ethics

Michael Meloni has created an online petition as yet another way of letting the Government of the Day know that online censorship is not just about "doing it for the kids" (see also my earlier rant about this).
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At which point I roll off my chair laughing and think immediately of discussions Laurel, I and others have had about the “it’s good for your business, think of the networking opportunities” crap that is always spun out at speakers when organisers are trying to maximise their profits.

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Great email from AIG to bloggers (assuming it’s true):
Earlier today, AIG announced an important policy change - one that we wanted to be sure you knew about. 
A short time ago, our Chairman and CEO Ed Liddy said that he has ordered the immediate cancellation of all outside meetings, conferences, and recognition events across [...]

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…that in a city where we pride ourselves on being the ‘Boston of the Southern Hemisphere’, a city where technologists and creatives are often born and then move eastwards, we STILL have folks who just don’t ‘get it’.
There is a marketing company — let’s call them ‘Aldo Mar’ for want of a better name — [...]

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I never realised how prevalent domestic violence against men is.
We all know stories of male-initiated violence against women, perhaps we even know the perpetrators or victims themselves, but violence against men? Being beaten up by your girlfriend or wife is certainly not something that the average Aussie bloke would own up to, I would [...]

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Surely not? Say it isn’t so?
But, alas, my ol’ mucker Gerry McCusker points me to an advertising agency that somehow managed to have exactly the same brainstorm idea as a chap called Cyriak.
From Simon Bronson and ‘You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice’ site, it’s bad PR time for ad agency DDB (in Sweden) and its [...]

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Yesterday I attempted to persuade senior HR folks of the necessity to allow social networking at work. I was presenting at the Adelaide leg of the Australian HR Industry’s annual roadshow, attempting to answer the question ‘Should Social Networking be allowed in the workplace?’
My view is strongly ‘YES!’ and here’s why:
We ask of new [...]

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