Moonves Resigns Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations

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Richard Quest, Quest Means Business, CNN Money, September 10, 2018 It’s a pivotal moment for the #MeToo Movement and for CBS. Their Chief Executive, Les Moonves, is leaving the company immediately, pushed out by fresh accusations of sexual assault. Moonves...

From Pot Podcasts to Taboo Tesla Tweets, Musk’s Antics Continue

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Eve Tahmincioglu, Directors & Boards, September 10, 2018 The Air Force is reportedly looking into Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent appearance on a popular podcast because it appears to showing the embattled executive smoking marijuana. It’s the latest in...

Money managers get caught up in #MeToo movement

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Christine Williamson, Pensions & Investments, September 3, 2018 In the year since Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual assaults came to light, institutional investors have begun to ask external money managers about their firms’ histories on sexual...

The need for sleep: Elon Musk and the perils of working around the clock

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Rajeshni Naidu-Ghelani, BNN Bloomberg, August 24, 2018 Burning the midnight oil at work? Many of us are guilty of it. But Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk’s admission in a New York Times interview that he works 120 hours a week on little sleep has sparked a...

Uber’s Founder/CEO Got Too Much Deference From the Board, Says Former A.G.

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Dan Bigman, Chief Executive, June 25, 2018 When boards are in awe of founder CEOs, bad things can happen. Just ask former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. If Holder was to sum up the board’s role in the cultural meltdown at Uber that almost derailed the...

Companies Caught Up in Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy See Big Risks

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Samuel Rubenfeld, The Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2018 There is tremendous reputational risk for companies linked in any way to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy that separated infants and children from their...