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LinkExtend 1.0.5 (Windows)

LinkExtend provides meta-site-ratings for computer safety, child safety, company ethics, and popularity. Safety results come from eight online services giving you a safer browsing experience. Site links, titles, files and reviews are also included.

Tags: Safety, Computer, ConciseFreeware, LinkExtend, Productivity, Business Ethics, Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Management, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary for iPhone 1.0.1 (Mobile)

Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary for iPhone contains nearly 12,000 entries covering all aspects of medical science. Written by a team of medical experts, the entries are up-to-date, accessible and concise. Indispensable for students of medical science, those working in the medical and allied professions, and as home reference. It covers...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Science, Mobile, White Park Bay Software, Smart Phones, Business Ethics, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Leadership, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-16

FTC endorsement rules were inevitable

A brief history of journalistic ethics reveals why FTC action on endorsements was inevitable. by Richard Koman

Tags: FTC, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Intel to Ireland: Vote Yes to Europe or else?

Irish politics is a sport not for the faint hearted. As Conor Cruise O'Brien once said: Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being...

Tags: Ireland, Intel Corp., Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Investment, Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Business Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-10-02

Works of Aristotle. FREE Author's biography & partial work in the trial 10.3 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-10

Works of Aristotle. FREE Author's biography & partial work in the trial (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-10

Bad ethics in the wild: Twitter spamming and site stealing

Two of the main things that gripe me are new sites which rip off the idea from a more popular one, and Twitter spamming with sneaky, human-like messages. I thought it was about time to name and shame. Article by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Twitter Inc., Ethics, Spamming, Spam, Business Ethics, Security, Spam And Phishing, Leadership, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-09-02

AMD recaps 2008 green and sustainability initiatives

For those of you who are beginning to account for sustainability strategy in your IT purchasing habits, Advanced Micro Devices has just published its two annual proclamations about its green and corporate responsibility efforts. Among the programs/milestones you can read about: The AMD Changing the Game initiative,...

Tags: Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-28

The brain drain from Apple to Palm

Bloomberg reports that Palm rebuffed a request from Apple CEO Steve Jobs in August 2007 that the companies stop hiring each others employees. Then Palm CEO Ed Colligan pictured left dismissed Jobs' proposal saying: Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the others employees, regardless of...

Tags: Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Business Ethics, Product Development, Public Relations, Leadership, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Quick factoid about IBM's asset recovery services

I've been reading IBM's latest corporate social responsibility report this week in my "spare time." Just wanted to share this fact related to the company's Global Asset Recovery Services, which handles the takeback of commercial products in 57 different countries. In 2008, IBM processed an estimated 42,302...

Tags: Pound, Asset, IBM Corp., Corporate Social Responsibility, Asset Management, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-09

Death of the Principle of Voluntarism?

Much of the corporate sustainability and responsibility agenda has been propelled since the '90s by the idea that voluntary action on the part of corporations is more effective than regulation. It has been a celebration of market dynamism over moribund regulation, the latter of which would provide only for the lowest common denominator. At...

Tags: Initiative, Diamond, Kimberly Process, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Pirate Bay judge is member of Copyright Association

The Pirate Bay may have grounds for a retrial. It turns out that the judge in the case, Tomas Norstrom, might have a slight conflict of interest. He's a member of the Swedish Copyright Association and sits on the board of Swedish Association for the Protection...

Tags: Judge, Peer To Peer (P2P), Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Internet, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-23

CrazySoft Aristotle Virtuousness Test for BlackBerry with touchscreen (Mobile)

Aristotle Virtuousness TestFrom the makers of the best seller ?Personality Psychology Pro? another interesting title about ethics and virtues called ?Aristotle Virtuousness Test?.This program is a simple 11 step test which determines how much virtuous you are according to Aristotle. Who is Aristotle? I can?t help you with that! This...

Tags: Touch Screen, Disposition, Mobile, Coward, RIM BlackBerry, Aristotle Virtuousness Test?.This Program, Keyboards, Business Ethics, Monitors & Displays, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Leadership, Management, Components

Software downloads 2009-04-20

Google sidesteps Korean identity law

As Google tells it, the reason it did an end-run around South Korea's Big Brother law was a matter of principle. It is, of course, a far better position than Google has taken in China. But is it really about principled corporate behavior? by Richard Koman

Tags: Google Inc., Hankyoreh, Internet, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-13

IT ethics and the recession

With a major recession in full-swing, someone had to come up with a survey covering the ethics of office workers in three countries. The results are fairly ugly, painting a negative picture of ethics in the workplace. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Recession, Information Technology, Ethics, Worker, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-12-23

It's green report card season: Proclamations from IBM, SAP, Toshiba and Xerox

Some scintillating corporate sustainability reading for your perusal today, folks. In all seriousness, the last few weeks have seen several of the biggest of the big high-tech vendors publish their latest environmental reports or corporate responsibility statements. Here’s a list of some of the most recent, along with a brief...

Tags: Sustainability, Xerox Corp., Card, Corporate Responsibility, Greenhouse Gas, SAP AG, Toshiba Corp., IBM Corp., Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-20

NFL lobbyist on White House staff pushes for online gambling ban

With a former NFL lobbyist now at the White House, Treasury takes time out from financial crisis to ensure that football gets a monopoly on online gaming, even though billions of dollars of taxable revenue are now flowing offshore. by Richard Koman

Tags: Business Ethics, Business Operations, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Games, Government, Internet, It Operations, Leadership, Lobbyist, Management, NFL, Outsourcing, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Personal Technology, Regulations, Richard Koman, Strategy, Taxes, White House

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Friday talking point: A question of hacking ethics

The other day a reader got in touch with me wanting advice on a question of ethics. I have the individual's permission to post the following so that you can share any thoughts or comments that you might have on the issue. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Hacking, Ethics, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Touch, Policies And Procedures, Notebooks, Human Resources, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-10-31

Judge lectures RIAA on their ethics (or lack thereof)

Judge admonishes RIAA lawyers: "Counsel representing the record companies have an ethical obligation to fully understand that they are fighting people without lawyers... to understand that the formalities of this are basically bankrupting people, and it's terribly critical that you stop it ..." by Richard Koman

Tags: RIAA, Judge, Lawyer, Ethics, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Richard Koman, Record Company, Litigation, Business Operations

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Sun says it's doing well on corporate social responsibility

Sun Microsystems released its CSR report late Monday. It seems to be doing well, but it is difficult to assess such claims. I imagine that it will be tougher to make progress by Sun and other IT companies once the low hanging fruit is harvested. Here are...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Greenhouse Gas, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-27