This is what a bad reputation reaps. Rupert Murdoch can do no right these days as the noose of the law pulls tighter about him and his son. News Corp is a battleground on which its executives are in retreat and trying to save themselves. It is almost quaint now to remember that not so […]
Posted on February 15th, 2012 by admin
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Colleges are supposed to help students develop their minds in an environment of open discussion and honesty. That is why this cheating incident mars the reputation of a good school. If Claremont McKenna fibbed about SAT scores, where else has the school bent rules. Administrators have taken the right action. They confessed to the dishonesty […]
Posted on February 1st, 2012 by admin
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Here is one way to protect a school’s reputation — buying URL’s with .xxx extensions. Universities across the US are buying web site names that could be used by pornographers. And, well they should. The pornography industry will use anything and do anything to make a buck. The cost of protection is a few thousand […]
Posted on December 13th, 2011 by admin
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This is an interesting article on reputation and psychopathic tendencies. Whether or not you agree with its conclusions, it is worth reading. A psychopath is a person who doesn’t care what others think of him. Reputation has no meaning. If the person lies, cheats or steals, there is no feeling for those who have suffered loss because […]
Posted on December 12th, 2011 by admin
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This kind of situation, even for an international company, is dangerous to its reputation. Excessive payments to advisers smacks of something illegal or, at least, out of bounds. Firing the CEO because he questioned the payments only looks worse. Now the FBI is involved, which means that Olympus will be under a cloud for weeks […]
Posted on October 24th, 2011 by admin
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Actions like this can destroy the reputation of a newspaper. It is good that the Wall Street Journal covered in detail what happened and that the executive stepped down. However, the Journal earns plenty of demerits for not discovering this itself and stopping it. It took a whistleblower to bring the seamy affair to light. […]
Posted on October 14th, 2011 by admin
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AT&T is learning that reputation is not enough to sway the government when it comes to a merger. The Justice Department sued yesterday to block its takeover of T-Mobile. This happened in spite of the promise by AT&T to repatriate call center jobs to the US and its argument that competition in the field will […]
Posted on September 1st, 2011 by admin
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Here is an example of a technology influencer starting a sea-change in reputation. One person’s opinion is not enough to shift the environment but the more that key opinion-makers express similar ideas, the harder it becomes for the older technology — Twitter. Were I Twitter I would be worried rather than observant. Reputation in technology […]
Posted on July 18th, 2011 by admin
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The US risks its reputation with a looming debt default. Moody’s, the credit rating service, has already put the country on a watch list for downgrading. The question facing everyone is what would happen if the US does go over the edge. Would it lose its reputation for sterling credit once and for all? Could […]
Posted on July 15th, 2011 by admin
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Not surprisingly, Richard Branson is always one of the old reliables when it comes to people choosing their ‘most admired business people’. It’s not by mistake. Branson represents one of the most acceptable faces of business. He’s an entrepreneur, an adventurer, a risk taker, but most of all he’s a great boss and by all […]
Posted on July 14th, 2011 by admin
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