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UPS Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit for $4.9 Million

HR Digest

United Parcel Service has agreed to pay $4.9 A discrimination charge with the EEOC’s Buffalo office was filed by Bilal Abdullah of Rochester in 2015. million over claims that it discriminated against male workers and job applicants who wore beards or long hair because of their religion.

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

That’s part and parcel of Mary’s success, and the rest of the team plays well together, too.” “What we have here is a culture of team rather than of personality,” Dan Akerson told a Forbes reporter proudly, explaining the management changes. They play well as a team.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

In the 2015 Letter he talks about the benefits of high-velocity decisions. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). Bezos 2015 Letter) To be clear, Amazon has an “intolerance for incompetence.” Principle 12 – Focus on High Standards). There are a couple of principles which seem to stand out.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

The top 10 companies in the Global Empathy Index 2015 increased in value more than twice as much as the bottom 10 and generated 50% more earnings. The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies, 2015. United Parcel Service. In total half a million tweets were analyzed during the period between October 6 and October 31, 2015.

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For U.S. Employers, Health Care Reform Is a Watching and Waiting Game

Harvard Business Review

These logistics took a sharp new turn last week when the Obama administration decided to delay enforcing mandatory employer and insurer employment requirements until 2015. The administration also needs time to work on the reporting requirements that will be part and parcel of making the system work.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

This annual pool of resources and money is parceled out to the various initiatives in the innovation portfolio as those projects evolve and grow in importance over time. billion projected for FY 2015 (which ends in June), thanks largely to the building of a $1 billion new-growth business this year. billion in 2010 to $4.9

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.” ’s digital state, its total economic gain could be to the tune of Eur 100 billion.

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