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Facebook will stop political ads in the U.S. after the polls close on November 3
Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC, 07 October 2020Facebook has announced that it will stop running political advertisements in the US, after polls close for the 2020 election. The temporary ban is expected to last about one week to stop ads that seek to delegitimize the results of the election.
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The rise of Big Brother at work
This Working Life, ABC, 05 October 2020With more of us working from home, companies are increasingly using time tracking software and surveillance software to check on employees. Employers now have the ability to see what their employees are doing, wherever and whenever. This episode examines how employees are being tracked, and how this is changing
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McDonald’s among food firms urging tougher deforestation rules
Roger Harrabin, BBC News, 05 October 2020Food firms in the UK, including McDonald’s, are urging the Johnson Government to toughen up rules designed to protect rainforests. Ministers across the UK are debating a new law forbidding large companies from using produce that has been sourced from illegally deforested land. McDonald’s has set a deadline of 2030 for removing...
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The right formula for managing a socially responsible company? There is none.
Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post, 05 October 2020In 2019, the US Business Roundtable issued a statement declaring companies need to balance their obligation to serve shareholders with obligations to other stakeholders.
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The Trump Covid news broke in the middle of the night. Here’s how news organisations handled it
Laura Hazard Owen, NiemenLab, 02 October 2020With President Trump showing signs of illness as early as last Wednesday, the timeline of how he could have spread COVID-19 before his announcement is still unclear. News organisations across America were quick to report on the news.
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Reality wreck - misinformation and how the truth became a partisan issue
Checks and Balances Podcast, The Economist, 02 October 2020With President Donald Trump tweeting he has COVID-19, and in the aftermath of the first Presidential debate, truth has become a partisan issue in some nations. Speaking to MIT's Sinan Aral, and The Economist's, Adam Roberts, this podcast episode asks whether reality can be reclaimed.
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Vaccine and science communications in the USA
The Lancet, The Lancet Voice, 02 October 2020In this podcast episode of The Lancet Voice, American scientist Peter Hotez talks vaccine progress and how science needs to communicate in the USA, and philosopher of science Cailin O'Connor discusses how misinformation
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Leaders, are you feeling the burden of pandemic-related decisions?
Liz Kislik, Harvard Business Review, 01 October 2020The impact of COVID-19 means many business leaders feel a tremendous amount of guilt. From layoffs and closures, to disruption in services, leaders understand that corporate action can lead to personal unrest. For business leaders, it is important to re-evaluate and improve the way
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COVID-19: Implications for business
McKinsey & Company, 30 September 2020McKinsey & Company's latest Global Survey suggests that more than half of executives surveyed predict that economic conditions will improve in six months, while 30 per cent say they will worsen. Other research revealed that one-third of surveyed companies have accelerated digitization.
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Emotional intelligence is the secret to leadership in times of crisis
Scott Taylor & Wendy Murphy, Entrepreneur Asia Pacific, 30 September 2020Amid the chaos created by the coronavirus, emotional and social competence have become essential components of effective leadership. Research also consistently demonstrates that leaders' emotional and social competence produces
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