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...Just Business The rising concerns of consumers like Razak herald not just a global economic trend, but a cultural one. During the 1980s and '90s, many Muslims in Egypt, Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries expressed their religious principles by voting Islamic. Today, a growing number are doing so by buying Islamic, connecting to their Muslim roots by what they eat, wear and play on their iPods. Rising Muslim consumerism undermines the specious argument often heard after 9/11: that Muslims hate the Western way of life, with its emphasis on choice and consumerism. The growing Muslim market is a sign...
...That trend seems likely to continue. Another survey, by employee-benefits experts Towers Perrin, says that among employers who don't yet have programs in place, 33% plan to start one and 23% say they will introduce or increase financial rewards for their employees who get off the couch and snack on peaches instead of pizza. Smart. Notes the Watson Wyatt-NBGH study: "Companies that offer financial incentives report significantly higher participation in wellness programs." It's the old adage in action: What gets rewarded gets done...
...reasons for this trend is that middle management, often a company's eyes and ears for detecting illicit activity, regularly bears the brunt of redundancies during a slowdown. "When that layer's removed, you've eroded your internal processes which are there to control fraud or misconduct," says Hitesh Patel, fraud-investigation partner at KPMG in London. A key factor in fraud cases during Britain's last recession, in the early 1990s, it amounts to a "change to business strategy, without a change to the business process," says Patel...
...Kirkland’s J entryway. Yet it is quite telling that Sherman received that sort of reply from a police officer. Proper communication is part of protection—and on Monday, the university utterly failed in that regard. Most worrisome, this is indicative of a larger trend in the way the administration has been interacting with the student body lately...
...permanent medical records. This change in policy was unnecessary and unjustified and may end up worsening the sexual health of the Harvard community. One reason given by UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59 for the removal of anonymous testing was a lack of use. But this trend suggests a much different course of action than elimination of the program. HIV testing is one of the most effective ways of slowing the spread of the virus and signaling to individuals to get medical help. Since testing is not particularly costly or difficult, instead of getting...