Author Archives: jerrylanders
Collaborative Features in Google Drive
In 1996 Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both students at Stanford University, began collaborating on a search engine called BackRub. More than a year later in Septeber 1997, Google.com is registered as a domain name. The name “Google” is a … Continue reading
Britex and Export Trade
The European Union (EU) is a political partnership that represents a cooperative economic relationship between 28 member countries. The member countries are composed of Central and Eastern Europe. The member countries work together to set policies and to promote their … Continue reading
Not All Wounds Are Visible
Ever wonder what it’s like to go through Basic Training? Do Drill Sergeants really yell all of the time? Is the gas chamber really that horrible? What’s it like to go to war? How hard is it to return home … Continue reading
Staff Turnover among Behavioral Health Professionals
Webster’s dictionary defines employee turnover as “the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts a monthly survey designed to … Continue reading
Social Media and Professional Ethics
Access to the Internet is everywhere. Communication and privileged information is now at our fingertips. Do we as professionals have a responsibility to help our industry by establishing a Code of Ethics? For example, within the behavioral healthcare industry, social … Continue reading
Role of Business According to the Social Responsibility Perspective
There are several business concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Baron reflects on two. The first is Milton Friedman’s Profit Maximization. Friedman’s views are based on the basic economic principle that the role of business within society is to “generate … Continue reading
Corporate Accountability and Responsibility
The Enron scandal became public in 2001 and was followed by a long list of corporations that conducted unethical and illegal activities that negatively impacted the lives of millions of shareholders. Kenneth Lay, founder of Enron, developed a management team … Continue reading
CEO Compensation
According to the Summary of Legislation Proposed, Enacted and under Discussion, prepared by the institute for Policy Studies, disproportionate salaries for executives first became a concern in the early 1980s, about the same time that deep cuts in the top … Continue reading
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