Saturday, December 31, 2011

Here a Fee, There a Fee, Everywhere a Fee, Fee

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But (headline aside), sometimes a big enough outcry can get the fee to go away. I'll admit it: I hate fees. I hate getting nickel-and-...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

How "Fair" is "Fair Trade"?

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What product is produced with the most forced or child labor in the world? If you said, "Gold"; you're right. Number two? Cott...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

What's the Cost of Doing Business? What Should It Be?

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A couple of stories in today's New York Times got me thinking about the "cost of doing business". That's a phrase that ge...
Friday, November 11, 2011

Want to Make Your Employees Feel Truly Valued? Don't Do This.

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Zynga, the maker of great time-wasters like FarmVille, is obviously brilliant when it comes to motivating customers. Motivating employees? N...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Olympus Continues its Fall

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The Olympus debacle, as I noted last month (see original posts here and here ), seemed at first like an interesting culture clash between i...
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Just How Trustworthy is that Trustworthy Guy in the Corner Office?

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You know how, when someone is arrested for a truly heinous crime, there's always a neighbor interviewed who says something along the lin...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Is the Goldman Halo Slipping? (Please Tell Me It Is)

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"But -- he was at Goldman ." For a long time now there's been a halo around Goldman Sachs, despite the occasional outrageous m...