Eyes on Enterprise: Racism in Corporate America - Importance of Diversity
Examining entrepreneurship, business development, wealth creation, money management, and risk taking, across all races and ethnicities.
April 15th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
The Urban League details the state of black in America, in its recent annual report, as one where the economic equality gap continues to increase.
Half a century since Martin Luther King delivered his historical “I Have a Dream” speech and now, the latter stages of the two-term tenure of the first African-American to occupy the White House, not only do blacks persist in lagging behind whites...
April 2nd, 2013
Written by Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press in Eyes On The Enterprise with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department expects applications for high-skilled immigration visas to exceed the available jobs in a matter of days, one of the fastest runs on the much-sought-after work permits in years and a sign of continued economic recovery amid new hiring by U.S. technology companies.
The urgent race for such visas - highly desired by Microsoft, Apple, Google, and...
March 28th, 2013
Written by James Patrick Anderson in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
A war has been raging under foot for the better part of 50 years about what constitutes a decent living wage. It is an economic war that affects mostly minorities, and poor whites, and the stench of “collateral damage” is overwhelming.
As the line of “lambs being led to the fiscal slaughter” grows, valuable human resources have become nothing more than a down payment on perpetuating the...
March 18th, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
Just when we appear to be making some headway in uncovering and confronting racism, sexism, ageism, and a host of other “isms” in the workplace, a new inequity has been identified. The issue of workplace classism has arisen at a time when a national conversation is taking place about American socioeconomic classes. So classism at work is a new problem, right? No, classism has been prevalent in...
March 15th, 2013
Written by Michael Rubinkam - Associated Press in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
Zippo's German distributor is withdrawing a number of lighters bearing militaristic designs after they showed up on an extremist website that sells anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi clothing and accessories.
U.S.-based Zippo Manufacturing Co. said it had no idea the designs carried a negative connotation and apologized for bringing them to market.
One lighter bears the image of a soldier and the word "...
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