Case Name :      Phone Hacking and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation

Authors :           Harold Weston

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            W13535

Discipline :        General Management

Case Length :    09 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation owned a 168-year-old British tabloid, News of the World, which obtained its juiciest stories by illegally hacking the phones of many people, including actors, celebrities and prime ministers. Murdoch shut down the paper following the disclosure of the scandal. A Parliamentary investigation showed the phone hacking practice was widespread and supported at the top of the organization. Was this scandal a failure of governance by the board, or was it only a failure of management?