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Recent ResearchDecember 23, 2009 The Best-Performing CEOs in the World
Source:Harvard Business Review
A lot of people have blamed short-term thinking for causing our current economic troubles, which has set off a debate about what time window we should use to assess a CEO’s performance. Today boards of directors, senior managers,... December 17, 2009 Boston Consulting Group Global Survey: Business Executives Expect Difficult Times to Continue in 2010 -- but Are Failing to Plan Tough, Defensive ActionsSource:loud Computing JournalToo few companies have taken or plan to take the long-term, defensive measures necessary to survive and thrive in the wake of the Great Recession December 15, 2009 CFA Institute Study Reveals EU Market Fragmentation Has Had No Material Impact on Price FormationSource:CFA InstituteCFA Institute has released Market Microstructure: The Impact of Fragmentation, a report that aims to show investors’ experiences since the implementation of the European Union’s (EU) Markets in Financial Instruments Directive...[more] December 15, 2009 INTEGRITY AND CORPORATE STRATEGY NEED BETTER INTEGRATIONSource:The Conference BoardSenior management and boards must move proactively to better integrate integrity and corporate strategy, according to a report by two leading ethics practitioners who are members of The Conference Board Global Council on Business...[more] December 14, 2009 House Financial Reform Bill: The Good, the Bad and the UglySource:AllGov.comHouse Democrats narrowly passed a Wall Street reform plan on Friday, sending to the Senate a mixed bag of changes that was both praised and criticized by consumer advocates. Detractors of the financial industry were happy with... December 14, 2009 A look at the Senate's healthcare compromiseSource:Los Angeles TimesLast week, Senate Democrats reached a tentative agreement on a proposal to help move the healthcare overhaul forward. Many details will become clear after the Congressional Budget Office provides estimates of the proposal's cost.... December 11, 2009 Fox News Poll: 54 Percent Prefer Congress Do Nothing on Health CareSource:Fox NewsCongress is working nights and weekends to pass legislation that Americans don't like, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday. A majority -- 57 percent -- oppose the health care reform legislation being considered right... December 9, 2009 Survey Shows Disconnect Between the Strategic Value and Measurement of Sustainability InitiativesSource:PR NewswireA recent survey of corporate sustainability leaders shows that while sustainability initiatives are seen as having significant strategic value to organizations, the reporting on these initiatives is challenging. The survey found... December 8, 2009 Cisco Releases 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility ReportSource:CNN MoneyCompany Continues to Mitigate Environmental Impact, Promote Societal Advancement December 7, 2009 Research and Markets: Owning up: the 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to AskSource:Stockhouse.comResearch and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Owning Up: The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask" to their offering. December 4, 2009 Ethics, CSR and sustainability should have greater prominence in business schools' curricula
Source:Human Resources Magazine.co.uk
Business schools should adopt a stakeholder rather than a shareholder approach to their curriculum with more coverage of sustainability, corporate social responsibility and business ethics, new research reveals. December 3, 2009 Pay for Success’ Companies Trim Bonuses When Performance FaltersSource:Cloud Computing JournalCompanies identified as having a successful pay-for-performance link in 2008 that did not meet target performance either drastically reduced bonuses or eliminated them altogether, according to a new report from The Corporate... December 3, 2009 CSR reporters buck downturnSource:IR MagazineThe number of companies producing their first corporate social responsibility (CSR) report in 2009 is matching the level of last year, suggesting that the downturn has done little to dent the growing popularity of CSR reports. December 3, 2009 International Survey Reveals How Globalization Is Defining Workplace SkillsSource:CNN MoneyResponding to globalization of the workplace, employees worldwide are developing a new suite of cross-cultural and language skills that will equip them to prosper in a more multinational environment, according to recent findings... December 2, 2009 Exclusive: CSR should be maintained even when budgets are tightSource:Human ResourcesMore employees (31%) would rather see their organisations maintain budgets for CSR/volunteering activities than cut back in the short term to preserve jobs (19%). This is the surprising but somewhat heartening response from more... December 2, 2009 Gauging GlobalizationSource:ForbesLloyd Blankfein's $500 million mea culpa for Goldman Sachs' role in the financial crisis drew some predictable derision. The Wall Street Journal's Mean Street column pooh-poohed it as a meaningless public relations exercise that... December 1, 2009 Ethics in the Workplace Improved During the Recession, National Employee Survey Shows
Source:Behavioral Health Central
Do Americans in the workplace behave better in a down economy? Apparently yes, according to the Ethics Resource Center, which announced the results of its sixth National Business Ethics Survey® (NBES) December 1, 2009 Get serious about CSR, say Gen Y-ersSource:Management Today.comCompanies tend to make a big song and dance about their CSR efforts - but staff aren't buying it. That's according to a new study by Badenoch & Clark, which claims that 83% of employees think their employer lacks proper... December 1, 2009 Consumer Reports: Two Thirds of Chickens Carry BacteriaSource:ABC NewsThe bad news from a new study is that two thirds of store-bought chicken was found to be contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria. The good news is that, believe it or not, the numbers are better than two years ago, when... November 30, 2009 Employee recruitment and CSR: The evidenceSource:CSR AsiaAccording to an interesting recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, graduates place a very high value on a company's CSR policies. The survey found that 71% of recent graduates would rather work for a business with strong... November 30, 2009 ERM could benefit many who overlook itSource:Business Insurance.comMuch has been written about enterprise risk management, yet ERM still does not appear to be gaining the traction it should with organizations that would benefit from its implementation November 24, 2009 Corporate social responsibility enters the strategic realmSource:CIOOrganisations today are increasingly recognising the benefit of focusing on environmental and social responsibility as a strategic objective. IBM's 2009 survey of 224 business leaders worldwide shows that three quarters of... November 24, 2009 New Risk Management Book Helps Directors and Executives Create Effective Risk StrategiesSource:Business WireA new book titled “Enterprise Risk Management and COSO: A Guide for Directors, Executives, and Practitioners,” by authors Harry Cendrowski and William C. Mair of Cendrowski Corporate Advisors (www.cca-advisors.com), provides... November 23, 2009 Execs Kept Wealth as Banks Failed, Study Says
Source:New York Times
Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers paid their executives largely in stock, and that stock lost most or all of its value when those companies collapsed. Many people on Wall Street say these examples help make the case that pay... November 23, 2009 U.S. business economists raise 2010 growth outlookSource:ReutersA group of U.S. business economists boosted their forecast for economic growth over the next year, but said the jobless rate will remain stubbornly high, a survey released on Monday showed. |
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