The Rady ad-hoc ethics committee, myself included, met with the Dean on Friday to talk about our research to date, current events in business ethics, and plans going forward. In particular, we discussed the Davos oath rolled out at the World Economic Forum, one that I think is an encouraging forward step from the Harvard [...]
I’ve been away from the blog for awhile becasue a crew of Rady students, myself included, went to visit companies in the Bay Area last Wednesday through Friday. We signed our permission slips and headed up to home base at the Marriott in Foster City. Known as the “Bay Area Trek,” this has become a [...]
I was at Caffé Calabria this morning to write up my Marketing case. While working, I overheard a guy and a girl talking about the GMAT, so naturally I butted in. It turns out the girl was two weeks away from her GMAT date, and was pretty nervous about the math section. I told her [...]
Today in “Organizational Strategy and Human Resource Management,” affectionately known as “HR,” we discussed a case wherein candymaker Jacobs Suchard copes with pressure to centralize their operations. A side aspect of the case dealt with job fatigue, and one group suggested that manufacturing management positions be rotated every three years or so in order to [...]
A dry title, I know, but bear with me. There’s a website called “CentSports.com” that works like this: you create a login. They give you 10¢. You use that 10¢ to bet on sporting events. If you win, your account increases appropriately. If at any time you lose all your money, they give you another [...]
My vacation is coming to a close, and it’s been a fulfilling one, complete with a visit to one of my old Norcal haunts: Barefoot Coffee. One of my old music-major friends, “Hannah,” gave me a gift card there that she snagged from groupon, so we met there while I was back in town. Barefoot [...]
My friend Kelly makes cards and started her own craft supply business! Support entrepreneurship in action.