by Caroline | Oct 31, 2018 | Accountability, Compliance, Culture, Ethics, Vision
So here’s a scary statistic: For small businesses and non-profits with fewer than 100 employees, the average damage from employee fraud tallies up to $200,000. The numbers are actually lower for large businesses…Why? Probably because larger organizations find the time...
by Caroline | Oct 3, 2016 | Communication, Company Culture, Culture, Ethics, Leadership, Management, Values
There has been much press about Wells Fargo recently. Public opinion has been harsh, congressional members have been vocal, bonuses have been pulled back and now, the state of California has responded with a big financial punishment. More is sure to follow. How did...
by Caroline | Apr 1, 2015 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, Management, Non profit HR
When I was in college, I worked at a women’s clothing boutique. One of the girls I worked with also had a part-time job at the shoe store down the street and offered everyone at the clothing boutique her employee discount from the shoe store. We were thrilled, until...
by Caroline | Jul 16, 2014 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting
There was the case in which Silicon Valley’s CEOs conspired to keep pay artificially low for the area’s engineers, so the companies wouldn’t have to deal with supply and demand—basic tenets of a free economic system. Then there was the fact that GM and the National...
