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- 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
- LinkExtend 1.0.1 (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 2009-03-01
- 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
- Ethics Policy
- Ethical behavior is something that most people practice everyday. It is on a rare occasion that an organization will need to enforce the Ethics Policy, but having one in place is a good idea. This policy outlines areas where interactions with vendors might be questionable. ...
- Tags: Vendor, Ethics, Business Ethics, Channel Management, Leadership, Management, Marketing
- Download resources 2008-10-23
- Will biotech change pharma ethics?
- Will the industry's ethics improve as we move into this new era? Or will the universities' ethics, in time, deteriorate? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Biotechnology, Business Ethics, Dana Blankenhorn, Ethics, Leadership, Management, Pharmaceutical Company
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Walt and Kara at DEMO; finale is an Arrington jab
- Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, of the Wall Street Journal's "D: All Things Digital" conference, took the DEMO stage for a 30-minute head to head conversation today. It was a good chat where they tackled things like Google Chrome, Facebook’s future and the iPhone. Both were somewhat critical of Google...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, TechCrunch, Business Ethics, Blogging, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Leadership, Management, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- What's up, what's down on our warming planet?
- Glaciers are down, the ocean is up. Here are some details: Europe is losing its Alpine snowmass. Glaciers in Europe have lost 25% of their snowmass since 1980. It's more than agony for skiers. Huge sections of rock and rubble are leaving...
- Tags: Meter, Glacier, Business Ethics, Government, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- Green tech reward program: Intel will recognize innovation that aids environmental cause
- I've had the pleasure of interviewing Intel Chairman Craig Barrett three times in my varied career, so I can say with authority that he is passionate about the environment. And about education. Then again, this is not surprising from technologist who also happens to be a Montana ranch owner. ...
- Tags: Innovation, Green Technology, Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Registration Deadline, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- IBM: Measure, measure and measure some more
- So far, the main green tech consulting offerings have emerged from the biggest of the big systems vendors and this latest service I'm referencing today out of IBM is no different. The new IBM Green Sigma offering, for those companies that do the Lean Sigma thing, focuses...
- Tags: Green Technology, Carbon, IBM Corp., Transportation, Research & Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Leadership, Management, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Second guessing at 3AM
- At 3AM the quality of a decision you believe in but haven't formally committed to yet can pale relative to fear of being seen as out of step with a majority view - and that's a quality killer for IT management decision making.l by Paul Murphy
- Tags: risk, business ethics, strategy, professional development, security, leadership, management, career, paul murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Time Warner's Olympic boost, courtesy NBC
- If you’re Jeff Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, you might get pleasantly surprised over the next couple weeks at the number of your Time Warner Cable subscribers who use their Internet connections to access streams of video of the 25 sports being sent live via www.nbcolympics.com. ...
- Tags: nbc, time warner inc., cablevision systems corp., corporate communications, business ethics, internet, digital video, marketing, leadership, management, personal technology, tom steinert-threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- The Walmart effect: Smaller supply chain companies studying green tech
- There's green tech, as in technology that is environmentally sensitive in its own right, and green tech, software or hardware that helps a company be a better business. Since we started this blog about a year ago, much of the initial focus was on the former, rather...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Green Technology, Survey, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-31

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