Ethics
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Rumours have been abounding all week that another major competitor has just bitten the dust spectacularly but, until it's confirmed ? and maybe even afterwards ? Read more →Respecting Employee Privacy Rights in the Workplace When Using Video Surveillance
The loss of employee privacy rights in the workplace is a growing concern among employees, attorneys, and civil libertarian groups. Although employers in banks, telecommunications, securities exchange, in hi-tech industries, and in other workplaces justify using video surveillance in the workplace to monitor employee behavior to chiefly promote safety, improve productivity, and stop theft, protecting employee privacy must be a top concern. Read more →Rewarding Failure
Wallace Malone is retiring as vice chairman from Wachovia Corporation with a sweet and juicy departure package worth at least $135 million. This amount probably will be increased (grossed up) so the poor fellow will not have to fret over paying any income tax on the $135. Read more →RFID and Business Ethics
RFID stands for Radio Frequency IDentification.Its supporters tout its amazing power to streamline it supply chain. I am in agreement with those supporters. Read more →Rules are Not Made to be Broken
Are you surprised when you read and hear about all of the corruption within business these days? I’m not. The way people act in business situations is nothing more than a reflection of how they act in their normal lives. Read more →Ryan's Grill, Buffet, and Bakery Fires Manager over a Lingerie Catalog
I know, it's the 21st century and yet a lingerie catalog was considered reason to fire a manager of a restaurant. It's true, a manager that was just about to be promoted, did not have any other discrepancy reported, was known as a good performer, and yet a lingerie catalog cost him his job. Read more →Saying No to Customers
It happened again, just the other day. Someone called, ready to order a product from me--and I talked her out of it. Does that sound crazy to you? Maybe it is, but I think it is a good business practice, and it is the honest and ethical thing to do in some circumstances. Read more →Selling Truth as a Differentiator
The last few years have been a period of heightened scrutiny and scandal for the financial services industry. Most recently, the SEC issued a report on pension consultants regarding conflicts of interest and the objectivity of advice given to retirement plan sponsors. Read more →Shortening Product Life Cycle!
The current state of the available technology at the disposal of designer is the most limiting determinant to what is technically and economically feasible to develop. Read more →Shredding - What, Why and How
Shredding has recently become a whole lot more popular. Why is that? In two words: identity theft. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the U. Read more →Aphorism
I will tell you the secret of getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful, and you try to be very fearful when others are greedy.
Warren Buffett