Filed in archive social aspects by Rob May on June 22, 2005 |

Women and Work

Is it true that women don't want to be the boss?

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Filed in archive social aspects by Rob May on June 10, 2005

Men and Women Argue Differently

I think anyone who is married knows men and women are very different when it comes to arguments. Now here is an interview with a professor about gender, arguments, fallacies, and how to get better results.
Filed in archive social aspects by Rob May on June 8, 2005

Two Teenagers and an Interesting Social Experiment

Interesting. IT TURNS OUT what your mother always tells you is true: People judge you by your looks. Just ask Shannon Nichols, a senior at Livermore's Granada High School. Nichols, 18, recently tested that theory when she was applying for jobs. One might…
Filed in archive social aspects by Rob May on May 12, 2005

When Social Issues Affect Business

Microsoft had a tough time figuring out whether or not to support gay rights legislation in Washington. All the pressure forced Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steven Ballmer to do something quite rare: backtrack. On May 6, the company announced that…
Filed in archive social aspects by Rob May on May 24, 2004

Working Poor

Businessweek has a special section this week on the working poor. According to the graphs they provide, low income is heavily correlated with the lack of a college education. Add to all this the fact that a college degree, the time-tested…
Filed in archive social aspects by Rob May on May 17, 2004

Corporate Social Responsibility

Some people think we should study the effects of business on social welfare a lot more. For too long, scholarship in the field of management has looked at economic performance rather than social welfare, argue HBS professor Joshua Margolis and colleagues…
Filed in archive social aspects by Rob May on January 22, 2004

Corporate Social Responsibility

The Economist has a great article called "Two Faced Capitalism." It addresses the rise in demands for corporate social responsibility. One of the biggest corporate fads of the 1990s---less overpowering, no doubt, than dotcom mania, but also longer-lived---was the flowering of…
Filed in archive social aspects by Rob May on October 22, 2003

Beyond Grey Pinstripes

Those of you interested in the social and environmental impacts of business may like to read this report. What is it about? I'll let the website tell you: If the next generation of business leaders is to excel at managing enterprises…
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Business Notes

Congress may approve "the biggest overhaul of mortgage financing since the New Deal."

The government is acknowledging the suffering of business owners everywhere by raising the gas deductible by eight cents.

The Metropolitan Money Store defrauded potential foreclosure victims out of millions of dollars by setting up fake loans and inflated appraisals. Ouch.

The Fed, in a determined effort to control inflation, said today it would "strongly resist" inflationary pressures on the economy. Translation: interest rates are going up in the not-to-distant future.

The US Department of Labor has released statistics showing that unemployment is at 5.5%, much higher than anyone thought. Yet another confirmation of the recession.

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