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...companies. If seniors at, say, Harvard, Yale and Stanford all decided tomorrow they would simply refuse to apply for jobs at a particular consulting company, other firms would immediately gain a substantial competitive advantage. After a few years, they would be able to tell potential clients that they employ twice as many Ivy-educated associates as their boycotted competitor...
...tough new stance being adopted by industrial nations to stamp out money laundering, the process of taking illegally obtained funds such as drug money and making them appear to come from legitimate business. Pressure has focused on tax havens because they attract money fleeing tax collectors and often employ bank-secrecy rules that make it hard to identify illegal cash. Money hidden from tax collectors is considered illegal in many countries, but not in places like Liechtenstein...
Whatever the methods they employ, many of those who go through the programs persuasively describe positive results: practical solutions to problems, increased job satisfaction, even advancement. Moreover, although there are no direct data, says Harvard's Thomas, corporations believe that coaching helps keep employees and that the dollar investment in it is far less than the cost of replacing an employee. Still, in encouraging folks to follow their feelings and develop their strengths, corporations are taking a risk: that their most valued employees may be coached right out the door. Companies accept this risk--because they have to. "I expect...
Over the past 30 years, our nation has substantially cleaned up our air and water--thanks to citizen enforcement lawsuits, tough federal laws that regulate interstate pollution and the ability of Congress and executive agencies to employ modern, innovative solutions to environmental problems as our society grows more complicated. However, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia has been leading an effort on the Supreme Court to revive obscure legal doctrines that restrict the ability of the government and citizens to protect our environment. If the next President appoints more Justices in the mold of Justice Scalia, our environmental standards are at grave...
...interested in helping Taiwan become a member of the United Nations. Is there any way I can employ my artistic talents for the cause...