Research: Case Studies
Business, Disability and Employment: Corporate Models of Success
by Brian McMahon, Paul Wehman, Valerie Brooke, Rochelle Habeck, Howard Green, & Robert Fraser
A brief sketch of each of the 20 companies is presented below. This overview will provide the name of the company, the best practice and the results that have been achieved. The first 12 companies represent corporate success stories related to recruitment and hiring of people with disabilities. The remaining eight company sketches relate to return to work models of success for when an employee becomes disabled and is returning to employment. Following these company highlights will be a complete case study, presented in its entirety. Each case study will share information on the people who were key in the development and or implementation of the corporate best practice. Further, readers will be provided with contact information for each company case study for additional information.
- Alaska Airlines Case Study
- Bank of America Case Study
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Case Study
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Case Study
- Gerdau Ameristeel Case Study
- Hyatt Hotels and Resorts: Culinary Training Program Case Study
- ITW Engineered Fastners Case Study
- King County, Washington Case Study
- MBNA Case Study
- McNaughton & Gunn Case Study
- Medtronic Case Study
- Northwire, Inc. Casey Study
- Pitney Bowes Case Study
- Port of Seattle Case Study
- Safeway - Northwest Divisional Case Study
- Spokane Home Builders Association Case Study
- Tampa Electric Company (TECO) Case Study
- University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services Case Study
- University of California at San Francisco Case Study

