The FT ran an article this week on business ethics I think Thursday or
Friday.
David
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Subject: literature on business ethics / corporate
You could always raise the query at our community on
who's true fair view
http://www.quicktopic.com/12/D/YCi5LrQCCMGaD.html
though I expect a bible rather than a one-pager is what's needed after
Andersen/Enron
chris macrae, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.normanmacrae.com
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Several weeks ago Fabio pointed out a novel reason why restaurants might choose
long lines intead of higher prices - the longer lines induce people in the
restaurant to eat faster. This is an interesting suggestion but it misses
quite a bit of the phenomena because it applies (presumably) only
My father, who allegedly holds some sort of psycology degree, claims that
many restaurants (likely retail chains and not ma and pa's) train their
servers to drop subtile hints to get people out the door. Everything from
asking if everything is OK to stopping to refill drink or clearing plates.
A month or so ago, the 'chair was wondering why Americans tend to be
overweight, particularly because of the commonly rumored fat tax on foods
like McDonalds' stuff. Someone linked to a Landsburg article
(http://slate.msn.com/?id=105306) discussing reasons for the aggregate
weight gain. A
