In the video above, Diana O’Brien, Deloitte CMO, talks with sportscaster Erin Andrews about how to empower women and other minorities. “My job is to capture the hearts and minds of our employees and our customers and I need to come with the...

When Gretchen Carlson spoke out about her experience of workplace sexual harassment, it inspired women everywhere to take their power back and tell the world what happened to them. In this TED talk, she tells her story -- and identifies three specific...

Management has trust issues. Edelman’s 2017 Trust Barometer , which measures trust in institutions around the globe, found its largest-ever drop in trust across government, business, and media. “The implications of the global trust crisis...

You need a picture for your project or presentation and you find the perfect one online. To know, follow the chart from above from Curtis Newbold, The Visual Communication Guy . What is wrong with using a picture that you find online? What is the...

The co-founder of The Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein, was fired last week after the New York Times reported that he had sexually harassed women. Managers must be aware of the EEOC guidelines on sexual harassment. Specifically, EEOC guidelines...

72andSunny Published a Diversity Playbook That It Wants All Companies to ‘Steal’ as part of the company's global mission to expand and diversity the creative class (advertising agencies and clients). The Playbook offers key insights as...

In the video above, Alexander Wagner explains why one in seven large corporations commits fraud each year. Explain the importance of a code of conduct or ethics for managers and employees in a business. What is the problem with appealing to benefits...

CEO Activism in 2017: High Noon in the C-Suite from Weber Shandwick Weber Shandwick, in partnership with KRC Research, released CEO Activism in 2017: High Noon in the C-Suite . (See attached file.) They described CEO Activism as follows: "In the...

“CorpSumer” is a newly identified consumer segment who is highly loyal and moves beyond advocacy to activism. CorpSumers believe that a company’s values and reputation are just as important as the attributes and features of its products...

Neil Blumenthal started Warby Parker, an eyeglass company. Read the history of Warby Parker. What was the problem that started Warby Parker? Why did Neil Blumenthal decide to go to business school? How did networking at the university lead...

Edelman’s 2017 Trust Barometer , which surveyed more than 33,000 people in 28 countries, shows CEO credibility dropped 12 points globally to an all-time low of 37 percent, falling in every country surveyed. Other key findings about business include...

lmost 50 years ago, Milton Friedman said, "The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits." (See the attached article and Milton Friedman, "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits," In Ethical...

When Amazon first began letting customers post reviews of products in 1995, many businesses thought it was a big mistake. Before that, consumers only had word-of-mouth and ads to find out about products. In other words, the only sources of information...

Privacy and data security ( Yahoo! , Evernote , and Russia , we’re looking at you) are emerging as big topics for the coming year, so we thought we’d boil down an earlier, beefy post on Google into this handy infographic. Because if you’re...

2017 Edelman Trust Barometer - Global Results from Edelman The newly released 2017 Trust Barometer from Edelman reveals the largest-ever drop in trust across institutions. CEO credibility dropped 12 points globally to an all-time low of 37 percent...

Vice President and Managing Director of US & Reputation Institute, Stephen Hahn-Griffiths and Catherine Blades, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Aflac discuss a study that examines the importance of corporate social responsibility...

Most of us want to work for organizations that support social causes and contribute to our community. Why are workplace giving opportunities essential? What are some types of workplace giving? Explain which workplace giving opportunities you would...

Most everyone has encountered cross-selling with a salesperson on the phone, in the store, or suggestions on the Web. Cross-selling is when a suggestion is made about a different product than in the one you have shown interest. Thomas Curry, the US...

Source: Mark Zuckerberg via Facebook Mark the Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, and his wife Priscilla wrote a letter to their brand new daughter, Max. See below. They are donating 99% of their Facebook shares ($45 billion). What inspires you about...

The National Restaurant Association highlights that restaurants support local community organizations and charitable efforts. The hashtag is #restaurantsgiveback. Why does the National Restaurant Association say that "restaurants are...

Copyright Infringement: Images You Can and Can't Share on Your Blog As the above infographic shows, using copyrighted content can lead to a site such as Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube blocking your post and/or having a lawsuit brought against you...

Catharyn Baird, CEO of EthicsGame, presented “Ethics for People on the Move” at the TEDx MileHigh 2015 event, Ideas Unbridled. Her message reminds us that no one has all the answers to increasingly complex ethical questions about how to be...

Salesforce CEO, Marc Benioff, wants to ensure women's equality. https://www.salesforce.com/ In the video above, Benioff told told CNN's Poppy Harlow that Salesforce has an aggressive goal to employ an equal number of women and men. "We...

Most companies, as well as managers, want to be good corporate citizens. In the video above, Wharton professor Americus Reed says that one way to get others to donate time is by using cues that speak to a person’s moral identity. An example is...

Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, confronts social issues. In this video, reporters for the Wall Street Journal discuss some of the reasons that Starbucks takes on social issues. Why do you think talking about social issues is good for business...