Hobby Lobby: Balancing Stakeholders and Religious Freedom in Business Decisions
1. Should the founders and owners of a private company that serves the public incorporate their religious values in the policies that impact the behavior of employees, consumers, and other stakeholders?
2. Evaluate the decision of Hobby Lobby to spend considerable resources in refusing to offer coverage of “abortifascient” birth control methods and taking their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.
3. How will the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (divided 5-4 decision) impact Hobby Lobby’s stakeholders and its future success?