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Nasty People Drain Productivity in the Workplace

Posted in Corporate Culture, Ethics, HR, Harvard Business Review, Leadership, Nasty People, Productivity, Rant, Robert Sutton, The No Asshole Rule on April 9, 2007 | 4 Comments »

I recently re-read the Robert Sutton article entitled Nasty People.  This article, which helped lead the way to his recently published book The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace, discusses the impact that employees who create a hostile work environment have on others and the organization itself.  I immediately began to reflect on the [...]

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Executive Compensation

Posted in CEO, CEO Salary, Ethics, Executive Excess, Executive Pay, LA Times, Occidental petroleum, Options backdating, PBS, Ray Irani, United Health Group, William McGuire on April 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

 
Everywhere that we look we see articles, reports and blog postings about excessive executive pay.  Now, I admit that I am a bit conflicted.  I do not consider myself a greedy person, but I do believe that I am willing to accept as much as someone is willing to pay me for my absolute best [...]

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Oracle files suit against SAP

Posted in BusinessWeek, Ethics, Oracle, SAP, Technology on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

When I read the article on the suit filed by Oracle against SAP, I found myself wondering about Oracles license management system.  Time and the courts will tell if SAP is guilty of the charges filed against them by Oracle, but I was surprised that Oracle customers (or SAP employees as the suit claims) would [...]

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