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Being an Ethical Business in a Corrupt Environment

Harvard Business

Our research in Egypt , Zimbabwe , and India shows that organizations should view the prospect of building a strong ethical reputation in such environments as an opportunity, and consider the costs of resisting corruption as an investment in building such a reputation. Ethics Can Be a Differentiator.

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

I attended a meeting led by the VP of construction for a company for which I was the VP of marketing. After all, I have been there — I owned and operated a storefront business and served as an executive for organizations of various types throughout my career. The president of the company sat beside the VP in the same room.

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International Standards for Management Consulting

Effective Managers

He has launched this initiative to help other consultants, in non-competing market segments, grow and thrive and to avoid mistakes/pitfalls. adherence to an enforceable Code of Ethics). David is a very experienced management consultant, currently on the national board of the Institute of Management Consultants in the USA.

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Flourishing in a Social Enterprise World

Tom Spencer

Your employer operates with the express aim of benefiting members of the community and reinvests all profits to further its social aims. This may allow social enterprises to make significant gains in market share during periods when ‘for profit’ organisations are making cut backs. Rise of Social Enterprise.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

Development is hard pressed to interface with operations. Yet it is extremely important that this interface be workable because developments are not relevant until they find their way into operations. An operation is charted to preserve the status quo, the current thinking and methods. Operations are based in control.

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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business

Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations. They are incentivized to complete operations as quickly as possible. However, until recently there was little evidence on this question in the countries that dominate global markets in low-cost manufacturing. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center.

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7 Skills That Aren’t About to Be Automated

Harvard Business

It’s no wonder, then, that young people are anxious about their ability to compete in the job market. The most basic form of communication is constructing a compelling story. For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating. An ethical compass.

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