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Kaufmann, Lauren
Returning to Redmond? Exploring Equity in Hybrid Work Environments at Microsoft
Kaufmann, Lauren; King, Lucy; Mead, Jenny
E-0497 | Published December 20, 2023 | 7 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
This public-sourced case is based on a series of decisions Microsoft and other US-based technology companies made between 2021 and 2022 related to hybrid and return-to-office work policies coming out ... Read More
Equity Considerations in Remote and Hybrid Work Environments
Kaufmann, Lauren; King, Lucy; Mead, Jenny
E-0498 | Published December 20, 2023 | 3 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, companies around the world built and refined models of working in both fully remote and hybrid environments. While many of these policies and pr... Read More
Netflix and Dave Chappelle (A)
Botha, Helet; Kaufmann, Lauren; Mead, Jenny
E-0499 | Published October 12, 2023 | 13 pages. Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave Chappelle. In the special—the last of six that Cha... Read More
Intersectionality
E-0500 | Published October 12, 2023 | 5 pages. Technical Note
Collection: Darden School of Business
This note gives an overview of intersectionality, which is a theory, originally from legal scholarship, that explains how multiple forms of social inequality interact to produce individuals' experienc... Read More