Socialite Evenings by Emmanuel Ray at Zenna Soho

Socialite Evenings by Emmanuel Ray, the popular social gathering and networking event, is back with an exclusive evening this month. Hosted by presenter & journalist Emmanuel Ray, Socialite Evenings is a ...

Corporate Narcissism: Narcissism in the Boardroom

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The perpetrators of the recent spate of financial frauds in the USA acted with callous disregard for both their employees and shareholders - not to mention other stakeholders. Psychologists have often...

The Real Lizard King: Why brand mascots should be CEOs

     I love corporate mascots. They’re friendly, colourful, often plush and always smiling. They give out hugs and treats and absolutely love posing for pictures. To a brand, they’re almost...

Do Corporate Universities Feel Social Responsibilities?

These days, corporate universities like Accor and others as well as corporate research departments are budding up in place of state universities as social institutions. But I don’t think these universities’ research outputs can serve the larger society than their...

Questioning the Legality of Non-Disclosure Agreements

Tech news commentator John C. Dvorak recently made an interesting comparison in challenging the validity of NDA's on This Week in Tech podcast episode 231 (omitted text was comprised of verbal stutters/repetitions...

Psych Meds Keep You "Sick" & Make You WORSE

Evidence is mounting that psych meds are making people (& populations) worse, not better. Nations that don't keep their patients on meds have a higher recovery rate than, the "rich & modern" nations like...

Software Industrial God Complex

Dear 800-pound-software-gorillas:The more engineering time you waste binding your products together into confusing suites/packages (adding questionable "value-added" features) & then "protecting" them with...

Glenn Beck advertising boycott has right-wing bloggers worried

"You know, I must admit, when I first signed on to the Beck boycott I was participating on principal, but expected little or no impact.  Let's face it, we've done these before with little or no success.  But thanks to a combination of blatant race baiting and a...

warning: you may be dangerous to the person sitting next to you

You never considered that, did you? You don't live in your own private world. Your actions affect others. You may think that "being anti-social" means a person is unwilling to socialize... You're wrong, if so. If...

Corporate Fraudster Leading the Fight Against Healthcare Reform

First, there was Republican pollster Frank Luntz passing his scripted anti-heath care reform talking points to Republicans who dutifully parroted it. Now we have corporate healthcare fraudster Rick Scott leading...

Encouraging whistleblowers

" It’s important to encourage and protect whistleblowers—they’re the ones who expose the wrongdoing. Business Week: " Employees lead the pack in corporate whistleblowing, accounting for 19% of those reporting...

Will Rockefeller succeed in shutting down US Internet access with

"Rockefeller .......wants the US Government to shut down your access to the Internet!Senate bills No. 773 and 778, introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who declared last month that the Government would all be...

Don Mashak's Perspective on a Culture of Business Bribes

This article provides Don Mashak 's perspectives & insights into employee bribery in US Business Corporate Culture. As one of Minnesota 's Repossessors , most of Don Mashak's knowledge and perspectives come from his 20 years in the repossession business and, therefore,...

NCsoft confirms new layoffs

It is so said, that some well known companies have stuff not going well. The NCSoft, famous for the MMO games like Guild Wars and Lineage series, Tabula Rasa, City of Heroes and Villians, Auto Assault, Aion, has...

Citigroup upgrading mile-high club

What can I say?"Beleaguered Citigroup is upgrading its mile-high club with a brand-new $50 million corporate jet - only this time, it's the taxpayers who are getting screwed. Even though the bank's stock is as cheap as a gallon of gas and it's burning through a $45 billion...

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