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Monday, November 22nd, 2010The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that federal authories are finishing up a three-year investigation into yet another insider trading scandal. According to the Journal, criminal and civil probes are expected to result in charges against investment bankers, hedge-fund and mutual-fund traders, analysts and consultants, and could expose a culture of pervasive [...]
Let your people chill!
Friday, November 19th, 2010Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s talk about a chronic problem that affects entirely too many workers: stress. Last week, mental health charity Mindreported that almost one in five workers in the U.K. had taken stress-induced sick leave, but nearly all of them (a whopping 93%) lied to [...]
Make sure your employees know your rules
Monday, November 15th, 2010When Keith Olbermann returned to MSNBC after his brief suspension, he made an even briefer statement about how he came to violate his network’s policy on campaign donations. Apparently, Olbermann wasn’t aware that MSNBC had such a policy. Consequently, he made his donations not realizing that they would get him in hot water [...]
Was MSNBC right to reinstate Keith Olbermann?
Monday, November 8th, 2010When MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann last week for making about $7500 in contributions to Democrat candidates, howls of outrage ensued. After all, as Olbermann’s colleague Rachel Maddow pointed out, Fox News’ hosts regularly raise millions for Republican candidates. Why should Olbermann be penalized for exercising his right to support his preferred candidates at [...]
Insist on translations
Friday, November 5th, 2010Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s discuss a potential pitfall that has emerged relatively recently. Commerce is becoming more international all the time as American businesses try to tap into new markets abroad. It’s all well and good … but it also creates a tremendous opportunity for [...]
The voting’s over … now what?
Thursday, November 4th, 2010Now that the midterm elections are over, a couple of things seem to me to need saying. First, let’s look at what actually happened. Republican candidates won a majority of seats in the House, a solid minority in the Senate, and many gubernatorial seats. Several former “lions” of the Congress are no [...]
Vote your ethics
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010Election Day is always a big deal here in Washington. With the polls showing a likely turnover in the House and possible change in the Senate, too, you can practically hear Capitol Hill vibrating from incumbents shaking in their boots. The whole thing is starting to feel entirely too much like a football [...]
Be careful whom you hire!
Friday, October 29th, 2010Resuming my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s return to the latest on the Gulf oil spill. According to recent press reports, the Administration committee investigating the spill has discovered that BP wasn’t the only company whose failure to take appropriate precautions may have led to the disaster. It [...]
Was NPR right to fire Juan Williams?
Thursday, October 21st, 2010Frequent readers of this blog know that I’m a regular NPR listener and, ordinarily, a big fan. Right now, however, I’m struggling with mixed emotions about how the public radio service has handled one of its star commentators. Juan Williams was reportedly fired for saying on Fox News that he gets “nervous” on [...]
Anita Hill shouldn’t apologize
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010Talk about a bolt from the blue … nineteen years ago, Anita Hill grabbed the attention of the nation when she testified at the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She told an ugly story of sexual harassment, describing how Justice Thomas, her former boss, had made her working life extremely uncomfortable. [...]
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