...LEADING TEAMS I BY LOREN GARY Bury Your Opinion, Shortchange Your Team Conflict can be destructive—everyone knows that. The surprise is that avoiding conflict may cause more problems over the long run. ast year, David MacNair, a senior vice president for Campbell Soup, detected a problem in his Camden, N.J.–based unit’s leadership team. “The team had developed an acute case of silo behavior. People didn’t seem to feel the need to interact,” he says. “We were functioning adequately as a group of individuals with busy jobs. But we weren’t really functioning as a team.” When we act as if there is no difference of opinion, it does not disappear, notes Perlow. “Instead, it causes us to become self-protective in our relationship, and the climate in the relationship quickly disintegrates to one characterized by distrust and fear, making us all the more likely to silence in the future.” The resulting organizational damage can include broken relationships, diminished creativity, impaired learning, and poor decision making. In 1997, managers at Samsung didn’t question a $13 billion investment that would take the company into the automobile industry because the idea’s champion, Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee, was a forceful personality and a car buff. When Samsung Motors folded only a year into production, Lee wondered why no one had expressed reservations. To prevent such mistakes, companies must “replace vicious silent spirals with virtuous spirals of speaking up,” writes...
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...Unethical Research Edward Sivick RES/331 June 17, 2013 Professor Tracy Sipma Introduction Business research is an important tool in business. The process includes planning, analyzing, and distributing relevant data, information, and insights to individuals making decisions. Unfortunately, some companies take business research to the next level and participate in unethical research. The following information about unethical research, injured parties, unethical behavior, and how to avoid unethical behavior are based on the article Cigarettes with “Defective Filters Marketed for 40 Years: What Philip Morris Never Told Smokers” (Pauly, 2002). Unethical Research According to the article Phillip Morris a major supplier of cigarettes world-wide has been selling filtered cigarettes for over 40 years with some major issues. While the cigarettes are made in the factory some of the micro filaments in the filter break making fragments. When the consumer goes to smoke the cigarette these fragments release when the individual is puffing. The problem with this is cellulose acetate fragments and carbon particles are released; when this occurs the filter is defective. Phillip Morris was aware of this problem naming it “fall-out” but did not disclose this information to the public and alert consumers that the product may be releasing harmful chemicals that are not normally released. Upon further review of Phillip Morris documents 61 documents containing information regarding fall-out...
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...Issue-Santos 4 SYDNEY AIRPORT 5 Profile 5 Board Composition / Structure 5 Risk Management / Internal and External Controls 6 Code of Conduct 6 Remuneration Committe Issue-Sydney Airport 6 Discussion And Conclusions 7 SECTION 2 7 Answer: (Question1, See Appendix) 7 SANTOS Limited Remuneration 7 Sydney Airport Remuneration 9 Answer: (Question 2, See Appendix)) 9 References 11 Appendix 13 Section 2 Questions 13 SANTOS Remuneration Table & Chart 13 Remuneration Committee Santos 15 Remuneration Committee Sydney Airport 15 Sydney Airport RemunerationTable & Chart 16 Company Profile:- SANTOS MINING Profile SANTOS (South Australian Northern Territory Oil Search) was founded in 1954 and was active in energy business for more than 50 years. Santos is one of the leading oil and gas producer supplying Australia and Asian customers. Santos made its significant discovery in natural gas in the...
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...The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of five countries in the African Great Lakes region in eastern Africa; Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Jakaya Kikwete, the president of Tanzania, is the EAC's chairman. The organisation was founded originally in 1967, collapsed in 1977, and was revived on 7 July 2000. The East African Community is an international organization whose final aim is to develop a complete integration of its members into an East African Federation. The EAC is an integral part of the African Economic Community. The EAC is a potential precursor to the establishment of the East African Federation, a proposed federation of its members into a single sovereign state. In 2010, the EAC launched its own common market for goods, labour, and capital within the region, with the goal of creating a common currency and eventually a full political federation. The geographical region encompassed by the EAC covers an area of 1,820,664 sq-km with a combined population of about 149,959,317(2013 est.) The drive for the transformation of the East African region, particularly Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, into a functioning entity with rights and duties in International Relations is not new. It dates back to the time when the three East African colonies were still objects of International Law. However, the aspirations for regional cooperation in East Africa acquired individual sovereignty and legitimacy in the post colonial state...
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...Ethics University Name PART A Question 1 The Three Gorges dam project in China is a venture of monumental magnitude. Its impact is global, regional and local. The Hydro Electric Power project when completed can generate over 22 500 MW of electricity. That is a clean source of power as opposed to the traditional coal that emits huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. The proponents of the project said it would lead to better health and higher living standards. Excessive carbon in the atmosphere has been the cause of global warming. That implies that the residents, some of whom do not have access to electric power will have it in their homes. Electricity implies greater comfort and leisure such as TV and better studying for the students. The long-term benefit is better academic performance and therefore a better life. The fast-growing Chinese economy is another major beneficiary from the project. It will be able to supply cheap electricity to the industries and so increase their output. The improved capacity enables them to meet the needs of the fast-increasing number of the middle class of the population. Additionally, there is the prestige that comes with the title of the biggest Hydro Electric power project on earth. That would bring tourists to view the wonderful scene of the dam and an artificial lake. The reservoir lake would create an inland water way that got into Chongqing. The economy of the area would benefit greatly (Tan, 2007). The project has faced criticism...
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...The Potentialities and Sustainability of Export Processing Zones in a Competitve Environment in an Integrated Economy:Evidence from Tanzania By Joseph S.Kiria Introduction and Background Proposed research is literally about potentiality of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in achieving strategic objectives envisaged in the national vision development objectives in Tanzania. Study explores the potentiality and sustainability of EPZ as a development strategy in the context of linkage with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and its benefits in a competitive environment. An understanding of this subject is important for at least four reasons.Firstly, government spends part of its limited budget through fiscal incentives to subsidize EPZs. This is a revenue loss to the governemnt, and such budgetary impact have implications on other government development programmes. Secondly, though EPZs strategy may look impressive, it may be constrained by the level of competiton created by liberalization, therefore, identifying challenges and limitations facing the regime in the competitive environment encouraged by free trade regime is important to enhance its sustainability.Thirdly, there is evidence elsewhere that it is mainly cheap labour and excellent infrastructure but not fiscal incenntives that attract export-oriented FDI.A proof will provide a lesson and new experince in the context of this study.Lastly, Tanzania experience on EPZ has not been explored enough partly due to the newness...
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...people save money by investing in jewelry, gold, domestic animals, building materials or other things that easily can be exchanged for cash. To save money they might bury cash in the garden or stash it under the mattress. Some is participating in informal saving groups where a small amount of cash is contributed every day, week or month or asking neighbors to hold or pay local cash collectors to keep the money safe. But these informal savings is not a very dependable and a safe way to rely on. For example can it be difficult to get fast money if they suddenly needs a small amount of cash. In-kind savings is in the risk of fluctuations in commodity prices, destruction by insects, fire, thieves and illness. Informal rotating savings groups tend to be small and rotate limited amounts of money. This is why the formal financial institutions also play an important role for the poor people. * About Microfinance 1. What is microfinance? Microfinance is a provision of different basic financial services to individuals with low-income or who lack access to traditional formal banking services. These basic financial services is usually small loans and savings. The amount of money is small (micro) because the ability for poor people to handle and pay back larger loans is a risky business both for the lender as for the borrower. Especially since poor people often have the lack of knowledge and no assets to fall back on. 2. What is microcredit...
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...products and services. 2. The fundamental set of assumptions, values and ways of doing things that has been accepted by most of a company's members is called its: (Points: 2) Culture Environment Atmosphere Values 3. Networking and telecommunications technologies, along with computer hardware, software, data management technology, and the people required to run and manage them, constitute an organization's: (Points: 2) Data management environment Networked environment IT infrastructure Information system 4. Key corporate assets are: (Points: 2) Intellectual property, core competencies, and financial and human assets. Production technologies and business processes for sales, marketing, and finance. Knowledge and the firm's tangible assets, such as goods and services. Time and knowledge. 5. A managerial element in the UPS tracking system described in the chapter is: (Points: 2) Taking inventory Providing package status reports to customers The decision to use computer systems In-house package tracking software 6. The term "management information systems" designates a specific category of information systems serving: (Points: 2) Integrated data processing throughout the firm Transaction process reporting Employees with online access to historical records Middle management functions 7. These...
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...Introduction to Africana Studies | The Life Span of Jim Crow, Start to Finish | Sherman T. Gant | S.Gant 12/3/2009 | It’s hard to define a beginning to slavery in the United States. It is said to have begun in the mid 1600’s. The American Civil War began in 1961 when 11 states seceded from the United States. The North or the Union fought against the constitutionality of the secession and the expansion of slavery. Slavery came to an end when the North won the civil war, along with the passing of the 13 amendment. Although slavery was abolished in 1865, it did not give African Americans equal opportunity for education, employment, or basic human rights. Whites in the South during the late 1870s and early 1880s, established Jim Crow laws. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines Jim Crow as the ethnic discrimination especially against blacks by legal enforcement or traditional sanctions. This act, along with racist terrorism and mistreatment downgraded African Americans to a humiliating second class status for decades; until the U.S. Supreme Court started to dismantle Jim Crow laws in the 1950s. This paper will examine the force and the legacy of Jim Crow laws, from the start and finish, and the ongoing effect in today’s world. What was Jim Crow? Following the civil war, Congress passed three amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The thirteenth ended slavery December 18th 1865, the fourteenth banned discrimination July 28, 1868 and the fifteenth gave African-American...
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...A trademark protects any phrase, symbol, and/or design that identify the source or origin of the goods or the services of one party from those of others. Federal registration are not required but recommended, as it adds value to the goods or services set forth in the registration. Trademarks can be licensed to third parties, it to third parties, be sold with a specified value or used as equity for business development. A patent protects the functional expression of an idea, it grants the property right to the inventor in exchange for public disclosure of the invention. In order to qualify for a patent, an invention must be novel, useful and non-obvious. A registered patent can be used to raise funds for business, licensed or sell the invention. A copyright protects works of authorship, the specific creative expression of an idea through any medium of artistic expression that has been tangibly expressed. Copyright provides licensing fee and royalty payments. Copyright’s filing fee is small, registration period is relatively short, and the examination process is administrative. For trademark, the filing fee is much higher with a longer registration period, and an adversarial examination process. Registration and filling are desirable but not requite for both copyright and trademark, however it is a necessary step for issue patent. Both Copyrights and patents are under federal law while trademark laws differ in each state. There is also a federal trademark law. Once a work...
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...WorldCom By Dennis Moberg (Santa Clara University) and Edward Romar (University of Massachusetts-Boston) 2002 saw an unprecedented number of corporate scandals: Enron, Tyco, Global Crossing. In many ways, WorldCom is just another case of failed corporate governance, accounting abuses, and outright greed. But none of these other companies had senior executives as colorful and likable as Bernie Ebbers. A Canadian by birth, the 6 foot, 3 inch former basketball coach and Sunday School teacher emerged from the collapse of WorldCom not only broke but with a personal net worth as a negative nine-digit number.2 No palace in a gated community, no stable of racehorses or multi-million dollar yacht to show for the telecommunications giant he created. Only debts and red ink--results some consider inevitable given his unflagging enthusiasm and entrepreneurial flair. There is no question that he did some pretty bad stuff, but he really wasn't like the corporate villains of his day: Andy Fastow of Enron, Dennis Koslowski of Tyco, or Gary Winnick of Global Crossing.3 Personally, Bernie is a hard guy not to like. In 1998 when Bernie was in the midst of acquiring the telecommunications firm MCI, Reverend Jesse Jackson, speaking at an all-black college near WorldCom's Mississippi headquarters, asked how Ebbers could afford $35 billion for MCI but hadn't donated funds to local black students. Businessman LeRoy Walker Jr., was in the audience at Jackson's speech, and afterwards set him straight...
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...WorldCom Case Study1 By Dennis Moberg (Santa Clara University) and Edward Romar (University of Massachusetts-Boston) (The original of this document can be found at the Santa http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/worldcom.html#one. Clara University website at An update for this case is available at http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/worldcomupdate.html . Note that this update is not part of the syllabus for the PRM or Associate PRM exam. It is included for reference and explanation only.) 2002 saw an unprecedented number of corporate scandals: Enron, Tyco, Global Crossing. In many ways, WorldCom is just another case of failed corporate governance, accounting abuses, and outright greed. But none of these other companies had senior executives as colorful and likable as Bernie Ebbers. A Canadian by birth, the 6 foot, 3 inch former basketball coach and Sunday School teacher emerged from the collapse of WorldCom not only broke but with a personal net worth as a negative nine-digit number.2 No palace in a gated community, no stable of racehorses or multi-million dollar yacht to show for the telecommunications giant he created; only debts and red ink--results some consider inevitable given his unflagging enthusiasm and entrepreneurial flair. There is no question that he did some pretty bad stuff, but he really wasn't like the corporate villains of his day: Andy Fastow of Enron, Dennis Koslowski of Tyco, or Gary Winnick of Global Crossing.3 Personally, Bernie...
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...WorldCom Case Study1 By Dennis Moberg (Santa Clara University) and Edward Romar (University of Massachusetts-Boston) (The original of this document can be found at the Santa http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/worldcom.html#one. Clara University website at An update for this case is available at http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/worldcomupdate.html . Note that this update is not part of the syllabus for the PRM or Associate PRM exam. It is included for reference and explanation only.) 2002 saw an unprecedented number of corporate scandals: Enron, Tyco, Global Crossing. In many ways, WorldCom is just another case of failed corporate governance, accounting abuses, and outright greed. But none of these other companies had senior executives as colorful and likable as Bernie Ebbers. A Canadian by birth, the 6 foot, 3 inch former basketball coach and Sunday School teacher emerged from the collapse of WorldCom not only broke but with a personal net worth as a negative nine-digit number.2 No palace in a gated community, no stable of racehorses or multi-million dollar yacht to show for the telecommunications giant he created; only debts and red ink--results some consider inevitable given his unflagging enthusiasm and entrepreneurial flair. There is no question that he did some pretty bad stuff, but he really wasn't like the corporate villains of his day: Andy Fastow of Enron, Dennis Koslowski of Tyco, or Gary Winnick of Global Crossing.3 Personally, Bernie...
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...COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Seattle University 900 Broadway Seattle, Washington 98122-4340 Department of Educational Leadership SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ORGANIZING THEME: Preparing Ethical and Reflective Professionals for Quality Service in Diverse Communities DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP MISSION STATEMENT: Preparing Effective Leaders for an Interdependent World COURSE INFORMATION Course Prefix and Number(s): EDLR 631, 632, 633 - 9 Credit Hours Meeting Place: Loyola Hall, Room 202/203 Meeting Date(s) and Time(s): Saturday, September 27, 2008. 8:30 - 4:30 (Loyola 301/302) Saturday, October 18, 2008. 8:30 - 4:30 Saturday, November 15, 2008. 8:30 - 4:30 Saturday, December 6, 2008. 8:30 - 4:30 (Loyola 301/302) Sunday, December 7, 2008. 8:30 – 4:30 Saturday, January 10, 2009. 8:30 - 4:30 Sunday, January 11, 2009. 8:30 - 4:30 Saturday, February 7, 2009. 8:30 - 4:30 Saturday, March 21, 2009. 8:30 - 4:30 Saturday, April 18, 2009. 8:30 - 4:30 Sunday, April 29, 2009. 8:30 - 4:30 Saturday, May 16, 2009. 8:30 - 4:30 Retreat Sunday, May 17, 2009. Retreat. Location to be determined. Leadership Conference: Location and date to be determined. Attendance required Course Instructor: Roberto A. Peña, Ph.D. Associate Professor Office: Loyola Hall, Room 407 Contact Information: Office Telephone: Home Telephone: Fax Machine: E-mail Address: (206) 296-6496 (206) 780-6970 (206) 296-2053 penar@seattleu.edu Program Administrative Assistant: Ms. Eunice MacGill Seattle University School of Education...
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...This is so shocking.. ..If black money deposits was an Olympics event.. India would have won a gold medal hands down. The second best Russia has 4 times lesser deposit. U.S. is not even there in the counting in top five! India has more money in Swiss banks than all the other countries combined! Recently, due to international pressure, the Swiss government agreed to disclose the names of the account holders only if the respective governments formally asked for it.. Indian government is not asking for the details... ..no marks for guessing why? We need to start a movement to pressurize the government to do so! This is perhaps the only way, and a golden opportunity, to expose the high and mighty and weed out corruption! . Please read on..and forward to all the honest Indians to.. like somebody is forwarding to you... and build a ground-swell of support!for action ! . Is India poor, who says? Ask the Swiss banks. With personal account deposit bank of $1,500 billion in foreign reserve which have been misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country? DISHONEST INDUSTRIALISTS, scandalous politicians and corrupt IAS, IRS, IPS officers have deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal accounts a sum of about $1500 billion, which have been misappropriated by them. This amount is about 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. With this amount...
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