This is part of a case series. This case takes two perspectives on the same set of case facts about a military logistics supplier gone wrong: one from the perspective of the Department of Defense contractor (‘Bill’) and one from the perspective of the Kuwaiti-based supplier (‘Rohit’). The case develops fictional characters to help elicit class discussion and teaching opportunities on issues of (1) how difficult it is to manage complicated ethical issues across national and cultural boundaries, and in stressful environments such as regions embroiled in military conflict, (2) how these contexts elicit in-group favouritism and out-group biases, and (3) how overcoming these limitations in global environments requires expanding one’s circle of moral regard. The case involves fictional characters but the content of the case is based on publicly available information about Agility Corporation, a Kuwaiti-based supplier of food and transport for the US Department of Defense who has been indicted for fraud.

Business ethics, Groups, In-groups, International business, Out-groups

Logistics

CS-12-013

Middle East; United States

https://publishing.london.edu/cases/military-contracting-in-a-war-zone-bill/

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