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What Does the Term “Business Casual Attire” Mean?

HR Digest

Instead, we’re talking about the typical uniform worn by the majority of employees in various industries, including law firms, banks, advertising agencies, retail stores, hospitals, schools, real estate companies, restaurants, construction sites, and more. Business Casual Attire Examples. What does business casual look like?

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The Political Issues Board Directors Care Most About

Harvard Business Review

Education and immigration policy are also notably absent from directors’ main concerns. With such widespread pessimism, we hope that central banks will be ready to coordinate their policies to stabilize and support the world economy. Foreign policy and immigration policy are rarely cited as top worries.

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To Prevent Another Rana Plaza, Build Better Societies, Not Just Better Factories

Harvard Business Review

Since then, leaders from business, government, and civil society organizations have come together to address fire and building-safety issues in the apparel factories. A World Bank study tells us that the cost of land in Dhaka, where hundreds of thousands of garment workers live, is comparable to suburban New York. This needs to change.

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How Customers Perceive a Price Is as Important as the Price Itself

Harvard Business Review

Aggregator and comparison websites have brought greater price visibility and ease of product comparison to banking, insurance, hotels and other consumer markets. The experience of a European discount apparel retailer illustrates the power of a disciplined price-perception program.

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Transforming Diversity Hiring to Build an Inclusive and Equitable Organization

HR Digest

A global bank sourced 600 people with disabilities and the result was not a single person getting hired after identifying there was significant bias throughout the hiring process. It’s important to take a pulse of your policies and practices to determine where you need to focus to improve access and reduce bias.

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Microsoft Taxes Itself

Harvard Business Review

Over time, by my calculations, given the growth in cloud services the company is banking on, these carbon fees could rise to a more noticeable $50 million by 2020. It's innovative and committed, but it also points to a massive global failure of leadership on climate policy. But executives weren't charged real money.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2015

Harvard Business Review

Consider that other power brokers, such as Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, echoed themes similar to those the Pope raised. Ideas can affect the world more deeply than even historic treaties or agreements. Kim said in September , “we have no hope of ending extreme poverty unless we tackle climate change.”