All Briefs
2018
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On Governance: Tax Reform: IRS Issues Guidance on Section 162(m)
September 04 | Caroline Hayday, Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb | Arthur Kohn, General Counsel - ERISA, Compensation & Benefits, Citi | Julia M. Rozenblit, Practice Development Lawyer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | Comments (0)Companies should carefully review the compensation arrangements of all individuals who were at any time serving as executive officers during the year and any proposed changes thereto in light of the new guidance in order to determine when the Section 162(m) deductibility limit may apply.
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How to Build Measurable Business Performance with Internal Communications
August 30 | Mary Miller | Comments (0)Consider this premise: Every business problem in existence can be traced to a communication breakdown. Communication breakdowns might include lack of information, the wrong information, mixed messages, no response, slow-moving information, etc. I’ve tested this statement in my role as a corporate internal communicator and as a communications consultant to C-level executives. I’ve found it to be absolutely accurate.
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On Governance: Will Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act Help? The answer is No.
August 30 | Denise Kuprionis, President, The Governance Solutions Group, ESG Center Fellow | Comments (0)U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has proposed legislation that would require all companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue to secure a charter from a newly established Office of United States Corporations. It’s hard to think of a sillier idea.
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Differing expectations for CSR engagement and communication: the Chinese public vs. the American public
August 29 | Anli Xiao, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University | Holly Overton, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina | Comments (0)What drives the public’s evaluations and expectations of corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication in a global environment? Although companies have embraced CSR has a key business strategy, globalization has introduced new challenges for public relations practitioners seeking to engage audiences on a global level.
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Global Job Satisfaction: Worker satisfaction driven by universal job components
August 29 | Frank Steemers, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)For the first time we are comparing job satisfaction globally. In the latest 2018 Q1 report of The Conference Board® Global Consumer Confidence Survey, a new global survey conducted in collaboration with Nielsen, workers in 64 countries were asked the same question: “To what extent are you satisfied with your current job?” Interestingly, all around the world workers have similar reasons to wake up every day and go to work.
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Predicting Evaluations and Expectations of Global CSR Communication
August 28 | Anli Xiao, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University | Holly Overton, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina | Comments (0)What drives the public’s evaluations and expectations of corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication in a global environment? Although companies have embraced CSR has a key business strategy, globalization has introduced new challenges for public relations practitioners seeking to engage audiences on a global level.