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Corporate Social Responsibility v Business

CSR?  Another bandwagon that all us business owners have to jump on, large or small?  I was listening to Radio 4′s You and Yours programme, on this very topic last week - listen here - and thinking about it a bit this weekend.

How does meeting pressurised targets balance with ensuring staff work in a healthy environment, they asked?  Good question.  The programme also mentioned the cash and cabbage “incentive” employed by one company.  If you met your targets, you were awarded with cash, otherwise you were presented with a cabbage, in public.  (Great for morale and loyalty, don’t you think?  Treating colleagues as you would your valued customers!?  Eh, no.) Read more…

The Ultimate in Business Etiquette

That nice, modest Mr Blair is at it again, this time in the name of religion.

As founder of the appropriately named Tony Blair Faith Foundation, he has spoken from on high. Read more…

Woman, Work, and Wanting More

Do you think like a man or like a women when it comes to work?  One way to find out is to examine your attitude towards pay.

According to Marilyn Davidson – professor of work psychology at Manchester Business School – men get more pay in the workplace than women because they expect it, they ask for it, and they (think they) deserve it.

If women want equal pay, they have to think in the same way as men. Read more…