You need to study the case and identify (i.e., 'name') and describe key issues. This is not the same as merely repeating the facts in case. Instead, use the facts to determine the key issues. Several related facts will usually help you identify a key issue. Most cases will have several issues. Your task is to identify and describe these. For example, a case may describe issues like training and describe how training was lacking, changed or inadequate. The same case also may describe issues related to the relationships between managers and employees, or between the company and the community or activists (positive or negative). The same case also may describe various operational issues such as waste being disposed of improperly, or violating company policies, or violating local, state, or Federal law, etc. Therefore, such a case would include key issues such as: Inadequate and Illegal Environmental Procedures Inadequate Training Strong Corporate Culture (or Toxic Corporate Culture) Positive Community Relationships (or Conflicts with Community) Legal Problems (or Problems with Government Oversight), etc. To prepare for the midterm exam, you should study the case, and write a short paragraph for each issue you can name. For example, for the hypothetical case discussed above, an essay on your midterm might be like one of the following: - Discuss the most important issues in this case (two or three) and explain why these are the most important issues. - Discuss at least two secondary issues in this case (i.e., not the most important issues, but contributing) and explain why these are secondary issues. - Discuss how the company's Environmental Procedures contributed to the outcomes in the case. - Discuss how the company's Training contributed to the outcomes in the case. - Discuss how the company's Corporate Culture contributed to the outcomes in the case. - Discuss how the company's Environmental Procedures contributed to the outcomes in the case. - Discuss Community Relationships in the case. - Discuss Government Relationships in the case