Social Issues


Businesses Fighting Hunger

The other night, Deborah, my marketing director, went to dinner at a fine steak restaurant. Declining the waiter's suggestion that she order dessert, she ...  Read story

Eldercare

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Intercultural Communication

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Multicultural Work Force

A multicultural work force is one made up of men and women from a variety of different cultural and racial backgrounds. The labor force of any country is ...  Read story

Racial Discrimination

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The Reluctant Entrepreneurs

Are American blacks still stuck on the bottom rung of the economic ladder because so few start businesses of their own?  Read story

Blacks In Business: Are They Reluctant Entrepreneurs?

Joel Kotkin's sense of history is skewed, and his sociological analysis of black culture is sorely lacking in depth and quality. Although Kotkin deftly d...  Read story

A New Black Dream

A new trend of self-sufficiency and entrepreneurial spirit takes root in some African-American communities.  Read story

Black Entrepreneurs: A New Generation

As traditional black-owned retail and service businesses decline, new, more ambitious black entrepreneurs emerge.  Read story

Black Entrepreneurship, the Sequel

Some thoughts on how the recent emergence of more black-owned small businesses reflects on a proud history.  Read story

Do You Have an Office Bully Problem?

Workplace bullies can stunt productivity and kill employee morale.  Read story

Redesigning America

On the road with the man who's helping businesses profit from our aging population, and building a company of his own in the process  Read story

The Gospel According To Ken

However controversial among the country's gerontologists, Dychtwald's brand of marketing wisdom has caught fire among businesspeople. The world is changing, ...  Read story

Selling to Gray Americans

Advice on selling to the over-50 population.  Read story

Redesigning A Hotel Chain

Dychtwald on Holiday Inns: "For any company that wants to serve the senior market, the first step is to claim it, to let seniors know they are a market th...  Read story

Moving Force

The president of a linen delivery services develops a plan for rescuing food from restaurants for food banks.  Read story

Many Employers Found to Violate Child Labor Laws

Half of the nation's teenage employees are operating dangerous equipment, serving alcohol, or simply working too late on a school night, according to a new s...  Read story

Business Groups Attack Immigration Bill

Critics say the new Senate measure amounts to amnesty and will lead to higher taxes.  Read story

Blacks In Business: Are They Reluctant Entrepreneurs?

Joel Kotkin's article "The Reluctant Entrepreneurs" (September), is a manifest example of "bikini journalism." What it reveals is interesting and provocat...  Read story

Ethnic Web Sites Search for Niche Markets

The Web has become increasingly saturatedwith new multi-ethnic sites ranging from basicinformation hubs to community-building arenas toe-commerce sites. I...  Read story

Teaching Entrepreneurship

Chart showing rates of business formation among ethnic groups in the U.S. versus that of NFTE graduates.  Read story

Hearing: Employers Rely on Immigrants

Immigration reform needs to balance national security issues with access to qualified employees to offset an expected labor shortage in the years ahead, s...  Read story

New York: Love It Or Leave It

Your article about New York City's degenerating climate for small business is right on target. I'm a Brooklyn native, and I left the New York area in 195...  Read story

Elder Shelter

New business develops affordable retirement communities.  Read story

What Do We Do Now?

FaxPoll results on what President Clinton can and should do to help small businesses.  Read story

A New Kind of Business

Policymakers should take a good look at growth companies founded by African Americans.  Read story

Let's Turn the Tables: The Answers

1. A list of inferences follows a statement. Mark each True, Probably True, Insufficient Data, Probably False, or False. T...  Read story

Found In Translation

How to make the multicultural work force work.  Read story

Bills To Keep An Eye On

Information about current legislation that affects small business.  Read story

The Foundation for Doing Good

Marriott and Patagonia may have wildly different histories and CEOs with little in common, but both represent the corporation as a tool for social change.  Read story

How I Did It: Stephen Siegel, CEO, The Siegel Group

As told to Nadine Heintz Industry: Real Estate 2007 Inc. 500 Ranking: Read story

Supreme Court Ruling Protects Employers

Workers now have less time to file claims of unlawful employment practices, such as discriminatory pay scales.  Read story

The O'Reilly Factor in Harlem

The controversy surrounding Bill O'Reilly's visit to an African-American-owned restaurant in Harlem probably hasn't been a lot of fun for the Fox News host, ...  Read story

Redesigning A High-tech Firm

Dychtwald on Apple Computer: "We once spent six months trying to find print ads for computers that had people over 60 in them. We found one. Computer com...  Read story

When Should You Commence Social Security Benefits?

Assuming you've worked a sufficient amount of time and paid into the Social Security system (through FICA withholding on your wages or taxes on your net e...  Read story

Diversity: Gays in the Workplace

Two books are reviewed that examine the issues surrounding homophobia in the workplace.  Read story

Self-Employment Up for Women and Ethnic Groups

December 6, 2004 --Between 1979 and 2003 the number of self-employed women, blacks and Latinos has risen sharply, according to a report re...  Read story

How I Did It: When Civil Rights Came to My Box Office

To mark Black History Month, a Memphis businessman recalls how his movie theaters prepared for integration.  Read story

Blacks In Business: Are They Reluctant Entrepreneurs?

After reading "The Reluctant Entrepreneurs," I was a little disappointed to see that no one mentioned what I -- as a successful black entrepreneur of 14 y...  Read story