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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business Review

Workers specialize in simple, highly routinized operations. They are incentivized to complete operations as quickly as possible. Operations in a Connected World. The initiative sought to improve manufacturing operations — to deliver high-quality products in relatively small batches and on shorter production deadlines.

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Who’s Responsible for the Walmart Mexico Scandal?

Harvard Business Review

Late last month, on the second anniversary of the story nearly to the day, Walmart released its first Global Compliance Report (GCR). Certainly an important goal for Walmart’s board and current management is to improve the company’s compliance capability. Think GM and its delays in addressing problems with an ignition switch.).

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A Model Stakeholder Strategy from the Garment Industry

Harvard Business Review

Our stakeholder-based strategy rests on the following key pillars: People: The human factor plays a central role in our operations, and thus our business growth must be tied to the growth of our people. CEOs and boards: Esquel's governance and incentive structure allow it to persistently embrace and pursue the values described above.