Jay Nielson did charity work in India with AKKA International for several years. After a recent visit of President AKKA invited Nilsson enter into a joint venture with AKKA to provide information technology outsourcing services to U.S. companies. AKKA was ready to provide $ 100,000 in seed capital to finance the company. Nielson has to decide whether he wants to take on this task and what it takes to make it work. It also creates an ethical dilemma for him: Should he risk losing much needed funds in the hope of improving the number of lives or to order seed money will be used to provide direct services to those most in need "Hide
by Michael parents, Tom Sperry Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 13 pages. Publication Date: February 2, 2005. Prod. #: 904E27-PDF-ENG
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