N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the financial derivatives market collapse, Toyota concealing owner reports of sudden acceleration (resulting in a USA man sentenced to prison) and the BP Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Vision never drives mission. impact the competitive arena.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

For example, we might call a long-term customer on the day his annual report is due, and take it personally when he doesn’t have the bandwidth to give us feedback on our new product offering, or we might take rejection personally when a new sales call tells us it’s not a good time, not knowing that he’s late for his anniversary dinner.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Proceed with extreme caution.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Businesses are more profitable and productive when they act ethically, treat their staff well, and communicate better with their customers, according to the latest Lady Geek Global Empathy Index. Many British firms have been slow to recognize the direct correlation between corporate empathy and growth and productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

The CFO-GC alliance has always been important because the finance function and the legal function are truly the nervous system of the corporation—sending critical signals to all parts of the company about the accuracy of the financials and compliance with law.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

Few issues are more foundational to driving improvements in human health than creating productive, progressive relationships between clinical medicine and the biopharmaceutical industry. Since many faculty members rely in part or fully on grants for their salaries, they are highly motivated to report data that supports grant applications.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

In the lean-manufacturing context, in contrast, assembly line workers learn to execute a variety of production tasks, take responsibility for product quality, and are encouraged to find ways to improve the production process. Workers tend to earn more and report higher engagement with their jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

On the other hand, managers feel that Gen Y employees have unrealistic salary/compensation expectations (51%), a poor work ethic (47%), and are easily distracted (46%). The recession has forced millennials to develop this work ethic, with 44% of students who are working to help finance their education, reports Rutgers University.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

However it is my opinion that diversity is not being addressed properly, and as a result has become one of the leading killers of corporate productivity. When you force the diversity agenda for the wrong reasons (no matter how well intended) productivity suffers and resentment grows. In fact, the report points out how “U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

As the president of Almond China, he wanted to show his Chongqing colleagues how much he cared about the topic under discussion: ethical business practices. Liu kept an eye on Wang as the HR director leading the training explained Almond's ethics regulations and the legal consequences of business bribery. Ho looked flustered.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

A recent UK report from The High Pay Commission sets out a multi-faceted political case — on business, economic, and social grounds — against such extreme compensation growth. At a minimum, the report should be carefully scrutinized by U.S. But these debates have, so far, had little political impact. per cent in 1979. (In

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

” The New York Times Magazine recently reported a longform story to answer the question, “Can an algorithm tell when kids are in danger?” ” Lastly, by looking at historical data on publicly traded companies, a team of finance professors set out to build an algorithm to choose the best board members for a given company.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

But “reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” as Mark Twain said. EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. It’s not just products. Merck and Co. Experimentation is vital.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

The piece, which won a Pulitzer Prize for reporter David Barstow , raised a host of personal accountability and corporate governance issues for the company. Late last month, on the second anniversary of the story nearly to the day, Walmart released its first Global Compliance Report (GCR).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

This data is both financial (revenues, profits, growth) and non-financial (customer sentiment, employee engagement, marketing effectiveness, product feedback, and partner ecosystems). Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. ZB by 2020.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

12:53 PM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Edward Hallowell | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print If youre working — either from home or the office — over Thanksgiving, Im not sure whether to say, "Congratulations on your work ethic!" No selling of products or services. No ad hominem attacks.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

In some sciences, progress can be measured by finding answers to questions, not merely reporting significant effects. At the same time, it is long past time for the field to have a serious conversation where their data comes from, and the ethics of using big data. But how do we evaluate this research? do nice guys finish last?).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Issues bearing significantly on the business emerge not just in legislative, executive, or regulatory settings; they can also arise in litigation or transactions or adoption of ethical standards necessary to pre-empt policy proposals. They can be cross-cutting issues which impact the whole corporation (e.g., A needed a pproach.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Zippia reports that 79 percent of professionals believe in the connection between networking and career success. You may want to lead a company, be responsible for a new product, design the next big campaign, be the go-to person for a specific skill, etc. Identify the basis for your desired recognition.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. They can invest in for-benefit enterprises.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

” There are real risks involved in not distributing the workload in an equitable way, says Julie Morgenstern, productivity expert and author of Never Check E-Mail in the Morning. “It’s important to make sure your employees understand you don’t equate hours with productivity,” according to Davey.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2011

If they're compartmentalized, the risk of crisis is much lower than if all sorts of financial products and institutions are allowed to mix together in a giant sloshfest. So tankers are comprised of lots of smaller, separate tanks, which keeps the sloshing in check and the ships afloat. Financial markets are like that, Soros goes on.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

Major banks in the global financial system are under investigation because LIBOR rates are based on information provided by them, and JP Morgan Chase and Royal Bank of Scotland are among the institutions reported to be in settlement discussions.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recommend you devote the bulk of your marketing budget to developing excellent content and lots of it, with some additional funds set aside for design, production, and maintenance. Your web properties include: websites, blogs, wikis, videos, podcasts, social networking profiles, images, applications, badges, and affiliate sites.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Smith charged that Goldman put its own interests ahead of clients; people were promoted by foisting profitable but unsuitable products on customers; and that Goldman's culture of service had given way to a culture of greed. As I, and others, noted at the time , the Times op-ed was high on indignation and low on facts.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

For example, Apple says that whenever it finds an underage worker in its supply chain, it sends the child home safely, continues paying his or her wages, and even finances the child’s education and offers employment once doing so is legal. More diligence is possible.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

for certain domestic markets due to rising costs abroad and labor productivity at home.) Companies must step up and honestly explain why they offshore business functions and employment in a broad array of product and service activities to compete in a truly global economy. especially in fast-growing foreign markets.

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