Monthly Archives: May 2015
How Fair Is Actuarial Fairness?
A new paper, on an important and often-misunderstood topic! From the Journal of Business Ethics: >>> How Fair Is Actuarial Fairness?, by Xavier Landas Abstract: Insurance is pervasive in many social settings. As a cooperative device based on risk pooling,
How Fair Is Actuarial Fairness?
A new paper, on an important and often-misunderstood topic! From the Journal of Business Ethics: >>> How Fair Is Actuarial Fairness?, by Xavier Landas Abstract: Insurance is pervasive in many social settings. As a cooperative device based on risk pooling,
Climate Change & Public Policy
New from the scholarly journal Business & Society. >>> The Drivers of Corporate Climate Change Strategies and Public Policy: A New Resource-Based View Perspective by Charles Backman, Alain Verbeke, and Robert Schulz. Effective public policy to mitigate climate change footprints
Climate Change & Public Policy
New from the scholarly journal Business & Society. >>> The Drivers of Corporate Climate Change Strategies and Public Policy: A New Resource-Based View Perspective by Charles Backman, Alain Verbeke, and Robert Schulz. Effective public policy to mitigate climate change footprints
Cultivating a Culture of Values
Why focus on ethics? For a variety of reasons, not least of which is the business benefits it brings. Why culture? Because, as the saying goes, culture trumps strategy every time. >>> Ethically yours: Why companies are cultivating a culture
Cultivating a Culture of Values
Why focus on ethics? For a variety of reasons, not least of which is the business benefits it brings. Why culture? Because, as the saying goes, culture trumps strategy every time. >>> Ethically yours: Why companies are cultivating a culture
Women Lawyers Building the Firm they Want to Work At
Women make less than men, in part because they more seldom get promoted to management and to, say, partnership positions in law firms. One standard reply is that this is the result of women making different choices, including ones related
Women Lawyers Building the Firm they Want to Work At
Women make less than men, in part because they more seldom get promoted to management and to, say, partnership positions in law firms. One standard reply is that this is the result of women making different choices, including ones related
Is it OK to Take Software You Wrote With You When You Quit ?
Is software code a ‘tangible object’ in the sense required in order to make ‘taking’ it (copying it) a form of theft? Of course, beyond the legal question, there’s the ethical question of whether taking files you worked on is
Is it OK to Take Software You Wrote With You When You Quit ?
Is software code a ‘tangible object’ in the sense required in order to make ‘taking’ it (copying it) a form of theft? Of course, beyond the legal question, there’s the ethical question of whether taking files you worked on is
Buffett: Inequality is a Problem, But Raising Minimum Wage is Not the Solution
Warren Buffett is so phenomenally rich that comparison with mere mortals is silly. But there is a vast, and relevant, disparity between the average working-class American and the average, run-of-the-mill American millionaire. Buffet thinks the disparity is a problem, but
Buffett: Inequality is a Problem, But Raising Minimum Wage is Not the Solution
Warren Buffett is so phenomenally rich that comparison with mere mortals is silly. But there is a vast, and relevant, disparity between the average working-class American and the average, run-of-the-mill American millionaire. Buffet thinks the disparity is a problem, but
$1 Billion Paves Way for Gas Plant on Aboriginal Land
Gas and oil processing plants are touchy subject these days. Some of the controversy comes from the fact that such plants tend to be remotely located, and feed pipelines that tend to cross vast tracts of land. That means lots
$1 Billion Paves Way for Gas Plant on Aboriginal Land
Gas and oil processing plants are touchy subject these days. Some of the controversy comes from the fact that such plants tend to be remotely located, and feed pipelines that tend to cross vast tracts of land. That means lots
Does Rewarding Whistleblowers Damage Corporate Compliance Programs?
Under a new plan, corporate whistleblowers in Ontario could reap financial rewards. The worry expressed in the article below is that corporations’ internal compliance programs — designed to stop problems while they’re still small — can’t compete. So if I
Does Rewarding Whistleblowers Damage Corporate Compliance Programs?
Under a new plan, corporate whistleblowers in Ontario could reap financial rewards. The worry expressed in the article below is that corporations’ internal compliance programs — designed to stop problems while they’re still small — can’t compete. So if I
Are Discounts for Seniors Unethical?
Is giving a discount to seniors an unfair form of age discrimination? The writer below wonders about this, in both the context of business transactions, and in the context of government services, municipal taxes, etc. But the overarching point is
Are Discounts for Seniors Unethical?
Is giving a discount to seniors an unfair form of age discrimination? The writer below wonders about this, in both the context of business transactions, and in the context of government services, municipal taxes, etc. But the overarching point is
Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Rescue
Why is it that we’ll pay millions to rescue trapped miners after a mine collapses, but won’t pay a few thousand dollars to prevent the accident in the first place? >>> Corporate Responsibility and the “Rule of Rescue:” (4-minute video
Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Rescue
Why is it that we’ll pay millions to rescue trapped miners after a mine collapses, but won’t pay a few thousand dollars to prevent the accident in the first place? >>> Corporate Responsibility and the “Rule of Rescue:” (4-minute video
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