Target Coupon Policies Bring Unwanted Attention to Questionable & Fraudulent Practices Target Company provides a Guest ID number for its customers that are tied to one’s credit card, name, and other info, and which saves all kinds of data about what you buy. Statistician Andrew Pole working at Target mined... Read more →
Violence in the Workplace I have previously blogged about workplace violence. Given my keen interest in this topic and possible effects on employees and employers, I have decided to re-post a description and discussion of the results of a study on workplace violence conducted by AlliedBarton Security Services. Survey Results... Read more →
Is Whistle-blowing an Ethical Practice? I have previously blogged about whistle-blowing and the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act, retaliation against whistle-blowers, and whistle-blowing within the corporate culture. In this blog I look at incentivizing whistle-blowing as a way to encourage employees to come forward and report financial wrongdoing. This blog was... Read more →
Handling Ethical Dilemmas for the Salaried Accountant (re-posted) Certified Public Accountants, no matter the industry or business, have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism. CPAs are often viewed as one of the most trusted professions in the world. They are also one of the most... Read more →
FDA Employees Challenge E-Mail Privacy at Work Do employers have a right to monitor employees’ e-mails while on the job? This important issue is raised in a lawsuit filed earlier this month against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The legal issue is whether employees have a reasonable expectation of... Read more →
Handling Ethical Dilemmas for the Salaried Accountant Certified Public Accountants, no matter the industry or business, have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism. CPAs are often viewed as one of the most trusted professions in the world. They are also one of the most regulated... Read more →
Los Angeles Teacher Charged with Molesting 23 Kids Last Tuesday a Los Angeles elementary school teacher was charged with committing lewd acts against nearly two dozen students after a film processor gave authorities bondage-style photographs showing children in blindfolds with their mouths taped, and some with giant cockroaches on their... Read more →
How can we improve the Jobs Market for College Grads? We have a crisis of over-education for under-education jobs. About 14 percent of those who graduated from college between 2006 and 2010 are looking for full-time jobs, either because they are unemployed or have only part-time jobs, according to a... Read more →