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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

The Bush cuts also gradually raised the estate exemption and lowered the estate tax from 2001 until 2010, when the estate tax disappeared for that year only. Barring any Congressional action to change this law, taxes were set to revert back to their pre-2001 rates on January 1, 2011. What’s in the Tax Bill?

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders build the Vision bridge by developing and communicating a mission, set of values, and reputation that connect with employees. Leaders build the Voice bridge by developing processes and practices that keep employees “in the loop” and give them regular opportunities to express their views. Connecting the U.S.

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When Tough Performance Goals Lead to Cheating

Harvard Business Review

When Enron, one of the world’s largest energy companies, collapsed in 2001, it sent shock waves through the corporate world. This research was recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics. We falsely informed them that we could not see their responses and would rely on them to self-report how many words they made.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. No executive development program was held at Enron. Running the business. Executives.