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The Big Picture of Business – Diversity is Important for Business

Strategy Driven

Good intentions and political correctness are not enough. It is good business to recognize opportunities for practice development. Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. It is short sighted to ignore changes in society. It makes good business sense.

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The “Business in Society” Imperative for CEOs

Harvard Business Review

She must also have the experience and capability to address business-in-society issues—legislation, regulation, investigation, enforcement and litigation — that now create risk and opportunity in all dimensions of corporate activity. Recent global developments underscore the importance of these societal issues.

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How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively

Harvard Business Review

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. Here is a brief discussion of how the alliance works in key areas: Performance. What’s radically changed in recent years is complexity.

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The Big Picture of Business – Biggest Excuses They Use… and You Should Avoid: Rationales and Reasons Why Businesses Fail

Strategy Driven

Criticizing others may be cloaked as a subtle or even polite dialog. We can dispense with all that employee training and professional development. Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Some people and organizations go to great extremes to place spins, rationalize or save face. Interest rates are too high.

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Can the NFL Stop the Goalposts from Moving?

Harvard Business Review

One, showing the development of football rules and safety equipment through the decades , has been running during games for a while. This phrase has become popular lately in American politics (although it may have originated in the United Kingdom , with reference to rugby). In business, for example, the current norm allows U.S.

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