Ethical pitfalls in academic publishing

Margaret Somerville | 10 September 2009 | comment 3

Today's ghost-writer might be simply yesterday's research assistant, argues an ethicist.

The business of looking after the family

Nuria Chinchilla | 07 August 2009 | comment 2

Only if they act responsibly towards the family can businesses and society at large thrive.

An oath to be ethical

Alejo José G. Sison | 05 June 2009 | comment 2

Some business graduates are leaving Harvard clutching a pledge card. But what difference will it make?

Gen Y’s long day at the office

Pamela Golamco | 04 June 2009 | comment 1

If graduates are being worked to death by greedy employers, do they need to take a look at their priorities?

Bonus rage and its pitfalls

John Robertson | 16 May 2009 | comment 1

When the dust of the AIG payouts has settled we may face a future as slaves of the corporate bottom line.

How could they be so greedy?

Joanna Bogle | 12 May 2009 | comment 4

The determination of British MPs to feather their nests may bring down the government.

Are Hope and Change tainted before Obama is even sworn in?

John Robson | 20 December 2008 | comment 2

Historian John Robson says Barack Obama is hardly the first president or president-elect to brush with scandal - real or imagined.

The peak of deception

Alejo José G. Sison | 19 December 2008 | comment 2

The racket perpetrated by Bernie Madoff may be the biggest so far, but it certainly won't be the last.

Shop till you drop

Carolyn Moynihan | 04 December 2008 | comment 1

A frenzied mob of New York bargain-hunters trampled a man to death in a pre-Christmas sale. Why? 

Lean times call for a lean workplace

Pamela Golamco | 25 November 2008 | comment 9

Rather than ship customer complaints off to Mumbai, businesses could eliminate them with some simple tools for efficiency.

Leadership’s missing ingredient

Dan Hoffman | 13 May 2008 | comment 7

What the fat books in airport kiosks won’t tell you.

Let a hundred protests bloom

Constance Kong | 16 February 2008 | comment 12

A dramatic withdrawal from the Beijing Games committee gives a lead to those concerned about China's human rights record. But will others act?

Making finance safe for our children

Oskari Juurikkala | 31 January 2008 | comment 5

The answer to the global financial crisis is not more regulation but more financiers with moral backbone.

Corporate apparatchiks

John Robertson | 14 December 2007 | comment 5

Forget about the free market. Today's executives maintain their outrageous salaries by strategies predicted by Karl Marx.

When more is never enough

Alejo José G. Sison | 26 November 2007 | comment 7

Executive compensation is soaring to unheard-of heights. What on earth do they want it for?

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