(The Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2015) The SEC gave a boost to corporate whistleblowers, reaching the first settlement with a company accused of muzzling tipsters through restrictive employment agreements. Engineering and construction company firm KBR Inc. agreed to settle allegations that the company required witnesses in internal investigations to sign confidentiality agreements that could …
(USA Today, April 1, 2015) Planned oil industry layoffs in the U.S. are approaching 100,000 in the past four months with more likely to come. Oil producing states such as North Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana are the brunt of the cutbacks as consumers are enjoying cheaper gasoline prices brought on by a 55% drop …
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson. New York, NY: Penguin Group, 2014. 293 pp. Steven Johnson is the author of nine books, the founder of multiple websites, and the host and co-creator of PBS and BBC series How We Got to Now. How We Got to …
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2014. 274 pp. Michael Lewis is a best-selling author of many well-known books including Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, Boomerang, and The Big Short. This is a book about technology, and the building of a very special fiber …
This long overdue new issue begins the process of putting updates back on track after more than a year. Among my distractions has been writing and editing three books coming out in 2015. First, The Accidental Executive, draws on past Ethix interviews to examine the career of the biblical Joseph, who spent time at both the bottom and the top of the corporate ladder.
Randy Wilcox is featured in the new Conversation. He spent time as president of two different divisions of Otis Elevator Co. (South Asia and most recently the Americas). Wilcox shares insights from ethics challenges in the global market to innovation (including, safety, the environment, manufacturing, and smart elevators).
Now up: Issue 86 exploring the future of molecular biology and genetics
My mother recently had her 100th birthday! While that is a remarkable achievement, it is not something I would normally post here. Except for this. Over the past number of months, during a period of her shaky health, I have been making daily visits to her assisted living home, and our conversations provide two important …
Brad Tilden has always loved airplanes. When he had the opportunity to join Alaska Airlines, “I jumped at it ― a dream come true.” He started as director of general accounting, and became CEO and chairman last year. Safety, on-time flights, and airfares are some of the topics.
The Seattle Times, May 22, 2013 Apple CEO Tim Cook strongly defended the company’s tax practices in a Senate hearing highlighting their use of Irish subsidiaries to shelter billions of dollars of income from U.S. taxes. “We pay all the taxes we owe-every single dollar,” Cook told the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. “We not …
