Description: Online video services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon are allowing consumers to gorge themselves with seemingly unlimited hours of viewing content on everything from TVs, to tablets, to smartphones. Source: CNN.com – video report Date: Apr 22, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/04/23/t-binge-tv-watching-netflix-showtime-amazon-streaming-video.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Describe the changes taking place in the digital entertainment industry. How… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Ethics & Social Responsibility
Fireball Whisky: Selling a Brand, Shot by Shot
Description: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky is known in the spirits industry as a challenge shot. It’s an orange beverage that comes in a clear bottle with a prancing demon on the label. It tastes like a syrupy incarnation of Wrigley’s Big Red gum. It’s sweet, with a spicy burn. Source: Businessweek.com – video report Date: Apr… Read more »
GM’s CEO: Cost of fix ‘not my focus’
Description: CEO Mary Barra says that her company is not focused on the ‘cost elements’ of the safety fix and that GM is ‘gonna do the right thing.’ Source: CNN.com – video report Date: Apr 16, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/04/16/gm-ceo-mary-barra-cost-of-safety-fix-recall.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Do you think Mary Barra handled this media presentation well? What was positive… Read more »
Why Arianna Huffington says ‘lean back’
Description: “Stress and burnout are the diseases of our civilization.” Media mogul Arianna Huffington says we must lean back to succeed. Source: CNN.com – video report Date: Apr 15, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/04/15/n-arianna-huffington-on-women-and-success.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What is the message presented by Arianna Huffington to managers and companies that employ them? Do you agree with her… Read more »
2 minutes of Obama on equal pay
Description: President Barack Obama signed two executive actions that made compensation from federal contractors more transparent, with hopes of closing the gender pay gap. Source: CNN.com – video report Date: Apr 11, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/04/08/n-obama-equal-pay-executive-action-wage-gap-transparency-2-minutes.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What are the issues surrounding equal pay and the role of government? How should managers deal with… Read more »
How to pitch Warren Buffett in 60 seconds or less
Description: At the world’s richest business plan competition, more than 40 teams delivered a minute-long appeal to an imaginary Oracle of Omaha. Here are our favorites. Source: Fortune.com Date: Apr 11, 2014 Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2014/04/11/elevator-pitch-warren-buffett/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for Discussions: What do you think of the ideas presented in this report? Sketch out a plan highlighting how you would… Read more »
Golden Parachutes: Why it’s bad business
Description: Exorbitant payouts to executives for leaving violates the idea of pay-for-performance. Source: Fortune.com Date: Apr 11, 2014 Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2014/04/11/golden-parachutes-why-its-a-sour-deal-for-business/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for discussion: Summarize the issues presented in the report concerning executive payouts. What is your opinion on this matter?
Tesla and SpaceX: Elon Musk’s industrial empire
Description: So many children dream of fast cars and rocket ships, but few actually grow up to build them — and change the world in the process Source: CBSNews.com – video report Date: Mar 30, 2014 Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/tesla-and-spacex-elon-musks-industrial-empire Questions for Discussions: Do you think the Tesla will succeed? How does Elon Musk compare to the… Read more »
Did GM’s Barra convince lawmakers on recall?
Description: Bloomberg’s Matt Miller recaps General Motors CEO Mary Barra’s day on Capitol Hill as she faces a second round of questioning by the U.S. Senate over a delayed recall to fix an ignition-switch problem on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Apr 02, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/is-gm-s-barra-convincing-congress-on-recall-78P6wgd8R8ajyE~UehgICA.html Questions for Discussions: Do… Read more »
Southwest Airlines’ new cause: ‘Placemaking’
Description: Through an innovative partnership, the airline is revitalizing public spaces in Detroit, Providence, and San Antonio. Look for more to come. Source: Fortune.com Date: Apr 03, 2014 Link: http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2014/04/03/southwest-placemaking/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for Discussions: Explain the concept behind “placemaking” and why it has attracted corporate support. How does this action fit with corporate social responsibility to communities?… Read more »
