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Archive for June, 2011
What do we care what Christine Lagarde wears?
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011After Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, was arrested in May on charges of attempted rape, the international monetary press was abuzz about who would replace him. Speculation immediately focused on French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde. Depsite objections from the heads of some countries with emerging economies to [...]
Accommodate special needs
Friday, June 24th, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s look at an aspect of employee relations that some companies honor reluctantly at best. Many employers think that, in an ideal world, every employee would be perfectly healthy and would have no family or other outside obligations to keep them from devoting [...]
Big Tobacco shouldn’t fight new warning labels
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011Earlier today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued nine new warning labels to be included on tobacco products by September of 2012. The labels are disturbingly graphic: pictures of diseased lungs, rotten teeth, an infant in a hazy cloud, a man exhaling smoke through a tracheotomy scar. Distressing as the photos are, [...]
Step away from the keyboard!
Friday, June 10th, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s focus on an issue that’s much in the news of late. Rep. Anthony Weiner is struggling to hold on to his seat in Congress in the wake of allegations that he e-mailed sexually explicit photos of himself to one or more women [...]
Heed your Loyal Opposition
Friday, June 3rd, 2011Resuming my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s talk about the person in your office that everyone loves to hate. That person - let’s call him Herman - is a chronic naysayer. Whenever someone tries to look on the bright side of a situation, Herman is quick to dwell [...]
How can we not raise America’s debt ceiling?
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Yesterday’s House vote not to raise the national debt ceiling came as no surprise to anyone who knows how politicians love to posture. After all, elected officials like to be able to send pics to the folks back home showing them “hanging tough on fiscal responsibility.” But how responsible are they really being?
Here’s [...]