Case Name :      Reputation Risk in the Global Art Market

Authors :           Kimberley Howard, William Wei, Eric Zengxiang Wang

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            909M62

Discipline :        General Management

Case Length :    06 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

When Yves Saint Laurent died in June 2008, his estate passed to his business partner, Pierre Bergé. Bergé decided to auction several items from Laurent’s estate at Christie’s international auction house, including two antique bronzes from China. The general feeling in China was that these artifacts had been looted and should be repatriated rather than auctioned. The case highlights issues of ethics, corporate governance and corporate responsibility.