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Why Executives Should Talk About Racial Bias at Work

Harvard Business Review

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher.

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Executives Must Talk About Racial Bias at Work

Harvard Business Review

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher.

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VW’s Board Needed More Outsiders

Harvard Business Review

And then there are the class-action lawsuits that are sure to follow, given the deep pockets of the shareholders and government involved. This can only encourage U.S. and other national regulators to extract even more by way of fines and other penalties from the company.

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