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Enemies & Strangers To Friends: Overcoming Cultural Divides and Distances
Back in 2014, I sat outside of piano practice room at the internationally renowned Jacobs School of music and my (then new) employer, Indiana University. My 7 and 10 year old boys were finishing their individual piano lessons while I caught up on work in the hallway. In retrospect, I wondered why the thought that... Read more »
From Enemies & Strangers to Friends
In an already tumultuous time, democracies need the bonds of genuine relationships that extend beyond politics, bonds that sustain us in the midst of argument. Cultural divides can surface in our views of sports, music, movies, and business, but these are also cultural touchstones that can provide common ground. In suggesting that cultural touchstones offer... Read more »
Business-interruption insurance and COVID-19
A basic premise in contract law is allocation of risk. Business-interruption insurance allows business owners to purchase protection against loss of income that occurs after a disaster. While individual policies differ, typical business interruption provisions cover losses related to physical damage. With COVID-19 sweeping the globe, business owners and insurance companies are engaged in a... Read more »
Our Path Forward Must Start With Collective Humanity
COVID-19 continues to ravage our country – exposing shocking systemic inequities. Of course, no one should be surprised – these things were bubbling under the surface all along. It took a global pandemic, silencing the hum of productivity, to reveal our shaky foundation. The higher COVID-19 death rate among Americans of color highlights the disparities... Read more »
The Morning Show
The Morning Show aired its first ten episodes in Fall, 2019 and quickly gained multiple nominations and awards in Hollywood’s award season. The show centers on the kind of morning program popular in the U.S. and elsewhere that features a mix of news, interviews, weather, and special segments, usually including some goofy or cute ones.... Read more »
New Guidance Means New Opportunities for Behavioral Ethics Risk Management
Last April, the Department of Justice issued new guidance to help prosecutors evaluate corporate compliance programs. In the world that compliance officers and in-house counsel occupy, this is a little like Major League Baseball announcing it’s reinterpreting the strike zone. How prosecutors look at compliance influences all corners of corporate governance. That may seem odd... Read more »
The Challenges of Climate Change
The United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change recently concluded its 25thmeeting in Madrid. The reaction was muted as participants struggled to get agreements from major emitting nations on greenhouse gas reductions. The UN Secretary General admitted, “I am disappointed.” However, the European Union took the opportunity to announce its own Green New Deal,... Read more »
Joyeux Noel
It’s a piece of history that bubbles up from time to time: The Christmas Eve Truce of World War I. In December of 1914, German soldiers faced Allied troops in the early stages of the brutal trench warfare that characterized much of that global conflict. According to a BBC documentary, there were many “live and... Read more »
Business, music, and ice cream—how one women-led business is promoting peace one scoop at a time
Readers of BusinessFightsPoverty have been exposed to the arguments for how business might contribute to peace. They have also seen examples of how music can do the same. Many studies have shown corollaries of how gender equity promotes peace. If you want a film that shows all three of these factors in action, one can’t... Read more »