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Should managers be licensed as professionals like doctors and attorneys

Every business, large or small, has a manager. In small businesses, these persons often perform more than one job. In larger corporations, managers are often restricted to a limited number of tasks within the workday.

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Measuring organizational effectiveness through outcomes, processes, and structures

In order to assess effectiveness, managers can use three types of indicators: outcomes, processes, and structures. The first type shows if the result of an activity performed by the organization corresponds to expectancies.

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Comparative financial performance of PepsiCo and Coca-Cola in 2004

PepsiCo is on an upswing, Coca-Cola is headed in the opposite direction. For 2004, Pepsis' net income rose to $457 million, or $1.73 a share, from the previous year's $416 million, $1.50 a share (Pepsi Bottling Group 4Q profit increases).

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The rise in employer background checks and workplace safety

This article discusses the resurgence in employer background checks, which have risen 16% in the past year, according to the article, and that number is triple the number of checks done just eight years ago. Why are background checks becoming so popular?

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Norman Bowie's digital rights and intellectual property ethics

Bowie, Norman E. (2005). Digital Rights and Wrongs: Intellectual Property in the Information Age. Business and Society Review, 110(1), 77-96.

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Corporate social responsibility and restoring institutional trust in America

First, let me congratulate you on your recent stance regarding both the U.S. Budget and your healthcare package. Indeed, both of these issues speak to the reason for my letter today.

~9 min read

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Causes and consequences of unethical behavior in organizations

This analytical research report discusses the debatable issue of the much-needed ethical behavior in working milieu.

~37 min read

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Business leaders' responsibility for corporate governance and community involvement

They must also ensure excellent corporate governance, if they are to leave a valuable legacy of honest and responsible business ethics for future generations.

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Aristotelian ethics as the superior framework for modern ethical behavior

Perspective.\" Kybernetes, vol. 41, no. 10 (2012): 1607-1624. Business Ethics Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1 (2014): 119-134.

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Should Management Become a True Profession? HBR Analysis

An analysis of Khurana and Nohria's HBR argument that management should become a certified profession, examining ethics, MBA standards, and performance management.

Business

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