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| Pr Pros Are Good Ethical Thinkers
For years journalists and others have questioned the ethics of public relations practitioners and firms. People in PR, however, appear to be getting a bad rap. That’s what a new study funded by the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication at Penn State University has found.
Journal of Public Relations Research, Jul-2009 | 12-Aug-2009
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| BIZ | Narcissistic Bosses Destroy Morale, Drive Down Bottom Line
In recent years, the motivations of business leaders such as financier Bernard Madoff and former Enron CEO Ken Lay have come under increased scrutiny as a result of behavior that caused both their employees and the public considerable distress. Unquestionably, many of the documented lapses in judgment can be traced to selfishness and a failure to check one’s ego. | 07-Aug-2009
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| BIZ | New Article Examines Benefits of Internal Whistle-Blowing
According to a new article based on research by two professors at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and a colleague at Georgetown University, though, many organizations fail to implement evidence-based policies that encourage whistle-blowers to report wrongdoing internally -- and suffer the consequences.
J. of Business Ethics | 15-Jun-2009
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| BIZ | Employers Stepping Up Efforts to Prevent Unions in Workplace
Employer tactics against workers’ efforts to form unions have increased and are more punitive than in the past, according to a new four-year study by Kate Bronfenbrenner, senior lecturer in the ILR School and director of Labor Education Research. | 20-May-2009
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| BIZ | Social Responsibility Does Not Mitigate Negative Market Response Due to Crisis
Clients of the major accounting firm Arthur Anderson sustained negative stock-market returns following public announcement that the firm had shredded documents related to its infamous Enron audit in 2002. In a new study, a University of Arkansas accounting researcher reports that corporate social responsibility on the part of some of these firms did not prevent a drop in their market value following the Enron audit failure.
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy | 14-May-2009
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| BIZ | Bank of America Branch Manager Worked For $400,000,000 Ponzi Scheme
Victims of one of the largest internet-based Ponzi scheme's in history alleged in an amended complaint filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. that a Bank of America branch manager worked directly for AdSurf, the fraudulent entity running the scheme. | 12-May-2009
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| BIZ | Law Student Research Finds Ministers Struggling to Address Payday Lending
A University of Iowa law students examines why payday lending services are so successful in areas with large populations of evangelical Christians, whose faith suggests they should stay away from such businesses because of Biblical teachings against usury. | 01-May-2009
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| BIZ | Forget About Greed, Envy Makes the World Go Round; Compensation Plans Can Make Or Break a Firm
Envy is the new greed according to professors at Washington University in St. Louis. While greed has been blamed for most of financial sector’s problems, new research indicates envy is the real culprit. Researches warn envy is driving top talent from Wall Street and the banking industry and it could wreak even more havoc on the economy in the months to come.
Strategic Management J., 29, 2008 | 21-Apr-2009
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| BIZ | Are CEOs Overpaid?
Amid the current economic turmoil, the debate over CEO pay has intensified. Now more than ever, the propriety of large salaries and bonuses for CEOs is leading people to ask, “Are CEOs overpaid?”
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Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 06-Mar-2009
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| Lawsuit Alleges Bank of America Vital To Success of Internet Ponzi Scheme
Victims of an Internet-based Ponzi scheme filed a lawsuit against Bank of America and the organizers of the scheme in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Using elaborate misrepresentations, including numerous video postings on YouTube, organizers induced victims from around the country to purchase so-called “ad packages” from the following entities: AdSurfDaily, AdSurfDaily Cash Generator, Golden Panda Ad Builder, and La Fuente Dinero. | 30-Jan-2009
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