Eyes on Enterprise: Racism in Corporate America - Importance of Diversity

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August 14th, 2013
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Philadelphia Eagles' Stadium
Wide receiver Riley Cooper is back with the Philadelphia Eagles – but the controversy that he caused remains. Is it because the racial slur controversy has been remedied or is it because of the importance of Riley Cooper’s performance and the impact on team’s bottom line? Cooper was caught on video using a racial slur at a Kenny Chesney concert in June. When the video was made public it caused...
August 13th, 2013
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Sen. John McCain
PHOENIX (AP) - Trying to break the stalemate that has blocked immigration reform legislation in Congress, Senator John McCain is now recruiting business leaders to support immigration reform, his reason being that it will improve the state's economy. McCain said Monday that giving the 11 million people in the country without legal status a path to citizenship will create jobs and end the 'de...
August 6th, 2013
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Money Cards
The use of money cards is on the rise, and they come in all forms from gift or store-value cards to pre-paid cards to access various products and services. Last year alone, Americans spent $483 billion using store-valued cards. While there is nothing wrong with store valued cards necessarily, it is also projected that this year $52.4 million will be lost on these cards according to a recent...
July 31st, 2013
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African-American medical students
At a time when six out of seven black workers remain under or unemployed, for profit-colleges are now almost the equivalent of Ponzi schemes in the way they prey on hard-luck, yet desperately ambitious minorities, peddling what largely amounts to worthless, but overly-expensive degrees that ultimately only make the depths they must travel to a better life that much steeper. According to a recent...
July 26th, 2013
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American Airlines BlackAtlas Ad
Three months after it pulled the plug on its website targeting African-American travelers, American Airlines has re-launched a new version of the popular BlackAtlas that the airline hopes will be more focused on communicating all things African-American, rather than based only on travel interests of black consumers. "BlackAtlas was created as a platform to come together and share information...

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