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Chipmaker says it hopes other companies will do the same — but so far they are hanging back.
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In overworked Japan, Microsoft tested a four-day workweek. Productivity soared 40 percent.
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It is the latest example of a growing global movement to experiment with the concept of a four-day workweek.
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Adam Neumann’s billion-dollar exit package from WeWork is a lesson in giving founders too much control
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Despite its stunning collapse, the company’s unorthodox and charismatic founder and former CEO, Adam Neumann, could still walk away with up to $1.2 billion.
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New York City comptroller pushes 56 companies to commit to diversity and adopt the NFL’s Rooney Rule
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About two dozen of the 56 companies on Stringer’s list appear to have no minorities on their board.
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New York City comptroller pushes 56 companies to commit to diversity and adopt the NFL’s Rooney Rule
About two dozen of the 56 companies on Stringer’s list appear to have no minorities on their board.
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More states are trying to protect black employees who want to wear natural hairstyles at work
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It’s still legal in most states to ban natural hair styles like braids or dreadlocks. But several state legislators — and a coalition of civil rights groups — are trying to change that
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An Obama-era rule to collect worker pay data is headed for the chopping block
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A controversial collection of pay data by employers — supported by equal pay activists but opposed by many employers — could soon be curtailed.
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‘We blew it’: Forbes named 99 men and only one woman on its list of ‘most innovative leaders’
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A Twitterstorm erupted after the list, developed by business professors and published by Forbes, included only one woman. Forbes has created a task force in response.
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What to watch for now that CEOs have rewritten the purpose of the corporation
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The Business Roundtable has abandoned shareholder primacy and embraced stakeholder capitalism.
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Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations
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The new statement, released Monday by the Business Roundtable — whose members are CEOs of America’s largest companies — suggests balancing the needs of a company’s various constituencies and comes at a time of widening income inequality, rising expectations for corporate behavior and proposals from Democratic lawmakers that aim to restructure American capitalism.