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Businesses are not, despite what new laws may say, human — but the people who run them are. For over a hundred years and increasingly so over the past few decades, the people who have run large businesses have been caught making decisions that are morally and ethically corrupt, greedy, ruthless, and even cruel in […]
The U.S. has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to corrupt leaders whose dirty laundry has been aired throughout the past decade. From insider trading to shady dealings while in political office to fraud and other unlawful practices while heading a company, you have to hand it to these guys – they’re nothing if […]
In an ideal world, one could donate to whatever charity of one’s choosing and rest assured that the money would go towards helping make the world a better place. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world and many charities are operating under the guise of doing good while, in actuality, they’re for-profit operations misallocating […]
That good startups sometimes – or even often – fail is not a new story. Countless bright-eyed entrepreneurs and savvy business folk have thrown their lot in for a promising, idealistic or ingenious idea only to see their investments of time and money crash in flames a short time later. For years it’s been happening […]
Google’s success story is a rarity – not many companies are able to pull off what they have, going from a simple search engine to one of the wealthiest, most innovative and best known companies in the world. But while most businesses may not be the next Google, smart ones will learn from Google’s business […]
Prison is supposed to do three things: Remove criminals from society where they may harm others, punish them for their offenses, and rehabilitate them so that they are (hopefully) able to be assimilated back into society where they can take on roles as productive members of society. There’s just one little problem: It turns out […]
The fairly new “green” and eco-friendly craze only exists now due to all of the terrible things people have done to the earth in hopes of making their companies more profitable. Money is the magic potion that makes humanity disappear and greed reign supreme over everything else, even the well-being of the planet, the animals […]
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Corporate responsibility is not always realized. When companies become larger and extend to a global audience, they are often faced with some very unethical practices. When big profits are a company’s largest — and only concern — their employees, and the world in general, tend to suffer. Here are ten companies that have engaged in […]
No one wants to spend four hours reading through a mountain of fine print terms of service from iTunes, and then Instagram, and then Facebook, and then Amazon.com… and so on. As long as one can click ‘agree’ and forgo the legal jargon, fine print will forever be overlooked by the thousands who agree to […]
In the daily grind so many of us get caught up in, it’s often exhilarating to lift our heads for a moment and discover some of the amazing ways good companies are working to change the world. Change may sometimes seem slow, but there are many out there who are creating and innovating, bringing world-changing […]
Meme-vertising — yes, that’s really a thing – is becoming an increasingly popular way for companies to reach young audiences. They take popular Internet memes and spin them in a way that’s useful for their brand. Well, sort of. Some do it brilliantly and some, quite frankly, should be a little ashamed of themselves. Here […]
Advertising is key; each year, brands spend incredible amounts of money on research and development to find out what makes their target audience tick and then trying to capitalize on that in fresh, unique and edgy ways. But attempts to appear cutting edge often cross the line, leaving unhappy customers walking away from a brand […]
