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Monday, August 8th, 2011Late Friday afternoon, Standard & Poors downgraded the United States’ credit rating by one notch. The stock market is tanking, the Chinese press is assaulting our nation’s reputation around the world, and the politicians in Washington are pointing fingers left and right, if you’ll pardon the pun.
It’s not as though they couldn’t [...]
Economic woes reduce highway safety
Friday, August 5th, 2011Continuing my Friday series on how to keep your business out of legal trouble, let’s take a look at a recent survey report published by AAA. (That’s right, the nice people who come and tow you when your car breaks down in the middle of the night.) According to AAA, about one in [...]
Don’t look the other way
Friday, July 15th, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s look again at the unfolding scandal in Great Britain around Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Today, Rebekah Brooks, apparently one of Murdoch’s most valued employees, stepped down from her position as Chief Executive of News International. Interestingly, Ms. Brooks has alleged that [...]
Thank you, Rupert Murdoch!
Thursday, July 14th, 2011It’s been fascinating to watch the hacking scandal blossom in the United Kingdom. In about a week, Rupert Murdoch has gone from being the unassailable king of the media hill to the target of unbridled outrage from all sides. Politicians who once courted his favor are now lining up to excoriate him. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Get translations!
Monday, May 2nd, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s nip across the pond, where Prince William has just married the lovely Duchess of Cambridge, nee Kate Middleton. The royal wedding has been much in the news, and it was a delight to listen to the festivities. Listening to NPR’s coverage [...]
Don’t be a sexist!
Friday, April 15th, 2011Continuing my Friday series on keeping your business out of court, let’s look at the class action lawsuit that’s currently pending against Walmart. Ten years ago, six female employees filed a class action suit against the mega-retailer, alleging that the company had a pervasively sexist culture. The plaintiffs alleged that female Walmart employees [...]
Disaster planning is essential to running an ethical business
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011This morning we awoke to the news that Japanese authorities have raised the severity level of the nuclear crisis iat the damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The accident has now been raised to Level Seven, previously applied only to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The good news is that the levels of radiation [...]
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