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'Slow-Pay' Payment Terms Raise Ethical Questions

April 30, 2011 by Geri Stengel with 394 views

Is it ethical for cash-rich corporations to change payment terms for small business suppliers? [read more]

It’s your Business so do what you want to-Part One

January 21, 2010 by LindaSmith with 163 views

*This is Part One of a 2-part post: It’s your Business so do what you want to. PART ONE: It IS your Business so do what YOU want to. Sometimes when people are asked to choose between two kinds of news, good and bad, they will take the bad first, to get it over with so they can end the conversation on a more pleasant note. ... [read more]

MBA Pledge: What About the Other 80%?

June 2, 2009 by Tim Berry with 117 views

Comedian Robert Klein has a routine where he grabs a consumer fruit drink that claims “contains 10% fruit juice,” and asks: “What about the other 90 percent?” And the graduating class of Harvard MBAs last week had a special new code, A Promise to Be Ethical in an Era of Immorality that 20% of the graduating MBAs signed. The New... [read more]

Rethinking Business Schools After the Fall

April 8, 2009 by Tim Berry with 187 views

Blame the business schools? As the culprits roll out of the fancy offices in New York and Washington, it’s hard to resist the temptation. There have been several thoughtful pieces on that in the last couple months, particularly the New York Times on blaming the business schools, and Are Business Schools to Blame posted late last month... [read more]

Marketing Data - How Clean is Yours?

February 6, 2008 by Ardath Albee with 80 views

On the news last night was a story about the guy who put bogus information into his account submission to Columbia House and then actually received a communication using that information. Now he's raising a stink (threatening a lawsuit). Apparently a collection agency purchased the account records to pursue unpaid accounts and the last... [read more]

Trust Is The Business Word For Love

January 1, 2008 by Brad Feld with 87 views

I heard a great line recently.  Michael Price - one of the senior guys at Evercore and a long time friend (we were on the PeoplePC board together) was interviewed.  Buried in the middle of a bunch of questions was a gem when the interviewer asked Michael about trust.  The following popped out: "Trust is the business word... [read more]

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