Alberta Business Marketing

Etiquette, espionage and privacy concerns all enter the picture The Case: Computers, very smart phones, iPads, book readers, blogs and social media have become part of our world in ways that our grandparents would have struggled to understand – for better and for worse. Stories of inappropriate, sometimes illegal use of computers that have become essential office [...]

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QUESTION: The new employer calls asking for references and information about your past employee’s performance. The easy question may be, how much can you, or should you, disclose to the new employer? The more difficult question is how do you balance privacy rights and corporate and public rights? THE PANEL: Reg Basken: past president, Energy and Chemical [...]

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QUESTION: It’s summertime and dress around the office is more casual. A male employee complains that he cannot work alongside a female colleague because her clothes are revealing and distract him from his work. What do you do? THE PANEL: Patricia Glenn: CEO, Proactive Business Solutions, Calgary Reg Basken: past president, Energy and Chemical Workers Union Jessica Kennedy: CEO, [...]

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In the Eye of the Beholder by Fil Fraser The Case: Debrahlee Lorenzana, a 33-year-old single mother from New York, is reportedly suing Citibank for firing her because she is too beautiful, charging discrimination because of her body type. Her employer suggested that her tailored clothes, emphasizing her hourglass figure – but no cleavage – were “too [...]

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Baksheesh, dessous-de-table, schmiergeld – bribery in any language: do you go with the flow or try to change the world? by Fil Fraser The Case: The President of a South Asian country used to be known as Mr. Ten Per Cent. Graft? Bribe? Secret commission? Like baksheesh, some of the terms can have double meanings; a tip [...]

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