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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Michel Kripalani – President & CEO of Oceanhouse Media, an app development company, ranked by Inc 500 as one the Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2014.

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What Is Management Research Actually Good For?

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, it is long past time for the field to have a serious conversation where their data comes from, and the ethics of using big data. For some researchers, that spreadsheet could have been an ethically questionable window into contemporary corporate practices. at the end of 2014.

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Who’s Responsible for the Walmart Mexico Scandal?

Harvard Business Review

The report describes the company’s governance response and changed compliance framework — from holding 20 audit committee meetings in 2014, to substantial organizational restructuring, to enhanced education and training. On paper, Walmart appears to have adopted many best practices and to have set out a sound plan for moving forward.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. This combination provides scale, scope, and cost economies, which allow Ilum to tailor its offering for each individual hospital. It’s not just products. Experimentation is vital.

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Why Companies Are Blind to Child Labor

Harvard Business Review

For example, Apple says that whenever it finds an underage worker in its supply chain, it sends the child home safely, continues paying his or her wages, and even finances the child’s education and offers employment once doing so is legal. Many companies claim to adhere to strict policies about child labor. More diligence is possible.