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Johns-Manville and Riverwood-Schuller
Arthur Sharplin
published: 2006 | Case Study | Business Ethics
Subject Area: Business Policy/Strategic Management; Business Ethics
Key Issues: Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance
Case Description: Manville Corporation used bankruptcy law to
manage thousands of lawsuits resulting from its decades as the world's
largest producer of asbestos. As the firm prepares to emerge from
bankruptcy in the form of two new corporations whose assets would be
shielded from legal claims, Manville's young, charismatic CEO prepares
to set forth its final policy toward asbestos health victims.
# Case Pages: 17
Case Number: 120096-13-1
Teaching Note: Yes
revised May 11/06
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