Remove 2001 Remove Ethics Remove Finance Remove Leadership
article thumbnail

Glamorous Celebrity Deaths and Minimal Taxes in 2010 :: Women on.

Women on Business

These estates were set to owe no taxes because tax law passed by the Bush Administration in 2001 and 2003 gradually increased the estate tax exemption over ten years while lowering the estate tax rate, and allowed for the estate tax to disappear completely in 2010. billion estate.

article thumbnail

The IRS Just Sent Me $160,000. Can I Keep It?

Harvard Business Review

Sure, I could probably contribute to economic growth more directly, by buying a better car (if they actually now make a better car than my 2001 Ford Windstar) and a bigger TV. This begs an interesting question: Do we act more ethically when we become leaders of companies because of the tacit expectations (and heightened risks)?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

It's Your Country.Lead It!

Coaching Tip

For our children's future, America needs to get better by reengineering our shared values and implementing a united ethical purpose. a year between 2001 and 2007 and plunged by 26.2% Agno: Can't Get Enough Leadership: Self Coaching Secrets. in the following two years. A researcher for Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G),

Class 110
article thumbnail

Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

billion in net income during the five years prior to its bankruptcy in 2001, while only $114 million in net cash was generated (or a mere 3% of reported income). a survey indicated that fewer than 60% of the Secret Service personnel said they would report ethical misconduct. Leadership and culture are key drivers of behavior.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Nabob and the Coffee Kerfuffle: How the 120-year-old brand managed to maintain its challenger status.

In the CEO Afterlife

It made sense, because we looked at the competition as our well-financed enemy, and so there was no way we could win at the spending war,” says Bell. “So That’s a good [trend] to hook onto as a coffee manufacturer in terms of where our psyches are when it comes to the ethics of food.

Brand 100