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The BNET Report | April 24, 2008
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Why You Should Date Your Office Mates
In BNET's newest Book Brief, Author Stephanie Losee explains why it's possible, even preferable, to meet your lifelong romantic partner at the office.

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This Pepper & Rogers Group white paper covers a range of CRM topics, including what's new in on-demand offerings and six questions to ask as a prospective CRM buyer. (Oracle)

Managers' Survey: Interviewees Flunking Etiquette 101
Carefully pressed cuffs and polite thank you emails may, in fact, make you stand out from the rest of the crowd. It turns out that 59 percent of hiring managers say job candidates' manners have deteriorated in recent years.

6 Steps to an Ethical Business Culture
An ethical workplace environment offers less risk, less fraud, less litigation, and happier employees. Here's how to build one.

An Argument for Eliminating Managers
Business is sink or swim, says consultant Rick Sink, and managers just might get in the way of a high-performing organization. Here's why.

The Latest on BNET Industries

Can Burger King Sell a $170 Cheeseburger?
Will Kobe wagyu beef, foie gras, and rare bleu cheese convince Londoners that the fast food brand is upscale?

How United Could Have Saved $159 Million
Sure, United has taken a hit from rising fuel costs. But the company can't seem to reign in even the expenses it can control.

Where the Ad Spend Is
Recession or no, it's not all downturn in ad spend. You just have to know where to look.

LinkedIn Snags Biggest Social Growth
It may still lag behind MySpace and Facebook, but according to Nielsen Online, LinkedIn is booming.

BNET Business Dictionary

Word of the Day: reflation



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BNET Blogs
Where's the Line?
Poll: Rewarding Ethical Behavior?

On Tuesday, I mentioned a white paper that outlined six steps to an ethical business culture, and took issue with the fact that one of these steps involved rewarding employees who behaved ethically. But after mulling it over some more - and a comment from my BNET colleague Geoffrey James...


The View from Harvard Business
Why Don't More Companies Use Prediction Markets?

The basic idea behind James Surowiecki's The Wisdom of Crowds is that a collection of complete strangers in aggregate can make a better decision than a single expert. A crowd at the county fair, when polled in aggregate, can guess the weight of a giant pumpkin unfailingly within a few...


Sterling Performance
No-one Wants a Nice Leader

When it comes to leadership, do nice guys finish last? Are the two mutually exclusive? Professor Jean-*** Manzoni at business school IMD seems to indicate as much in "Big Ego Leadership." People want to work for someone who engages employees and listens to their ideas. But Manzoni questions whether there's...

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