Jun 17 2009
Did you know that, on average, employee costs can be calculated at 2.7 times of base salary. So, someone on £35,000 costs the business £94,500 (including national insurance (social security)/employment costs and minimal office space). Fanatics of Business Week would have seen the articles last year with the astounding facts:
• Only 13% of senior executives at [...]
May 07 2009
Recent economic occurrences have highlighted the close link between ethical business and long-term success. Due to defamation issues, I will not name examples of pertinent cases… However, when considering the issue of diversity in all its guises (cultural, racial, gender etc,), having a preference of one group over another rings like unethical.
The word Ethics, come [...]
Mar 04 2009
Banks are under great pressure to recoup some of the pennies that could momentarily redress their dire financial situations. I say momentarily, because with the wave of acquisitions and toxic asset re-evaluations, write-offs are mounting like stalactites on serious speed.
So, banks are forcing businesses and consumers in any way they can to cough up the [...]
Feb 08 2009
When we are in school, we play with all of the kids in the playground – bar, of course, the school bully. As children, we want to be included and run home crying if ”Johny, did will play with me”. Societal and organisational norms somehow make us, as we mature, to home in on a certain ”career [...]