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riot, protest, street, crowd, laws, regularization, bill, payment, money, pay, tax, expenses, business, bank, vulture funds,

Riots, desire, consumerism, community and values.

Want is a funny word. It can mean different things, such as: "absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite" or "to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing necessary to completeness", or "to feel a need or a desire for; wish for&

Why do bad leaders happen to good people? #notw #hackergate

Why do bad leaders happen to good people? #notw #hackergate

There have been astonishing revelations in London about leaders in the News International group of companies and in the UK Parliament. Perhaps even more shocking is the disclosure of the deep and complex relationships between the two groups? It is a classic case study of power and the old-fashioned

Bad management, ethics and philosophy: what can we learn from News of the World?

Bad management, ethics and philosophy: what can we learn from News of the World?

The demise of a 168 year old (and reportedly profitable) newspaper in Britain called the News of the World (NoTW) gives us some valuable insights on a number of levels. Every day over the past few weeks we have been gobsmacked by the revelations about NoTW and assume nothing could

MBAs, ethics, pledges and virginity

Recently I noted the phenomenon of MBA graduates signing pledges promising to behave ethically. This is an admirable sentiment, especially given the sheer number of MBA graduates (from 'excellent' business schools) who've been responsible for and/or complicit in our current Global Financial Crisis. But it

The coming integration of IT and biotechnology ...

The coming integration of IT and biotechnology ...

I just saw Susan Greenfield - a.k.a. Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield - on a television chat show. She is a pioneering scientist, entrepreneur, communicator of science, policy adviser, and an extremely interesting presenter of complex ideas. She seems to be intelligent, vivacious and wears makeup and nice clothes. All of

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