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Executives Most Likely To Cheat During Good Times

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, the researchers even suggest that the economic conditions we encounter when entering a role can provide an ethical baseline that endures. The researchers looked at over 2000 CEOs of US companies who had received non-scheduled stock option grants between 1996 and 2005. Driving misconduct.

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. However, all hope is not lost for Canadian businesswomen. In April 2007, Catalyst surveyed all of the FP 500 companies in Canada, and at the time, 15.1%

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EBay CEO Meg Whitman to Retire :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Just six months later, eBay went public with its initial public offering, and by 2005, eBay was on fire with nothing stopping it. When Meg Whitman joined eBay in 1998, no one knew how successful the company would become. Whitman took the helm when eBay employed only a few dozen people.

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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

– Martha Beck Not long ago, my career had been dedicated to sales, mentoring, coaching and leading an exceptional sales force. Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. This awareness helped cement my corporate world exit strategy. Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock! Synchronicity is such a blessing!

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Do You Work In a “Just Make the Date” Culture?

The Idolbuster

I don’t think I or anyone else at the company was involved in the types of major ethical lapses that one reads about on Wall Street or in the Enron case. Corporate Idolatry Is Not The Same As Business Ethics . [i] i] The Ethical Enterprise: A global Study of Business Ethics 2005-2015 (2005) American Management Association.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

In addition, because of the successive generations entering the workforce, rising education levels, globalization, the flattening of organizations, and an increased willingness to change careers and companies, employees have come to understand they can add more value doing meaningful work.

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CEOs Who Began Their Careers During Booms Tend to Be Less Ethical

Harvard Business Review

” Imagine you were sitting in the audience that day, about to begin constructing your career. CEOs who began their careers in prosperous times tend to use riskier financial strategies than CEOs who first entered the workforce in recessions. What might you have expected the future to hold?

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