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How Whistleblowers Deter Poor Behavior

The Horizons Tracker

Whistleblowers are typically viewed as a positive force in helping us to uncover crooked behavior. They explored how the stock market reacted when 13 data leaks involving offshore tax evasion at Swiss banks were made public. Active deterrent. In the first couple of days after the leak, however, they fell by around 1.1%

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Sustainable Leadership and Organizations: The Ideas of Martin Seligman

Michael Lee Stallard

Seligman, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, founded the positive psychology movement when he became president of the American Psychological Association. Positive psychology has identified 24 character strengths that it believes — and a growing body of research shows — affect human flourishing.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve. The simple truth is that lowering standards is never a good thing in any environment. 60% of graduates are female.

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Does Your CEO Really Get Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

If it does have a CSO and the CEO chooses to eliminate that position, do the same thing, because it''s the wrong answer. It may end up someplace where laws, regulations, and ethics are highly questionable. While you''re firing him, inform the CEO that data security is the number one critical need for U.S.

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In Defense of Responsible Offshoring and Outsourcing

Harvard Business Review

Yet, the imperatives of offshore facilities and employees are — and will remain — central to American companies' international competitiveness. Offshoring and outsourcing today are like sex in the Victorian era: repressed or criticized in public discussion, much practiced in private behavior. Business Purpose.