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...aging workforce represents both a business opportunity and an internal dilemma. Over the past year, the technology giant, based in Armonk, N.Y., has launched a business initiative focused on the aging workforce, with consulting packages, software and other tools to serve older employees and the companies that employ them. But like many of its clients, the company is encountering issues presented by its own aging workers. Facing narrowing profit margins and changed employment norms, IBM announced in January that it would freeze its pension plan...
...Hamas goes in promoting its brand of Islam may yield answers to a dilemma that is roiling the Middle East: Will the party choose moderation, now that it has inherited responsibility for governing some 4 million Palestinians? Or will it use its power to impose a fundamentalist ideology that, coupled with its militant anti-Israel stance, has produced suicide bombings against Israel and led the U.S. and the European Union to designate it a terrorist organization...
...individuals in today’s integrated world faces a dilemma: how to balance their own economic interests with the well being of others around the globe whom their actions effect. Because potential injustices can be linked to almost any purchase, “ethical consumerism” has been brought to the forefront of society as an ideal. Broadly defined, the desire to be an ethical consumer—be it as a stockholder, business partner, or traditional consumer—is at the heart of the divestment debate. This issue raises two questions: first, whether we have...
...Faced with Hulett’s guilty plea, Judge Cashman—a Vietnam War veteran and former prosecutor known for handing down harsh sentences from the bench—found himself up against a classic dilemma: seek rehabilitation or settle for retribution. In this case, a bizarre twist in Vermont law made the choice particularly stark. Because Hulett was classified as “low risk” by the state corrections department, he would be ineligible to receive mental health treatment in a traditional prison. To get Hulett into a treatment program, Judge Cashman had to keep...
...also pleased with its wins in Columbia. Co-captain David Jakus highlighted the epee squad, which went 8-1 over Penn. “The Brown meet went pretty well, which was important for us to re-focus,” he said, noting the distraction of the bus dilemma. “Penn was a big win for us. I was particularly happy with the way the team performed.” Julian Rose added that the adventure illustrated team cohesion in another way. “As soon as we had that team effort we knew we would...