Is Apple Obliged To Say More About CEO's Health?

"Some might say Steve Jobs isn't just the chief executive of Apple, he is Apple. So when a Memphis hospital disclosed this week that Jobs received a liver transplant because he had 'end-stage liver disease' and was the sickest patient on the list, it raised some new questions: Should Apple have disclosed more about his condition to investors?"

Merkel is the Message

"WHAT oratory is to Barack Obama, the photo-opportunity is to Angela Merkel. In a red parka before a receding iceberg in Greenland; among dark-suited world leaders, one of them yet distinctive in her signature trouser-suit; sombre in black alongside Mr Obama at the Buchenwald memorial site. Through such images, the chancellor has defined herself in the eyes of her fellow Germans as a leader who holds her own in the highest councils and masters the knottiest problems."

Even in Tough Times, Bosses Can Still Say ‘Yes’

"Companies that handle their employees with the right care can come out of tough times with more loyal and appreciative workers than they started with."

Generation Y Makes Waves in Workplace

"They might wear flip flops to the office and address colleagues as 'dude,' but the youngest generation of workers brings fresh creativity and openness to the workplace. The challenge of managing Generation Y, or the Millennials -- born between 1980 and 1999 -- has spawned a small industry of expertise and literature, including 'Keeping the Millennials,' new this month, and 'Y in the Workplace,' due out in July. Both books argue that the newest generation is making waves in the office that must be addressed and tended. Some 40 million Millennials work in corporate America, a figure expected to hit 58 million by 2014."

Heads of Top U.S. Companies Snub Blogs, Facebook: Study

"The heads of the top U.S. companies might be engaged in the boardroom, but they're switched off when it comes to social media, according to a new study that said CEOs should be more connected to their customers. Research conducted by the blog UberCEO.com looked at Fortune's 2009 list of the top 100 CEOs to determine how many were using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, or had a blog -- and found they were mostly absent from the rapidly growing social media community. The study found only two CEOs had Twitter accounts and 81 percent of CEOs did not have a personal Facebook page."

Report: The College of 2020 - Students (Executive Summary)

This is the executive summary of a report from the Chronicle of Higher Education research division. The actual report costs $75, but I was able to send this executive summary at no cost.

Eight Women's Paths to Power

"These eight women came from many different backgrounds, but they all had big dreams. The path to power meant facing obstacles and their biggest fears."

Presidents Seeking Counsel From Ex-Presidents

"Incumbent presidents sometimes avoid contact with their predecessors because they don't want to be tarnished by past errors and seem insecure in their own judgments. But experts say misplaced pride should not keep Obama from using his predecessors to help him govern. It's been done before. John F. Kennedy famously asked Dwight Eisenhower, his seasoned predecessor and a former general, for guidance and support after the Bay of Pigs fiasco in 1961, and Ike obliged. . ."

Bailed-out Banks' CEOs Used Jets for Personal Use

"Chief executives of some banks that received federal money, including Bank of America Corp, Morgan Stanley and Regions Financial Corp, used company jets for their personal use, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website."

Sen. Ensign Quits GOP Post After Admitting Affair

"Sen. John Ensign of Nevada resigned his Republican leadership post Wednesday, one day after confessing marital infidelity. Aides refused to answer questions about records showing that a woman on his political payroll received a promotion and a pay raise around the time he said the affair began in late 2007. Nor would Ensign or aides respond to reports of an earlier affair, in 2002."

Higher Education and the Third Reich

"A new book examines American colleges’ ties to Nazi Germany in the 1930s -- and chronicles a record characterized by indifference, complicity and collaboration."

Survival Tactics for College Presidents

It's looking like a hot, sticky and scandalous summer is in store for higher education. In recent weeks, controversies of varied size have embroiled college chiefs at the University of Illinois, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and North Carolina State University, where Chancellor James L. Oblinger resigned Monday. . .So how do presidents successfully navigate through these sorts of troubled waters, or -- better yet -- avoid such controversies altogether? Here’s what college presidents and other higher education experts have to say. . ."

A Promise to Be Ethical in an Era of Immorality

"When a new crop of future business leaders graduates from the Harvard Business School next week, many of them will be taking a new oath that says, in effect, greed is not good. Nearly 20 percent of the graduating class have signed 'The M.B.A. Oath,' a voluntary student-led pledge that the goal of a business manager is to 'serve the greater good.' It promises that Harvard M.B.A.’s will act responsibly, ethically and refrain from advancing their 'own narrow ambitions' at the expense of others."

Profile: Kim Jong-un

"Kim Jong-il's third son, Kim Jong-un, will become North Korea's next leader, according to unconfirmed South Korean media reports. The BBC News website and BBC Monitoring profile this elusive young man."

North Korea's Kim Moves to Anoint Youngest Son as Heir

"North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has signaled the anointment of his youngest son as heir to the ruling family dynasty as the rival Koreas bolstered their militaries along a disputed sea border on Tuesday."