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Theirs is a certainty that tramples others’ rights, says Michael Skapinker Wed, 30 May 2012 18:25:09 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/697f757a-a666-11e1-9453-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 697f757a-a666-11e1-9453-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/10c8a320-9f3b-11e1-a455-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct When people from rising powers such as China and Brazil speak English, they don’t much care what native speakers think, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 23 May 2012 16:47:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/10c8a320-9f3b-11e1-a455-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 10c8a320-9f3b-11e1-a455-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de261cd2-9b65-11e1-8b36-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Many smokers yearn to quit. The state has the right to regulate smoking if they have the right to regulate anything, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 16 May 2012 19:39:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de261cd2-9b65-11e1-8b36-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct de261cd2-9b65-11e1-8b36-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fbd6f846-9435-11e1-bb47-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The experience of Nike provides a timeline of how companies attempt to rebuild a decent reputation for themselves, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 09 May 2012 18:10:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fbd6f846-9435-11e1-bb47-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct fbd6f846-9435-11e1-bb47-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed7349aa-8eb6-11e1-aa12-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Two Supreme Court rulings on retirement seem to have darkened an already unclear picture for employers, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 02 May 2012 18:58:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed7349aa-8eb6-11e1-aa12-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ed7349aa-8eb6-11e1-aa12-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7f2a04c-8dfc-11e1-bbae-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If the fall in driving endures, the implications will be far-reaching for developers, planners and governments, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:28:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7f2a04c-8dfc-11e1-bbae-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b7f2a04c-8dfc-11e1-bbae-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00813f44-8551-11e1-a75a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ‘I back free speech every time,’ writes Michael Skapinker, ‘but why should they get it on the taxpayer’s dime?’ (with apologies to Dr Seuss) Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:10:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00813f44-8551-11e1-a75a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 00813f44-8551-11e1-a75a-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09df6f92-82fa-11e1-ab78-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct MBA teachers get their students to analyse the British artist’s business strategy. But, asks Michael Skapinker, what business is he in? Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:42:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09df6f92-82fa-11e1-ab78-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 09df6f92-82fa-11e1-ab78-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/820266ac-7cb8-11e1-9d8f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Public investigations are admirable but they lead to strong pressure to remedy an organisation’s deficiencies, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:47:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/820266ac-7cb8-11e1-9d8f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 820266ac-7cb8-11e1-9d8f-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18a5b79e-77fa-11e1-b237-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Many think the best way to make foreigners understand is to be chatty and informal. This not the case, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:55:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18a5b79e-77fa-11e1-b237-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 18a5b79e-77fa-11e1-b237-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4a5b3da0-6c37-11e1-8c9d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is as if companies were selling platinum typewriters or ruby-encrusted slide rules, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:20:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4a5b3da0-6c37-11e1-8c9d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4a5b3da0-6c37-11e1-8c9d-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69f4cc70-6783-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Culture does not always lend itself to blatant brand boosting. But there are ways of ensuring sponsors’ names stick, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:18:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69f4cc70-6783-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 69f4cc70-6783-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/634db9a6-57eb-11e1-ae89-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Good language learners can live with uncertainty – they don’t mind making mistakes, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:39:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/634db9a6-57eb-11e1-ae89-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 634db9a6-57eb-11e1-ae89-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0fa111be-5d44-11e1-889d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Economic crisis provides the starkest evidence of where power lies: in Greece it is with those who have the money, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:20:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0fa111be-5d44-11e1-889d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0fa111be-5d44-11e1-889d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e84bccb8-5667-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct That businesses are prepared to be bolder than presidential candidates in turning the tide should be a matter of pride, says Michael Skapinker Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:18:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e84bccb8-5667-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e84bccb8-5667-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f8e1cd2-50b9-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct National self-denigration is one of the most startling discoveries incomers make about the UK, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:25:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f8e1cd2-50b9-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4f8e1cd2-50b9-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56e831bc-4c08-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Though guilty of naivety in its decision to sponsor the Olympics, the chemicals group is not the principal villain of the Bhopal affair, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:34:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56e831bc-4c08-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 56e831bc-4c08-11e1-98dd-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c643d6ac-4680-11e1-85e2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If companies’ pledges threaten their futures, they should do as they always do when their decisions get them into trouble: negotiate with creditors, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:47:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c643d6ac-4680-11e1-85e2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c643d6ac-4680-11e1-85e2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3782b68c-403a-11e1-82f6-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Alastair Campbell is on a mission is to persuade employers not to take fright when dealing with the issue of mental ilness among staff, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:47:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3782b68c-403a-11e1-82f6-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3782b68c-403a-11e1-82f6-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1249d48-3adf-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Harvard Business School’s choice of subject in a recent business study belies the fact that predicting taste is hazardous, writes Michael Skapinker Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:58:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1249d48-3adf-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmanagement_michael-skapinker%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c1249d48-3adf-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0