What’s the future of corporate social responsibility? That’s the unanswered question with the prospect of a bad US recession looming, threatening to take the world with it. Will companies continue to embrace it when they are battling for survival? Or will changing market conditions redefine corporate social responsibility.
Sphere: Related ContentOver the last few decades, more men and women have been sharing the same space in the workplace. Compared with a few years ago, more are working as equals. As a result, people are now not only married to the job - many have a favourite co-worker, an “office spouse”.
Sphere: Related ContentShould there be a tax break for subprime victims? How about a freeze on interest rates? The candidates for the US presidential elections are coming up with different solutions to the problem.
Sphere: Related ContentWeep not for Indonesia’s former president Suharto who died today at the age of 86. Suharto’s iron-fisted rule bought economic growth but also ushered in nepotism and corruption. And Suharto’s legacy of corruption and shady business dealings go back a long way.
Sphere: Related ContentFrench investigators might now be looking into how rogue trader Jerome Kerviel ran up billions of dollars in losses at Société Générale but there are broader questions to answer at Société Générale and European banks in general. Like how many people actually knew what was going on.
Sphere: Related ContentGovernments and businesses are now looking at various incentives and penalties for employees to lose weight. but all of these are problematic and simplistic. There is no quick fix to this complex problem.
Sphere: Related ContentWhere do security leaks and IT disasters come from? Look no further than the IT department.
Remember the time when science fiction writers and futurists were talking about permanent vacation? We were told that technology would reduce our workloads to the point where we would all have more holidays and leisure time? Yeah right.! One in five workers now plan to stay in touch with the office during their vacation this year
Sphere: Related ContentMore and more people are on the road. Not like Jack Kerouac, they’re just trying to get to work.
Half of nonprofits now require board members to make an annual contribution of at least $5000 and 87 per cent have adopted policies in line with Sarbanes-Oxley.
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