Environmentalists believe it means they are beginning to win their battle for greater business accountability.
My job application for any front office accountability is eight pages of mostly essay-type questions (if it's for a management or business development accountability, there are another six to ten pages of those), and my interviews get even more up close and personal.
One of the great things about business is accountability.
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If you can't afford a full-time person in a dedicated business development accountability, however, don't despair (and certainly, don't give up and quit): I've seen desk clerks who had a gift for it: look for that gift when you interview and hire.
But how do high performing companies use recognition to drive strong business performance and accountability in their organizations?
The line at the top of this post is taken from the homepage of DeskTime, a time tracking company that dispenses with the self-improvement ethos of rival services and gets down to the gritty business of employee accountability.
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As a result, a limited number of people have full, end-to-end accountability for business success and there are few opportunities for managers to learn all aspects of a business.
Business people have the exacting accountability of the bottom line.
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The economic downturn and expansion of government requirements have triggered many companies to increase their transparency and accountability around mission-critical business processes.
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Most business leaders assert that they want visibility and accountability from the people within their organizations.
"I fully recognize that accountability for all aspects of the business rests with the CEO, " Mr Albanese said at the time.
Ambiguity in business is often connected to our fear of accountability.
Resource allocation and profitability targets will move to the Cisco sales and engineering leadership teams, which will have accountability and direct responsibility for the business results.
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Check with the Better Business Bureau, which sets standards for charity accountability, and the American Institute of Philanthropy, a watchdog organization that rates charities.
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Fortunately, although much needed to be done to create what Mr Shamir calls a culture of transparency and accountability, the basis of a powerful business was there.
ERGs must become smarter about defining what they are ultimately trying to accomplish for themselves and the business, and then create a metric to enforce accountability to assure their objectives are being measured and attained.
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This also allows us to support accountability in a manner more closely aligned with business reporting.
Yet again we see the use of such corporate structures threatening regulation, transparency, accountability and the very viability of a whole business model.
Arthur Fellow in the Accounting and Management unit at Harvard Business School, where he studies the political economy of corporate accountability and financial reporting.
Japan has long been known as a market defined by an insider business culture with a low presence of independent directors and minimal accountability to shareholders.
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To be sure, there are significant lessons for business here, underscored by our current public preoccupation with transparency and accountability.
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As for leadership, Barbara Adachi of Deloitte called for more accountability to drive change, explaining that it was a business imperative to foster Asian talent.
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The new business realities demanded scalability and new, more efficient work flows and individual accountability.
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Professionalism, accountability and tenacity are some of the very large keys to business success.
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Class-action suits have long been a way for common consumers to use their strength in numbers to address grievances and apply accountability against companies but have recently hit high walls since the business-friendly Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 was passed (See "Class-Action Law Gums Up Courts").
Unfortunately some of that business now has been shown to be thriving on corruption, nepotism and lack of accountability.
Add in accountability and transparency with customers in real time, and the entire ecosystem of a business changes.
By harnessing the efficiency, transparency and accountability that is inherent in the web to improve all aspects of government-to-business and business-to-government transactions, they can deliver a big economic boost.
The CIA should get out of the drone operation business, handing it over to the Defense Department, which has a culture of learning lessons, accountability to Congress and a new openness about civilian protection after 10 years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In the past year of business scandals, the Times has not shied away from making tough calls, including criticising a lack of accountability of bosses for corporate failures.
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