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<正> 《谁认识马云》当他在国内最早到处宣讲他的"黄页"时,别人说他是骗子;当他喊出"要做全中国最好的企业"时,别人说他是疯子;当他执意要创办全世界最伟大公司时,别人说他是狂人。然而,他是中国第一位登上《福布斯》杂志封面的企业家。他的阿里巴巴被评为全球电子商务第一品牌,他还是比尔·盖茨、克林顿和布莱尔的朋友。难以相信一个颧骨深凹、头发卷曲、身     

谷胜立：庙会“标王”

他,是地坛庙会的5届标王;他,是2010年地坛庙会和龙潭庙会的“双料标王”;他,是京城庙会的风云人物;他,就是“烤串大王”谷胜立。     

会议服务 细节制胜——访北京国际会议中心、北京五洲大酒店总经理刘海莹

他是合作伙伴的朋友——与他洽谈业务就如同与知己良朋共诉衷肠,轻松愉悦;他是业界的精英才俊——在他的带领下,企业的经济收益逐年上升,速度惊人;他是音乐空间流连忘返的孩童——繁忙的工作之余,他会倾听李斯特的现场钢琴演奏来调节自我;他是员工们特别敬重的上司——尽管他在     

庙会人物(一) 谷胜立:庙会“标王”

<正>他,是地坛庙会的5届标王;他,是2010年地坛庙会和龙潭庙会的"双料标王";他,是京城庙会的风云人物;他,就是"烤串大王"谷胜立。     

殷殷赤子心 漫漫报国路——记加拿大杰出华商龚晓华

他是加美联合总商会会长,加拿大爱德华集团董事长,环球传媒集团董事局主席;他是中国对外贸易理事会副理事长;他泛舟商海多年却依然心系祖国,他是2010年第五届加拿大杰出华商,他热心祖国的爱心慈善事业,他是龚晓华!资金重组,多领域开拓市场     

魅力高官薄熙来

他是大连人最引以为自豪的大连“三宝”之一,和足球、服装并列;他也是一位年轻、英俊、幽默、敢为的官员;他让大连八年彻底改头换面,他为防治非典立下军令状,他规定官员收受200元礼品就地免职;如今,他已走马上任商务部部长,他就是薄熙来。一个有着强烈个人魅力的高官。     

儒商罗建凡

他谦虚,但很自信;他像个书生,但他更是个商人;他严谨,但与员工保持很轻松的距离;他倔强,但却温文尔雅;他创建的童装品牌有很高的知名度,但他却说他的公司还很小,不敢与大红大紫的企业家相比;他说,每次丰收,接下来的日子就越头疼;他说,如果重新选择职业,他宁愿选择做十几人的教练,而不愿做几百人的教练;他是派克兰帝的骄傲,也曾因做童装而被视为清华学子的耻辱……他就是罗建凡,派克兰帝童装品牌的灵魂人物。     

电商007:刘强东不为人知的10件事

他是中国最彪悍的创业者,他是电商传奇,他是打不死的小强;他血液里淌着冒险家的赌性、策略家的精明;他枪枪致命拳拳到肉。你知道他是谁,但我们要告诉你不知道的:当你把视线刺入他背后的历史,才会发现,在他身上正上演着他的古代老乡——刘邦项羽挑战秦始皇的故事。他就是刘强东,中国电商最具性格和争议     

通信兴邦 生命如歌——清华大学电子工程系教授、博士生导师曾烈光其人其事

天府之国、俊秀巴蜀,这片美丽富饶的土地孕育出了一位优秀的通信技术学家。科技强国是他的理想;通信兴邦是他的愿望;开拓进取是他的态度;迎难而上是他的方向。他用生命的音符谱写通信事业最华丽动人的乐章。他就是清华大学电子工程系教授——曾烈光。     

中调:以打造健康美味为已任——访大连大雷物流贸易有限公司总经理刘大雷

印象刘大雷:他以一己之力,领衔企业改革发展大计;他以战略眼光,把握时代行业跃动脉搏;他是胸怀韬略的谋划者,更是务实进取的实干家。在不计其数的困难危机前,以智慧和实力一一化解;他在中国调味品行业的版图上,带领精兵强将打下稳固江山;他是为行业发展进步做出杰出贡献的企业家,是为中国品牌走向世界的引路者;他志存高远,力图将"中调"打造成为家喻户晓的国际知名品牌……     

Applying the principles of Gestalt theory to teaching ethics

Teaching ethics poses a dilemma for professors of business. First, they have little or no formal training in ethics. Second, they have established ethical values that they may not want to impose upon their students. What is needed is a well-recognized, yet non-sectarian model to facilitate the clarification of ethical questions. Gestalt theory offers such a framework. Four Gestalt principles facilitate ethical clarification and another four Gestalt principles anesthetize ethical clarification. This article examines each principle, illustrates that principle through current business examples, and offers exercises for developing each principle. Eugene H. Hunt is professor of management in the School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond. He has done advanced studies in organization development at the National Training Laboratories (NTL) and has studied Gestalt theory at the Gestalt Institute in Cleveland. He currently teaches a course in the history of management thought for doctoral students, in principles of management for masters students, and in organizational behavior for undergraduate students. For a number of years he wrote a column in Management World titled, Expanding Your Repertoire of Managerial Behavior.Ronald K. Bullis is Acting Head of Staff at a Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. He has done advanced graduate work in clinical social work at Virginia Commonwealth University and is an adjunct faculty teaching law and religion at Virginia Union University, Richmond. He also teaches law and religion at the Institute of Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He conducts individual, group and family counseling and is a certified sex educator.     

In search of sense in common sense management

Popular and philosophical notions of common sense are briefly reviewed in terms of their possible applications in the theory of management. The concept of common sense is here interpreted as a secondary device in decision-making, and ought to be considered only in the context of a much more complex information-knowledge process.

C. E. Stowe

Joseph Z. Nitecki is the director of Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York. He has a BA degree in philosophy from Wayne State University, an MA in philosophy from Roosevelt University, an MA in Library Science from Chicago University. He is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the Society for General Systems Research. He has published extensively in the theory and philosophy of library and information science and in the management of libraries. He has edited and compiled a number of publications, serving as a reviewer and consultant in the field.     

Employment and privacy: A problem for our time

The employment application form is a major source of information about candidates for many companies. It is also a potential source of infringement by the company upon the privacy of the individual. Although September 1984 saw the passing into law of the Data Protection Act, the U.K. has not been in the forefront of civil rights where employees and personal information are concerned. During an extended interview with members of a personnel department of a major company, several issues relating to privacy issues were revealed and these are discussed in the paper. Although these interviews were carried out before the new law came into effect, they do show that this and many similar organisations may experience problems over compliance. This is particularly likely in the computerisation of personnel records and employees' access to their personal information. Michael Newman is Lecturer in Accountancy at the University of Manchester and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut. He has been awarded a grant by the Economic and Social Research Council, U.K. for his project The Introduction of Information Systems into Organisations, 1985/87. He is one of the authors of Accountants' Roles in Industrial Organizations and Access to Information. He has also published several articles.Gloriana Marks de Chabris is Junior Accountant at Price Water House (Accountants).     

The individual investor in securities markets: An ethical analysis

In this paper we consider whether one type of individual investor, which we call at risk investors, should be denied access to securities markets to prevent them from suffering serious financial harm. We consider one kind of paternalistic justification for prohibiting at risk investors from participating in securities markets, and argue that it is not successful. We then argue that restricting access to markets is justified in some circumstances to protect the rights of at risk investors. We conclude with some suggestions about how this might be done.Robert E. Frederick is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bentley College and Assistant Director of the Center for Business Ethics. Before coming to Bentley College he worked at a large financial institution for nine years, where he was Vice President for Administrative Services. Dr. Frederick has authored or co-authored over fifteen articles and has co-edited four books. He has consulted on business ethics for several major corporations. W. Michael Hoffman is the founding Director of the Center for Business Ethics, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Bentley College, Waltham, MA. He was President of the Society for Business Ethics in 1989. He has authored or edited ten books, including Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality (McGraw-Hill, 1984; 1990) and published over thirty articles. He has consulted on business ethics for many major corporations and institutions of higher learning, and he serves on the board of several journals.     

中国第一商贩年广久

<正>他是第一代个体暴发户的代表,是改革开放的风向标,他一生被邓小平三次点名,其命运的起承转合暗合着个私经济的发展进程。作家吴晓波在著作《激荡三十年》中写道:"在1978年到2008年的中国商业圈出没着这样一个族群:他们出身草莽,不无野蛮,性情漂移,坚韧而勇于博取。"年广久正是他们中典型的一位。他的身后总是不乏不屑甚至鄙夷的目光;他目不识丁,却认为自己深谙实践中的经济学,靠炒瓜子在20世纪     

Characteristics and practices of “Christian-based” companies

There is a sizeable group of self-described Christian companies which have declared their belief in the successful merging of biblical principles with business activities. As these companies have become more visible, an increasing number of anecdotal newspaper and magazine articles about these companies have appeared. Surprisingly, no rigorous research has been conducted prior to our recent study. This article provides national estimates of the size and predominant characteristics of self-identified Christian companies. In addition, the study investigated the types of relationships these companies maintained with their employees, customers, communities, and suppliers.Nabil Ibrahim is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Augusta College, Augusta, Georgia. He has published articles, case studies, and professional papers in the areas of business policy and strategy.Dr. Leslie W. Rue is Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration at Georgia State University. He is the author of over forty articles, cases, and papers that have appeared in academic and practitioner journals. He has coauthored eight textbooks in the field of management.Dr. Patricia P. McDougall is an Assistant Professor of Management at Georgia State University. Her research focuses primarily on new venture strategies and international entrepreneurship and has been published in several academic journals. Dr. G. Robert Grenne is an Associate Professor of Management at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia where he teaches strategic management and entrepreneurship. He is a Contributing Editor to Spiritual Fitness in Business and has published articles in various academic and practitioner journals.     

The corporate social challenge for the multinational corporation

The modern corporation has come to be regarded as a dynamic force for subverting traditional norms in repressive societies. However, the role that MNCs can play in transforming the socio-political landscapes of most host countries is largely circumscribed by the actions that host governments can take. In the case of South Africa, the vast disparities and inequalities created and maintained by many years ofapartheid rule are limiting factors to the trickle-down effect that would normally take place. The paper argues that under the existing circumstances, the corporate withdrawal strategy proved to be the most effective catalytic role MNCs could play in the transformation of SA society.The author, holder of an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management, is a native of South Africa. He lived there and worked for a large MNC prior to going to the U.S. nine years ago. He teaches at the University of Massachusetts' School of Management in the areas of Business Policy & Strategy, Organization Theory, and Business and Its Environment. He is the Director of the M.B.A. program.     

Effects of gender and other factors on rank of law professors in colleges of business: Evidence of a glass ceiling

The matter of salary levels and professional advancement is much discussed and debated today in business and academe. This paper examines the matter of salary determinants for law professors in colleges of management in the U.S. with an emphasis on examining how gender might affect professorial salary and rank. By focusing on one discipline in today's academe and in a college having great student demand (management) coupled with a professed commitment to women's rights and by holding constant variables relevant to salary and rank, this study, addresses the matter of whether gender is a factor in determination of academic rank and salary. This study used correlation and path analysis in arriving at our conclusions. Our sample size meets statistically acceptable parameters. Our results corroborate earlier research which finds significant pay differences between women and men, but they show that at least for the sample of legal studies professors in this study, these pay differences are attributable to the number of years spent in academe. If women have only recently enjoyed opportunities for careers in this discipline, they do not have as much seniority, on average as men. Consequently, if universities pay salaries at least partly according to seniority, women's salaries are likely to be lower than men's salaries, as our study indicates. At the same time, however, even after controlling for seniority and other factors that might affect rank, there are still significantly fewer women in the higher ranks. These results point to the operation of a glass ceiling which restricts promotional opportunities for women in other fields.Prof. Bruce D. Fisher is a Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Formerly an attorney in the Office of General Counsel of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., Prof. Fisher has published in 42Rutgers Law Review 349 (1991), theCincinnat Law Review, theAdministrative Law Review, and numerous other legal and business publications. His degrees include BBA, '65; JD, '68; LLM, '74.Prof. Steve Motowidlo is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Florida. He has a BA '69 and a Ph.D. '76. He has published numerous articles in theJournal of Applied Psychology and other academic journals. He consults extensively with industry.Mr. Steve Werner is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Human Resources at the University of Florida. He has a BA degree in mathematics '85, an MBA '86, and has worked in industry prior to pursuing his Ph.D. He has published in theColumbia Journal of World Business.     

The effect of the recent insider-trading scandal on stock prices of securities firms

This paper addresses the impact of the unethical business conduct of a few individuals that shook the financial market in 1986. Specifically, in the study undertaken for this paper, the wealth status of the shareholders of securities firms was examined in relation to the public disclosure of the insider-trading scandals involving Dennis Levine, Ivan Boesky, and their confederates. It was hypothesized that the expected market-adjusted stock returns for the securities firms would be negative as a result of the scandals. The findings of the study supported the hypothesis. Khalil M. Torabzadeh is Associate Professor of Finance at Radford University in Virginia. He earned his DBA in Finance from Mississippi State University in 1984. He began his teaching career at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, in 1982, and joined the faculty of Radford University in 1985. He has had articles published in the Journal of Financial Research and the Journal of Applied Business Research. Dan Davidson is Professor of Business Law at Radford University in Virginia. He has five teaching awards, including the Razorback Outstanding Business Faculty Award from the University of Arkansas. He is the author of four textbooks published by PWS Kent Publishing Co., and his articles have been published in the Journal of Business Ethics, the Business Law Review, the Education Forum, and the Journal of Insurance Issues and Practices, among others.Hamid Assar is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Radford University in Virginia. His educational background includes a PhD in Financial Economics (expected in 1989) from Southern Illinois University, an MBA from Central State University in Oklahoma, and a Masters degree in Economics from the University of West Virginia. His research interests are in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, financial markets, and international finance.     

Epistemological and ethical considerations in conceptualizing and implementing human resource management

As an example of applied social science, the field of human resource management is used to show that ethical problems are not only those of carrying out research, of professional conduct, and of the distribution fairness of social science knowledge. A largely overlooked ethical issue is also the implicit choices that are made as an integral part of research and implementation. First, an analysis is undertaken of the implicit assumptions, values and goals that derive from the conception of human problems in work organizations as managing human resources. Secondly, it is argued that such a conception is in fact a socially constructed reality with real consequences and not a reflection of objective states of human and social nature with which we have to live. Thirdly, to the extent that our implicit assumptions are in part based upon conceptual choices that are made by individuals or as a collective act of a discipline or work organization, the development of an ethical framework that could guide such choices becomes a crucial challenge for business ethics.H. Peter Dachler currently holds the chair for organizational psychology at the University of St. Gall, Switzerland. He received his graduate training in industrial/organizational psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana and subsequently taught in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was a fellow for two years at the International Institute of Management in the Science Center, Berlin, and is on the editorial boards of various international and American scientific journals. He has published mainly in the areas of motivation, leadership, organization theory, and the theoretical and practical implications of a constructionist epistemology for employee assessment, participation and leadership. Georges Enderle is a senior lecturer for business ethics at the University of St. Gall, Switzerland. Since 1983 he has been Director of the Institute for Business Ethics. He is the author of Sicherung des Existenzminimums im nationalen und internationalen Kontext — eine wirtschaftsethische Studie [Securing the minimal standard of living in the national and international context: A business ethics perspective]. He has written various articles on business ethics.