What Working at Enron Taught Me About Corporate Ethics
I had the most incredible job out of college for a budding macroeconomist with a global lens. Creating markets in everything from natural gas to dark fiber to weather derivatives. At a Fortune 10 company. [...]
5 Must Know Pricing Strategy Ethics Issues
Some ethical issues are extremely easy to understand: don’t steal, treat others with respect, and always put down the toilet seat for your lady friends. However, when it comes to the market, the concept of [...]
The Good, the Bad, and the Future
n a recent op-ed piece, I decried the state of ethics in today’s business community. The Volkswagen emissions fraud, the Peanut Corporation of American contamination cover-up, and Turing Pharmaceuticals’ 5,000% price increase for a particular drug [...]
Here’s how ethical business can be good business, too
From sponsoring the local Little League to developing environmentally-responsible technologies, US companies have long invested in philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. Today, they spend an estimated $2 billion in cause marketing and another $14 billion in corporate philanthropy [...]
Ethics in the Business World for Today and Tomorrow
If you think business ethics is crucial in today’s scandal-ridden era, then just wait a few years. The reasons for running ethical businesses are only going to get more compelling—as well as more complex—over the [...]
South Africa – Economic Forecasts – 2019-2021 Outlook
MarketsActualQ1Q2Q3Q42020Currency13.6114.714.915.1115.3115.73Government Bond 10Y (%)8.729.029.19.199.279.45Stock Market (points)54050.235079850067493454863447243 Click here to read more
South Africa’s expected growth to 2020
South Africa’s economy is forecast to tick up to 1.1% in 2018 from 0.8% in 2017, according to new data published by the World Bank. “The recovery is expected to solidify, as improving business sentiment [...]
Human Intuition Is the Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Many venture capitalists and technologists talk about artificial intelligence, big data and how everything from systems to objects are getting smarter. Devices talk to one another, and people are learning how to talk to devices. [...]
9 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship
Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes [...]
20 Small Business Trends and Predictions for 2019
Another year is on its way out, offering entrepreneurs an opportunity to reflect on the past year, with all its peaks and valleys, and plan for the upcoming year with those lessons in mind. Of [...]