Pat Frishkoff - 2010 Austin Family Business Award Recipient
Pat Frishkoff receives the "Family Business Advisor of Distinction award" for 2010.
Escaping the Prisoners' Dilemma
Only by understanding the institutional preconditions for a tolerant criminal justice system can we think clearly about the possible options for reform within the British system.
A Biography Honoring Mary McLeod Bethune
This video celebrates Women History Month by honoring Mary McLeod Bethune. Bethune invested her time, skills, and life to bring about positive change. (Running Time 4:06)
Haiti Poem: Job by Kwame Dawes
Poem by Kwame Dawes
Images by Andre Lambertson
Music by Kevin Simmonds
Editing by Robin Bell
For Joel Sainton
This is a home,
this is a shelter,
these walls, shaken,
the lines of jagged
cracks, the split
at the ceiling
that lets in light
and rain—this is
my comfort, here,
deep in the catacombs
of Port-au-Prince,
shaded by a giant
breadfruit tree
with its fragile
branches, its bounty;
here where the yard
is cluttered with trash,
trying leaves, and
broken bricks
salvaged from the ruins
dumpe
Business leadership in a time of responsibility
Looking at the global economy today, we can see that a much greater proportion of the world operates under the philosophy called ‘market capitalism,’ observes Subi Rangan, associate professor of strategy and management, and the Shell fellow in business and the environment at INSEAD.
Mode en kleding : Basiswoordenschat Engels Tijdens hun stage in een winkel of bij werkplekleren, moeten leerlingen klanten soms in het Engels te woord staan. Je vindt hier afbeeldingen met de correcte Engelse benaming, korte Engelse zinnen met de vertaling en enkele korte …
Epping Forest College and mobile learning
Social responsibility: Greater access to capital?
Practising social responsibility can give companies improved access to capital. That’s according to Brendan May, International Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at PR firm Weber Shandwick Worldwide.
Key financial centres are always thinking in terms of risk and investible propositions, and as May notes, “the chances are, that a truly investible proposition in the 21st century is not a company that is chopping down rainforests, (or) exploiting its workforce.” Th
Applying Extreme Lessons
As volatile change in business becomes the new norm, some companies must develop plans and the leadership necessary to meet a constant stream of unique challenges. Others have long taken the attitude that any customer dissatisfaction is an unacceptable failure. In this episode, we explore what can be learned from companies that value high reliability in conversations with leaders such as Brad Tilden, president of Alaska Airlines; John Belarde, President of Belarde Company, an architectural concr
Klartext 2010-09-30
På torsdagen berättade att kvinnor som har en besvärlig graviditet har rätt att stanna hemma från jobbet och istället få pengar från Försäkringskassan. Vi berättade också att miljövännen Nnimmo Bassey från Nigeria ska få Right Livelihood-priset. Han får det priset eftersom han försöker att hjälpa dem som har drabbats av olja som släpps ut i naturen i hans hemland Nigeria i Afrika.
Klartext 2010-09-23
På torsdagen berättade Klartext att rösterna nu har räknats. Partierna i Alliansen fick flest politiker invalda i riksdagen, men inte tillräckligt många för att kunna styra på egen hand. Programmet handlade också om att en del skor och kläder i svenska affärer kan vara gjorda av fångar i Kina.
Klartext 2010-09-16
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The Last 18 Years in Rap (1992-2010)
Think: "We Didn't Start the Fire" for today's students.
Fawaz Bilbeisi
Fawaz Bilbeisi Director of Economic & Commerce Bureau for the Kingdom of Jordan
Unearthing the net's history
After staging what he billed as 'the first ever archaeological dig of the web' at Internet Week Europe, curator Jim Boulton is looking to stage another at New York's Internet Week.
Strauss-Kahn confident Irish rescue package will work
The IMF's Dominique Strauss-Kahn says the financial package to bailout Ireland's economy will work, but warned it will be very difficult on the Irish people.
The Road from Copenhagen
Following the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, a five-member panel reviews the pros and cons of the events that took place. Moderated by Ernest Moniz, the panel includes Rob Stavins, Michael Greenstone, Stephen Ansolabehere (filling in for William Bonvillian)
Autism: What Do We Know? What Do We Need?
“I’ll give you the 30,000 foot view of autism.”
Remarking that autism today, in terms of interest and funding, is like cancer was 20 years ago,
Dr. Thomas Insel provides the latest medical and scientific views on this complex developmental brain disorder. The formal definition of autism includes three main componen
Green My Place
