As in Indiana and Arkansas, corporate America now wields clout on social issues
The controversy over the state’s religious rights measure signed into law last week has been striking for the parade of well-known businesses that not only joined in the opposition to … Continue reading
Emails Show Conflict Behind ExxonMobil’s Discrimination Policy Case
A vice president of ExxonMobil has lashed out at the head of an LGBT workplace rights organization that called the global oil company “the most antigay corporation in America” because … Continue reading
A New Business Strategy: Treating Employees Well
Call centers are not, typically, very happy places… But the employees in this call center in Vermont are rosy-cheeked and—can it be?—smiling. Welcome to King Arthur Flour, a 225-year-old company … Continue reading
How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession
Simply put, being a doctor has become a miserable and humiliating undertaking. Indeed, many doctors feel that America has declared war on physicians—and both physicians and patients are the losers… Yet physicians … Continue reading
Barra confesses lack of values, not bad apples, led GM to crisis
Even when the evidence of wrongdoing is overwhelming, leaders who are prepared to endure the indignation of grandstanding lawmakers in respectful silence are typically permitted to leave with their professional … Continue reading
India Inc tightens screws on quitters venting online
Given how easy it is today for disgruntled or ex-employees to vent in cyberspace, a number of Indian companies are introducing social media policies and non-disparagement clauses… Most likely to bad-mouth … Continue reading
French recycling company adopts ‘secularism charter’
Paprec, a recycling company in the northern Paris suburb of La Courneuve, became France’s first privately-owned business to adopt a so-called “secularism charter” on Tuesday, which forbids its employees from … Continue reading
Why CVS Isn’t Selling Cigarettes Anymore
CVS’s 800 MinuteClinics are the country’s largest provider of retail health care, and its staff does everything from writing prescriptions to providing vaccinations. The company’s decision reveals the tension many … Continue reading
For New York City Fire Department, More Diversity Amid Tension
But when the new recruits — known as probationary firefighters or probies — arrive at their assigned firehouses, many of them could face an even bigger challenge. There is animosity … Continue reading
