By Marta M. Elvira, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra) and Godechot Olivier, Sciences Po Nike’s current CEO, Elliott Hill, began his career at the global footwear giant as an …
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By Stephan Manning, University of Sussex and Vassiliki Bamiatzi, University of Sussex Russia’s war against Ukraine has changed how global firms respond to geopolitical events. Whereas in the past foreign …
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Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses
By Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue impaired their judgment. Similarly, …
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ImmigrationOpinion/Commentary
Canada’s immigration process is increasingly digitized, but that can make if difficult to navigate
By Ashika Niraula, Toronto Metropolitan University Many countries are engaged in a global race to attract skilled and talented workers from around the world. But Canada is at risk of …
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By François Larocque, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Stéphanie Chouinard, Queen’s University, Ontario, and Yan Campagnolo, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Influential voices in the Canadian public sphere have been criticizing the …
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Occupational Health & SafetyOpinion/Commentary
When OSHA stops talking, workers pay the price: Why transparency matters in safety
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAbout once a week, I pop onto the press release section of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) website as part of my regular workplace news scan. Inevitably, and …
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Trump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to make government function worse – not better
By James L. Perry, Indiana University On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an early executive order from President Donald Trump’s second term seeks …
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Is AI making us stupider? Maybe, according to one of the world’s biggest AI companies
By Deborah Brown, The University of Queensland and Peter Ellerton, The University of Queensland There is only so much thinking most of us can do in our heads. Try dividing …
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Québec’s religious symbols law: Appealing to the Supreme Court for real rights under the Charter
By Natasha Bakht, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Lynda Collins, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will hear a challenge to Québec’s secularism …
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Fighting words: Why suing employees for defamation is almost always a losing battle
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberIt is a rare and risky move for any employer to sue a former worker for defamation. While there are circumstances in which protecting a company’s reputation may require legal …