Monday, July 27, 2015

Should "Cost of Doing Business" Include Product Safety?

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Over the years, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the "cost of doing business". Traditionally, that has meant a prett...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Paid Leave: Do the Right Thing. I Don't Care If It's For the Wrong Reason.

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The United States likes to celebrate its "exceptionalism", except when it's exceptional on the wrong side of the bell curve. ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Once Again: If People Are Dying Because of Your Product, Admit It, and Fix It. Fast.

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Most of us hate publicly admitting our failings. We're good at not admitting them to ourselves, and we're really  good at hiding th...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Will Coal Finally Clean Up its Act?

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I started writing about how dirty "clean coal" is back in 2010 and 2011 ( here , here , and here ), originally driven by the horri...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

How Long Should It Take to Admit to Product Defects?

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That, of course, is a very different question from, "How Long Will  It Take to Admit to Product Defects?" About six months ago, ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

What Does It Take to Get Fired?

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If you're a stockbroker, apparently, more than can be believed. As The New York Times ' Susan Antilla wrote in today's paper (...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Surprise! Looks Like Us Non-Bankers Were Right About the Bankers

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Every since the 2008 financial crisis nearly imploded the whole global financial system, we non-bankers have been hoping for a perp walk in ...