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Why Law Firms Need IT Policies

Kraft Kennedy

For the legal industry, IT policies are not only a component of operational maturity, but also a matter of ethics. Law firms handle sensitive and confidential information on a daily basis, such as client data, case details, financial records, and intellectual property.

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PEST Analysis

Tom Spencer

STEEPLED: Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, Legal, Ethical, and Demographic. Property rights, including protection of intellectual property (trade marks, copyright, patents, registered designs, trade secrets, software and circuit layouts). Prohibitions, taboos, and ethical issues.

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. But by the company’s launch, in 2010, most urban taxi fleets used modern dispatch with GPS, plus custom hardware and software.

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When Is It Important for an Algorithm to Explain Itself?

Harvard Business

Who should be involved in decisions regarding business impact, regulatory compliance, technical approach, and even ethical values when companies integrate machine learning into business operations? Often, the reason given is to protect intellectual property or prevent a security breach.

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Your Company Needs a More-Radical Board of Directors

Harvard Business

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? But a relatively unknown, unbranded intellectual property company – with far less to lose – might be much more aggressive in minimizing taxes.

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Five Inducted As Charter Members To Million Dollar Consultant™ Hall of Fame

Chad Barr

Manifesting the highest levels of integrity, ethics, and accountability. Contributing intellectual capital to the consulting profession. The inductees and an excerpt of their citations are: Chad Barr, CB Software, Shaker Heights, OH (866/791-2277). Achieving significant annual revenue and profit improvement.

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Five Inducted As Charter Members To Million Dollar Consultant™ Hall of Fame

Chad Barr

Manifesting the highest levels of integrity, ethics, and accountability. Contributing intellectual capital to the consulting profession. The inductees and an excerpt of their citations are: Chad Barr, CB Software, Shaker Heights, OH (866/791-2277). Achieving significant annual revenue and profit improvement.