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- Tech Sector Takes a Kicking in ethics Ranking
- Quite honestly it is hard to take too, too seriously sustainability ratings such as the CRO 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2008 but they are kind of fun to pull apart none the less. Predictably these rankings generate a fair degree of false humility from the ascendant and gnashing and...
- Tags: Sustainability, Ethics, Emotion, Intel Corp., Tech Sector, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Microsoft-Yahoo: Google ethics and the "monopoly pissing match"
- Microsoft-Yahoo: Google ethics and the "monopoly pissing match"[b]Whose Monopoly Should You Be Worried About/{b}It's obvious that MSFT has monopolistic plans, they dominate the PC OS platform, which has given them an unfair advantage in creating apps for the desktop that are tight with the OS. They also dominate the development...
- Tags: Business ethics, Desktops, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google ethic, PC, ethics, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
- Microsoft-Yahoo: Google ethics and the "monopoly pissing match"
- As excitement heats up around Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo, Google feels threatened and has jumped into the fray, as reported by Dan Farber, ZDNet's editor in chief. Rightfully concerned about the impact the merger may have on its own core search business, Google is trying every trick in the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Ethics, Wikipedia, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Regulations, Investment, Finance, Government, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- The further conflicts of Deborah Platt Majoras
- The further conflicts of Deborah Platt MajorasWhere's The Investigation?It is extremely odd to me that a candidate's administration who ran on at least an implied a Morals and Ethics platform hasn't shown any concern over this...She should be fired. PERIOD!opps there goes my credit rating!Mike Sr.The private sector poses as...
- Tags: Business ethics, ethics, Deborah Platt Majoras
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
- News to know: Office Live Workspace; Leopard; Web 2.0 Summit; Digital media ethics
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Get a sneak peek of Microsoft's Office Live Workspace service. Gallery right. Ryan Stewart: Silverlight as the driver for Microsoft's services. Ryan Naraine: Memory randomization ALSR coming to Mac OS X Leopard. Dan Farber @ Web...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Digital Media, Microsoft Office Live, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Ethics, Business Ethics, Web 2.0, Microsoft Office, Leadership, Management, Internet, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
- Digital media ethics: it's personal
- Digital media ethics: it's personalObvious AnswerOf course it is theft to copy cd's you checked out of the library or to copy DVD's you rented from Netflix or Blockbuster. You do not own the copy and have not paid for the right to own the material in question. That is...
- Tags: music industry, file-swapping, CD, X-Copy, recording industry, ethics, digital media
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Digital media ethics: it's personal
- The voting in my digital media ethics poll is now closed, and I'm sorting through the fascinating results, which I'm going to respond to in a series of posts. To kick things off, I want to talk about the one issue where there's practically no disagreement. Look at the response...
- Tags: Digital Media, CD, RIAA, Ethics, Copy, Music, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- Want to know what over 7,500 ZDNet readers think about copying digital media?
- Then get on over to Ed Bott's Microsoft Report, where his poll on digital media ethics has garnered an overwhelming, and highly educational, response. by Denise Howell
- Tags: Ethics, Business Ethics, Digital Media, Leadership, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- News to know: Digital media ethics; Adobe flaw; AT&T; Gamemaster interview
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Where do you stand on digital media ethics? Ed Burnette: Interview with a Game Master. IBM, 'Second Life' open borders for virtual worlds. Ryan Naraine: Adobe warns of critical PageMaker, Illustrator flaws Russell Shaw:...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Digital Media, Gartner Inc., AT&T Corp., TiVo Inc., Microsoft Corp., Ethics, Flaw, Business Ethics, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Leadership, Management, Web Services, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
- Poll: Where do you stand on digital media ethics?
- Poll: Where do you stand on digital media ethics?ethical stanceI find the result of the poll quite strange, answer being to my view non coherent.There a different ethical approach tocopying other's IP, but they can be described I think preetty well with few basic archetips:- Strict contractual view : When...
- Tags: Business ethics, digital media ethic, ethics, digital media, CD-I, CD, music
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- Where do you stand on digital media ethics?
- Where do you stand on digital media ethics?Answers"Do you think it’s proper to buy a CD, rip it to your hard drive, and then make copies for your own personal use on multiple devices or computers?"Absolutely. "Do you think it’s proper to buy a CD, rip it to your...
- Tags: Business ethics, digital media ethic, CD, ethics, digital media, No.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- Where do you stand on digital media ethics?
- I'm back from vacation, digging through a pile of e-mail and snail mail and more packages than FedEx and UPS and USPS and I care to count. Anyway, while I try to find my desk under this mountain of paper and stuff, help me wrestle with some ethical questions related...
- Tags: CD, Digital-rights Management, Ethics, Question, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- 101 project management tips
- Inside CRM has a list of 101 tips for being a better manager. Here are my picks for the ten best: Only promise what you can realistically deliver. Don't create deadlines that you know you can't meet. By only promising what you know you can do, you'll ...
- Tags: Project Management, Milestone, Ethics, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- Is AMD being hypocritical about benchmark ethics?
- On Tuesday 2/27/2006, AMD's chief sales and marketing officer Henri Richard swung hard at Intel in front of the media with complaints of unethical usage of outdated benchmarking standards such as SPECint_2000.Note that SPECint_2000 wasn't officially retired until last week on Feb 24th of 2007 so it was still technically...
- Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Ethics, Intel Corp., George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- Today's Debate: We're all just electrical impulse
- Yesterday's big story, the lead on the NBC Nightly News, was of course the use of a "brain pacemaker" to bring people out of deep coma.Brian Williams expressed great amazement at this feat, called Deep Brain Stimulation, noting that hundreds of thousands may be "awakened" by it.DBS is already approved as...
- Tags: Medical Equipment, Hospital Equipment, General, Ethics, Curioisities
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Is AMD being hypocritical about benchmark ethics?
- Is AMD being hypocritical about benchmark ethics?AMD does it suck?I am a computer consultant and have utilized both procs for many years. Stability and performance have been the ebb and flow with Intel and AMD. What ever the end result, I am most happy with one thing! Intel...
- Tags: Processors, marketing, ethics, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
- State ethics exam: University types are too fast
- State ethics exam: University types are too fastEven WorseGilbert Jimenez, the state deputy inspector general for investigations, incorrectly intimated to the Chicago Tribune on (1/4/07) that the people taking the test were full-timers with all the time in the world to slowly go through the material.The truth is everyone had...
- Tags: Business ethics, Tribune Co., ethics, State ethic
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- State ethics exam: University types are too fast
- Usually, the first one done with a test is the one everyone assumes knows the material best. Not so in Illinois, where 250 Southern Illinois University employees failed a mandatory online ethics test because the state determined they finished too quickly, reports the Associated Press. A letter sent to...
- Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, ethics, SIU Ethics Officer Corey S. Bradford
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- ethics? what's that gonna cost me?
- Ethics? what's that gonna cost me?The golden rule of consulting...... is that they'll never let you make too much change. No matter what they say and no matter what they offer, radical change is never welcome.In all 6 six cases you presented I would say that the organisations are dysfunctional....
- Tags: Business ethics, ethics, judgement
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- ethics? what's that gonna cost me?
- It seems to me that IT fraud comes in two main forms: those perpetrated for money or power, and involving failures to act ethically. The first kind are generally easier to spot and deal with. Consider, for example, these three illustrations of different kinds of buyer fraud: ...
- Tags: RFP
- Blog posts 2007-01-16
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