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Research: Whistleblowers Are a Sign of Healthy Companies

Harvard Business Review

Some of the worst corporate disasters of the past two decades were heralded by whistleblowers: Sherron Watkins raised the red flag internally at Enron, Cynthia Cooper let management know of major accounting problems at WorldCom, and Matthew Lee brought problems to his management team at Lehman Brothers. Barbara Chase/Getty Images.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? ” To hit the aggressive growth targets (750 by the end of 2013 and 1000 by November 2014) Waldo had to rewrite some GE rules. General Electric turns out to be an excellent case in point.

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Business Can Help End Child Labor

Harvard Business Review

This past winter, I had the distinct honor of meeting activist Kailash Satyarthi , the co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. The occasion was the Tuck Global Leadership 2030 executive education program, which took place in Chennai, India, and Satyarthi was the distinguished guest. Economics & Society Ethics Multinational'