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A New Digital Iron Curtain

Coaching Tip

At the just-concluded conference of the International Telecommunications Union in Dubai, the U.S. The majority of authoritarian governments in a one-country, one-vote system will keep chipping away at the open Internet. It was also too good to last. and its allies got outmaneuvered. The best way to stop them is to abolish the ITU.

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Preventing Another Bangladesh Tragedy: Three Ways to Transform Supply Chain Ethics

Harvard Business Review

So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. We already have complex systems for ensuring that some products get marked with country of origin; some firms are taking voluntary steps to reveal where stuff comes from in detail and down to the micro-level of batch, plant, and date.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

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. Cisco Systems. BAE Systems. Telecommunications. Telecommunications. compared to weighted average of 5.2% Technology.

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What Data Scientists Really Do, According to 35 Data Scientists

Harvard Business Review

But it’s poised to transform all sectors, from retail, telecommunications, and agriculture to health, trucking, and the penal system. Ethics is among the field’s biggest challenges. This non-exhaustive list illustrates data-science revolutions across a multitude of verticals.

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Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

It seems like just about the time we felt like we had things dialed in, something would come along to throw our system out of whack. His achievements in building profitable and ethical companies have been featured in a variety of national media including USA Today, Automotive News, Entrepreneur Magazine , and Globe.

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Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy

Harvard Business Review

Too few businesses have sought to make a systemic approach to public policy an important dimension of their global posture. telecommunications or food safety or healthcare or aerospace or energy/environment). The stakes are very high. They can be cross-cutting issues which impact the whole corporation (e.g.,