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Who Wants to Be a CEO?
One ethics professor says, -It was like Greek tragedy. They defied the gods and the gods struck them down.- With their plush offices, executive jets and median salaries of $ 1.6 million, even chief executive officers who haven-t been hauled off in handcuffs are now held in lower esteem than politicians. The former cultural heroes are blamed for putting pensions at risk and enriching themselves at investors- expense. Will new rules make CEO-s truly accountable and help them regain their prestige? What does it take to become a good CEO? We ask a business ethicist, leaders from the business and nonprofit world, and the CEO of a management consulting firm. Newsmaker: Air Marshal Program in Disarray The Air Marshal program was vastly expanded after September 11 in order to provide increased security on America-s airlines. But today-s USA Today reports that it-s now in -disarray.- Blake Morrison, who wrote the story, attributes many of the program-s failures to stepped-up hiring and lowered standards instituted to meet increased staffing demands. Reporter-s Notebook: Rough Diamonds In the US, Major League Baseball is preparing to strike, and Little League continues to be plagued by charges of falsifying age and residency requirements. There-s none of that in Cuba, where baseball-s been a hit since the 1860-s. President Fidel Castro, who-s an avid fan, is making sure the next generation of Cubans is too, as Susan Orlean discovered when she traveled to Cuba to write -Rough Diamonds- for The New Yorker.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readOne ethics professor says, -It was like Greek tragedy. They defied the gods and the gods struck them down.- With their plush offices, executive jets and median salaries of $ 1.6 million, even chief executive officers who haven-t been hauled off in handcuffs are now held in lower esteem than politicians. The former cultural heroes are blamed for putting pensions at risk and enriching themselves at investors- expense. Will new rules make CEO-s truly accountable and help them regain their prestige? What does it take to become a good CEO? We ask a business ethicist, leaders from the business and nonprofit world, and the CEO of a management consulting firm.
Air Marshal Program in Disarray
The Air Marshal program was vastly expanded after September 11 in order to provide increased security on America-s airlines. But today-s USA Today reports that it-s now in -disarray.- Blake Morrison, who wrote the story, attributes many of the program-s failures to stepped-up hiring and lowered standards instituted to meet increased staffing demands.
Rough Diamonds
In the US, Major League Baseball is preparing to strike, and Little League continues to be plagued by charges of falsifying age and residency requirements. There-s none of that in Cuba, where baseball-s been a hit since the 1860-s. President Fidel Castro, who-s an avid fan, is making sure the next generation of Cubans is too, as Susan Orlean discovered when she traveled to Cuba to write -Rough Diamonds- for The New Yorker.