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New MBAs claim they'll be ethical. Yeah right!
in Sox First, on May 31, 2009
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Interesting piece in the New York Times about future business leaders claiming they will be more ethical. According to the piece, about one out of five of the Harvard Business School graduating ... ...
Interesting piece in the New York Times about future business leaders claiming they will be more ethical. According to the piece, about one out of five of the Harvard Business School graduating cla...
Is sacking people unethical?
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
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With all the layoffs going on, it's worth asking whether managers ever ponder the ethical implications of what they're doing. As the self-styled "ethics guy" Bruce Weinstein sa...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
... Cox, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a remarkable trinity who more than fulfilled the mission of their alma mater: 'To educate leaders who make a difference i... ...were thrust in a closet and removed from the syllabus, and new ones were promptly written about the ethical and accounting issues posed by Enron's misadventures. Much the same appears to have happ...
How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook
in Wangtam, on May 18, 2009
...g Down Ad Impressions? How About Bankrupt Advertisers?
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• If The Watchdogs Are Saved: Ethical Repercussions Of A Newspaper Bailout
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Corporate social responsibility and recession
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...rse. In other words, the crash has not made any difference. Indeed, one could argue the CSR is now more important than ever. I recently chatted about this with Princeton University ethicist Peter Sin... ... to deal with carbon emissions because of the economy." Jeff Swartz from Timberland has told Ethical Corporation magazine that cSR is actually a strategic opportunity in this climate because t...
Financial crisis winners to hurt banks
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...tself "America's largest people-to-people lending marketplace" and which has garnered more than 790,000 members and some $169 million in loans since its debut in 2006, LendingClub and ... ...t heart. The other big winners, according to The Economist, are Islamic finance which stresses the ethical side of sharia-compliant finance and supermarkets which are pushing into banking. London ba...
The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
...e? In its latest report , the IMF says that recessions associated with financial crises have been more severe and longer lasting than recessions associated with other shocks. Recovery from these sor...
Who are the world's most ethical companies?
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
...case for ethical behavior and how ethics contributed their bottom line. But then, that takes a lot more work. Much easier to do it this way because it guarantees the free publicity soaked up by an un... ...
McDonalds, Starbucks and Nike are named on Ethisphere's list of the the world's most ethical companies for 2009 . Now, there might be a few problems with the methodology, starting with t...
BlackHatters Beware... There ARE Consequences
in The Search Engine Weblog, on March 20, 2009
... SubmitEdge (which bills itself as "an ethical Search Engine Optimization firm") had an interesting article earlier this month on "What Happens to BlackkHatters."
Some definition...
Peaches Geldof "Made Jewelry"
in Feschsamma, on March 4, 2009
...rin vorgestellt, nebenbei halt Model und Verlobte, jetzt Ex).
" I've just launched an ethical jewelry range called Made . " sagte Peaches zu WWD . Diese Kollektion ging am 1. März an...
Stimulus Hype: Sorting Out Keynes (Part III)
in Bizinformer, on February 15, 2009
...of variables to be accounted for in the study of human behavior (alone or in groups) is huge, and ethical considerations almost always prevent the manipulation of at least some of those variables....
Corporate ethics and law
in Sox First, on January 9, 2009
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More than two years ago, I did a blog entry on the difference between ethics and morality. Moral decisions, around issues like theft and corruption, are absolutes regardless of time or culture. ... ...corruption, are absolutes regardless of time or culture. They are just wrong, wherever they happen. Ethical decisions on the other hand are underpinned by rules and codes of behavior. This might expl...
Looking in the Mirror and Seeing Your Ethics Smiling Back at You
in Biz Plan Hacks, on December 29, 2008
...ction and self-assessment.
With this in mind, I supposed, BusinessWeek had a piece last week on ethical self-assessment. They looked at Peter Druker's Ethics of Prudence and declared it "...
Stars in der Manege: PETA und Zirkus Krone im Clinch
in pfotenundfell, on December 26, 2008
...ährliche Nebenschauplatz ist der Clinch mit der Tierschutzorganisation PETA = People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Menschen für den ethischen Umgang mit Tieren), die am 1.12. aus dem Schreiben...
The Madoff debacle: how did people get sucked in?
in Sox First, on December 14, 2008
...doff has a personal interest in maintaining the unblemished record of value, fair-dealing, and high ethical standards that has always been the firm's hallmark." And as the New York Times n...
Why Isn't Google Indexing Your New Site? (Some Possible Reasons...)
in The Search Engine Weblog, on December 4, 2008
...e to Google, the people over there index you mostly based on other people's links to your site. Ethical, voluntary links. You can buy links, but Google ignores those links once they figure that ...
The Lori Drew Case and the Future of Anonymity on the Web
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 18, 2008
Steven Hodson at The Inquisitr published an interesting piece yesterday on the Lori Drew case and the legal implications it may eventually have for anonymity on the web.
Lori Drew's trial began today.
Hodson (along with Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins over at Mashable) wants you to thin...
Neomarco Website launch and « Cool Finds from around the world » Internet Game
in Les Explorers, on October 18, 2008
...erge, and all the Neomarco team, I wish you all the best.
You have a great Project.
More informations about Neomarco and this game will be finded in my blog HoteliTour.com
Disclaimer : was ... ...arco.com, a community-based website to buy « local » and travel differently The most authentic, ethical or unusual « Cool Finds » discovered by our community members. All the information necessary to ...
Textbook Torrents closes
in P2P File Sharing, on October 16, 2008
...egal concerns, and "managing a site of it's size".
RIP Textbook Torrents, one of the more ethical torrent sites.... ...concerns, and "managing a site of it's size".
RIP Textbook Torrents, one of the more ethical torrent sites....
Embryonic-Like Stem Cells From Human Testes?
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 9, 2008
...rtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 7406735
Here's one finding that could sidestep the political and ethical obstacles associated with the use of embryonic stem cells : European researchers were able...
BAE - more bribery allegations
in Sox First, on October 1, 2008
...ult, the Financial Times reports that it has appointed Deloitte to make sure it meets the highest ethical standards. It looks like Deloitte really has its work cut out. Saudi Arabia was only one sp...
Cardiosphere-Derived Stem Cells for Treatment of Heart Disease
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 30, 2008
...ge numbers, and have proven themselves extremely safe . Unlike embryonic stem cells, there are no ethical or moral quandaries . And unlike other adult stem cells, such as bone marrow stem cells, our...
The Financial Crisis and Legal Process Outsourcing Conflicts
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 23, 2008
...LPO work has some of the characteristics of legal "knowledge work" and needs appropriate ethical boundaries. This cannot help but be good for the LPO industry as it legitimizes what has hist...
Norway has ethics problems with Rio Tinto
in Sox First, on September 10, 2008
...nteresting about this story is that most companies excluded from Norway's investment program on ethical grounds are US firms that produce military hardware. Now they are extending it to miners, al...
Endowment Investing Options
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 2, 2008
...billion is the 14th largest in American higher education and the largest at a Catholic university.
More at;
Endowment Model Approach to Asset Allocation and Investment
Also some interesting stuff... ...Asset Allocation and Investment
Also some interesting stuff here on investing in Africa; Global Ethical Investing News & Commentary
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Rebuilding the corrupt organization
in Sox First, on August 8, 2008
...earch on why organizations go bad and turn corrupt. but how do you rebuild them after the legal and ethical breaches? In this paper out of the Academy of Management Review, After The fall: Reintegra...
Climate change: companies at risk
in Sox First, on August 7, 2008
...wouts, regulatory burdens and reputational damage, according to a new report from the London-based Ethical Investment Research Services . The report, The state we're in: global corporate respon...
BAE and Mugabe
in Sox First, on August 5, 2008
... outside intermediaries who sometimes act as brokers in arms deals. Good point, but it raises even more serious questions about this company's ethical standards.... ...kers in arms deals. Good point, but it raises even more serious questions about this company's ethical standards....
Three key functions of supply chain ethics management
in Supplychainer, on July 21, 2008
...These elements ensure that the danger of compliance problems become minimum for the company but the more important thing is to create a situation where the problems won't happen in supplier base e... ...and highlight some of the points which Michael R. Levin mentioned in his article " Building an Ethical Supply Chain " in Supply and Demand Chain Executive.
In Levin's point of view, SEM...
A heartfelt response to a commenter
in The Parenting Weblog, on July 7, 2008
...e who have opinions that differ from mine. I keep saying I'm just not going to talk about it anymore online but I do anyway. I understand you didn't call me a 'paying customer' etc but... ...le", etc. We aren't all that way. We aren't all living some fairy tale. Or operating unethically. I stressed that in my initial post. I'm not perfect by any stretch of the word but we...
Ethical Couture Gems
in Cool Picking, on July 7, 2008
A mashup of many elements make this jewelry so special: say hello to Seraglia! This jewelry is combined using Swarovski crystals plunked down right next to accent bits and pieces that have been scoured and scraped straight off the street- how romantic! In a variety of colors and designs, ...
Adoption language
in The Parenting Weblog, on June 30, 2008
...the push for open adoptions and the waves of international adoptions, adoption is in the public eye more than ever.
I certainly don't expect everyone to be adoption-savvy but there are some chan... ...ore respect for the entire triad of people involved in adoption. It is important to understand that ethical adoptions aren't done in the shadows but with honesty and knowledge. Parents who decide ...
BAE vows to clean up
in Sox First, on June 30, 2008
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New BAE boss Ian King has vowed to improve the company's ethical standards in the wake of the Woolf Report into the company's ethics following allegations of bribery and corruption, and ...
当我们依赖电脑作为理解世界的媒介时，它就会成为我们自己的思想。
in Wangtam, on June 27, 2008
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Vancouver Yoga Fest
in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 25, 2008
...udes various styles of yoga and is suitable for all levels, from those who have never tried yoga to more advanced practitioners. The event is, however, about more than physical yoga. As Finn says, &qu... ...Chic Fashion Show produced by Honey Mustard Productions and Vancouveryoga.com, will showcase local, ethical yoga and street wear that embodies the west-coast yoga lifestyle. Clothing that is produced ...
CEOs hate SOX
in Sox First, on June 23, 2008
... Ethics, reported here , 74 per cent of executives said Sarbanes-Oxley had done nothing to improve ethical standards at their businesses and 68 per cent said it had been an overreaction and was burde...
Maintaining a bootstrapping culture
in BootStrapMe, on June 17, 2008
...e external financing and keep 100% of the ownership in the entrepreneur's own hands. By being more efficient throughout the life of the business, cash flow is optimized and the entrepreneur can bu... ...re by increasing its new cash flow over time.
• Being a good steward
Third, there is an ethical reason to continue bootstrapping over time. They bootstrap to be good stewards of the resources th...
The most ethical companies
in Sox First, on June 6, 2008
...ystems, Sun Microsystems, Xerox, American Express and Honda. These are some of the world's most ethical companies, as listed by Ethisphere . The list is not perfect. But then, no business is eit...
Zeroing in on BAE
in Sox First, on May 22, 2008
...he company could be forced to repay billions of dollars in profit secured through corrupt activity. More details of Mike Turner's surprise party in The Independent . Joshua Hochberg, the former ... ...arlier this month, I did a blog entry looking at how the arms traders was pledging to become more ethical. But clearly, the DOJ will not let it to pretend that the bribes didn't happen.
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Tightening the rules for ethical investment
in Sox First, on May 21, 2008
...he says, worse might follow. "If financial markets continue to ignore imperatives for reform, more radical solutions may have to be implemented to secure our future.186 Timothy Flannery, in The ... ...nd performance indicators. The paper, Putting Ethics into Environmental Law: Fiduciary Duties for Ethical Investment says companies are fooling themselves if they say it's all too hard. If they...
Crime tipsters boom in hard times
in Sox First, on May 19, 2008
... bill. With people turning in neighbors, relatives or former boyfriends, it does raise interesting ethical issues. Yes, it might also have something to do with rising crime rates but it also suggests...
Arms trader pledges to be more ethical
in Sox First, on May 8, 2008
...of the past, nor BAE's system of making secret payments to middlemen through offshore accounts. More from The Guardian .
... ...'s received in the Saudi bribe scandal, BAE Systems is now putting out the line that it will be ethical from now on. Don't hold your breath. A new report into the defense company's cond...
Gen Y and cheating
in Sox First, on April 22, 2008
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Are millennials more inclined to cheat to get ahead? That seems to be suggestion from Barbara Keats, associate professor of management at the WP Carey School of Business . Keats argues that thi... ...copter parents" who tried solving their problems for them and who shielded them from moral and ethical uncertainty and who were raised in an achievement oriented society where there has been more...
Start Your Blog Today
in Bizinformer, on April 14, 2008
...ontractor who had neither a website nor blog. This contractor is smart, runs a great business, is ethical, and would be someone I recommend to people looking for a contractor... and right here is wh...
Pregnant Man
in Next Nine Months, on March 27, 2008
.... While I don't want to pass judgment, I am inclined to question this pregnancy's legal and ethical soundness. What do you think?
Photo: KPTV ...
Diabetes: Solutions for the 21st Century
in Daily Diabetic, on March 19, 2008
...search, clinical practice and public policy , with a focus on health economics approaches and ethical implications. RSVP to diabetes@kentlaw.edu to secure your place.
The event will be moderate...
Fair Trade bonanza
in Sox First, on March 14, 2008
...ercent between 2007 and 2012. This trend will continue to grow as global warming keeps bringing on more natural disasters. The increased awareness will lead to more demand. At the moment, beverages ... ...
Ethical consumerism is on the rise. A new study by London-based Datamonitor , reported here , has found that Fair -trade sales across Europe, the US, Australia & New Zealand and Japan have...
Irish Fund Working to Outlaw the use of Cluster Bombs
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 6, 2008
...ria for choosing where to invest our money is to ensure the optimal return on the investment.
More at; Ethical investing hits Ireland
... ...manufacturing companies .
The fund's latest reported holdings in such companies, using the ethical investment lists compiled by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance as a benchmark, amounted to €...
Bootstrapping a green business
in BootStrapMe, on February 23, 2008
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Consider Brilliant Earth , a business built around conflict free diamonds and renewed gold. Read more .
In this interview with Leah Edwards at Ecopreneurist , Brilliant Earth co-founder Beth Gers... ...ttle capital investment.
Additional thoughts on bootstrapping environmentally responsible of other ethically responsible products:
• Focus on selling. Many products from free range non-factory far...
Bad apples and bad trees
in Sox First, on February 19, 2008
... and strict liability. In addition, a clear, transparent standard for criminal liability produces a more efficient deterrent mechanism. The threat of liability in these circumstances can cause firms t... ...ld criminally liable. While powerful, the assumption that corporate crime begins and ends with the ethical and moral lapses of executives and employees, is not completely or always accurate, '...
100 most influential people in business ethics
in Sox First, on February 18, 2008
...nd corporate culture. Some of the standouts include GE's chief executive Jeffrey Immelt ("More than any other major industrial company, GE has aligned itself with environmental initiatives u... ...
If you are looking around for ethical companies and business leaders, perhaps even scrounging around for some socially responsible investment, you could do worse than look at the latest edition of ...
FCPA prosecutions to increase
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
... countries where bribery is part of the local business culture, from Nigeria to China, and there is more co-operation with foreign governments. Another very good reason is simply globalization. As Ma... ...ld be caught out by the American law, or fail to have an FCPA compliance program, according to the Ethical Corporation journal . A foreign company is liable under the FCPA if it has a US listing, or...
Ethics of Genetic Testing In Children/Minors
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 16, 2008
... autonomous decision making abilities. Additionally, many argue that parents and their children are more likely than health care professionals to most appropriately asses the risks and benefits of tes... ...lationships, interference in normal development of self-concept and feelings of unworthiness.
This ethical issue has been addressed in a survey study published online in the American Journal of Medi...
Disappointed in the MacBook Air... How Thin is Too Thin?
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 15, 2008
As expected, Steve Jobs announced the new MacBook Air today at Macworld - and I for one am seriously disappointed.
With an 80GB (or 64GB solid state) hard drive, and a maximum 1.8 GHz processor with 2GB of RAM, this is an extremely underpowered machine.
It raises an interesting question ...
Other Voices: Links for 12/17/07
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on December 17, 2007
... picket fence? Or do they look different? I consider myself average. Do you?
Money, Matter & More Musings :
It's probably human nature to take certain things for granted - till those certai...
Phone companies and the surveillance state
in Sox First, on December 17, 2007
...ts - to spy on Americans, on our own soil, at will," reports Glenn Greenwald at Salon . "More than anything else, what these revelations highlight - yet again - is that the U.S. has become ... ...ens and to maintain vast dossiers on those activities." The revelations also reveal the total ethical bankruptcy at the telcos. It's about corporate participation in activities that are ethi...
Greenwash and the US Chamber of Commerce campaign
in Sox First, on December 17, 2007
...mmercial in response to the Lieberman-Warner bill so disgusting. So much for business showing ethical leadership! This ad shows there's a lot of debate to be had and a long way to go before ...
Ethical double standards
in Sox First, on December 12, 2007
...uarter (24 percent) of all teens surveyed said cheating on a test was acceptable on some level, and more than half (54 percent) said their personal desire to succeed was a good reason to bend the rule... ...
Worrying Deloitte survey suggests that teenagers claim they are ethical but are still prepared to lie and cheat to get ahead. While most teens surveyed (71 percent) said they felt fully prepared...
Bribery update
in Sox First, on December 11, 2007
...y from the top down. Leaders will lead the company, leaders will be responsible, leaders will have ethical standards. This is a multi-year programme."...
伊娃·门德斯为PETA全裸出镜
in YuleGuan, on December 8, 2007
.../Alicia Silverstone都为PETA（People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals）素食主义运动拍摄了裸体海报，最近消息，好莱坞性感女星伊娃·门德斯/Eva Mendes也要为"激情人生，从素食开始"的宣传拍摄了全裸海报。
为PETA（People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals...
Ethics danger signals
in Sox First, on November 29, 2007
...hics and compliance programs is on the rise. And companies with well-implemented programs are doing more reporting. The bad news, according to a new survey, is that ethical misconduct is on the rise ... ...ll-implemented programs are doing more reporting. The bad news, according to a new survey, is that ethical misconduct is on the rise and has now reached pre-Enron levels. During the past 12 months, m...
Virgin Founder With Eyes on the Sky: Social Spotlight
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 22, 2007
(Image via Turkish Daily News)
A man after my own heart, Sir Richard Branson, spoke at a leadership conference in Istanbul this past Saturday on his very high hopes and socially responsible plans for Virgin in Turkey. He has had his hands in anything and everything ever since his teens,...
Questions from ethics classes
in Sox First, on November 22, 2007
...nsider the needs of others when they have nothing to do with the organization? 2. What's the ethical dimension to issues like private-public partnerships, developing markets, environment, natur...
Ethical dilemmas
in Sox First, on November 16, 2007
..., I have put together a framework to resolve them. There is no right or wrong answer here, it's more about getting in touch with your own ethical framework. 1 . Consider these examples carefully... ...
Every board, organization and employee comes across ethical dilemmas. After discussing these issues with ethicists, I have put together a framework to resolve them. There is no right or wrong answe...
Yahoo: evil in China
in Sox First, on November 14, 2007
...llaborative tools that U.S. corporations provide to spy on, and silence, the Chinese people are far more likely to help prop up a totalitarian regime than topple it. "With American corporate hel... ...ey must comply with local laws. But China's local laws often force executives to make moral and ethical choices that would be intolerable in the West. "The broader problem is that American b...
Mapping the climate change industry
in Sox First, on November 13, 2007
... have any objective standards, has become the symbol of the virtuous corporation. We are now seeing more and more money chasing renewable energy, carbon offsets, green buildings and sustainable invest... ...able energy, carbon offsets, green buildings and sustainable investments. This is what makes a new Ethical Corporation report, The climate change industry takes root , worth checking out. The repor...
Eight reasons for ethics awareness programs
in Sox First, on November 8, 2007
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It's often said that you can't teach ethics. But that's not the same as saying that ethical values can't be passed on. The problem with ethics awareness programs is that it's di...
New rules for lunch
in Sox First, on November 6, 2007
...mber, President George W. Bush signed a new lobbying reform bill now requires lawmakers to disclose more about their efforts to fund targeted spending projects, or earmarks, and will bar House and Sen... ...rs and make sure everything is above board. The question is whether this legalistic approach to an ethical issue will work. If they really want to, businesses, lobbyists and lawmakers can still work ...
Sunimar: bio-faires für die Boardsport-Szene
in Bio Channel, on November 1, 2007
...gar nicht. Und schon gar nicht, dass diese einen speziellen Kleidungsstil pflegt.
"Sunimar Ethical Clothing" jedenfalls hat sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, besagte Szene bio-fair zu kleiden und ...
Ethics watch
in Sox First, on November 1, 2007
... Services and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, reported here , which found that more than 90 percent of companies have gone to the trouble of writing an ethics policy, but few have... ...d be argued that Enron, Parmalat and WorldCom are examples of the spectacular failure of the ethical dimension of business. Let's not forget, they all had codes of ethics. But any analysis ...
