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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.

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Does Your CEO Really Get Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

We''re not a technology firm." "We It may end up someplace where laws, regulations, and ethics are highly questionable. For example, Brazil and Saudi Arabia sound like safe, low-cost offshore data locations, yet Transparency International''s Corruptions Perceptions Index ranks them lower than Cuba and Rwanda.

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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.