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More Diverse Boards Do Better On ESG

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers scrutinized data from 2012 to 2021, extracted from the annual and sustainability reports of 300 non-financial Pakistani listed companies. The study further uncovered that an increase in the proportion of female directors on both the board and the audit committee amplifies their constructive influence on reporting quality.

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Six Social Media Trends for 2012

Harvard Business Review

Each year at this time, I look forward and predict trends in social media for the coming year. Social media continues to move forward toward business integration, a trend that I identified last year. So what can we expect in 2012 in a world that seems to grow ever connected by the hour? How'd I do? The Cult of Influence.

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Your company might ask you to delete TikTok from phone

HR Digest

A statement by company spokeswoman Kristin Brown later stated, ‘There is no change to our policies right now concerning TikTok.’ About TikTok: TikTok is a popular video-sharing social media platform launched by Beijing based company ByteDance in the year 2012.

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Is Your Social Media Policy Useless?

Harvard Business Review

You can enrage your boss via social media and be fired legally. It's not the case that you can just go on social media and scream about whatever you want to.". A January 2012 NLRB memo highlights a year's worth of their decisions involving social media, 14 in all. So the boundaries are a little clearer now, right?

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What Impact Does It Have When Leaders Become Sick?

The Horizons Tracker

The study gathered data on around 13,000 Danish SMEs from 1996 to 2012, with the data revealing that a five-to-seven day period of hospitalization for the CEO resulted in profitability of that business falling by 7% during that year. What’s more, this damage was even more severe if the period of hospitalization is longer.

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

Women on Business

However, since the new tax changes are only in effect from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2012, we may face another estate tax controversy down the road. So at least in the short term, we have a solution to the estate tax dilemma. I think most celebrities and tycoons will agree.

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Job Hunting Success Tips

Coaching Tip

percent, according to calculations by the Economic Policy Institute. Considering the expansion of the Internet, powerful search engines, and social media, it should be much easier to match potential employees with employers. Sources: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, June 14, 2012 and.

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