“In the subprime mortgage industry, bankers handed out iffy loans like candy at a parade because such loans meant revenue and, hence, bonuses for executives in the here-and-now.” IndustryExecutivesCandyRevenueLoanHere And NowBankersMortgageParadesBonus Author:Thomas Frank
“Women occupy, in great masses, the 'household tasks' of industry. They are nurses but not doctors, secretaries but not executives, researchers but not writers, workers but not managers, bookkeepers but not promoters.” IndustryMassTasksDoctorsWorkersManagersExecutivesSexismNurseHouseholdSecretaryResearchersPromotersBookkeepers Book:Essays in feminism Source: Essays in feminism
“I don't pretend to be an expert on intellectual property law, but I do know one thing. If a music industry executive claims I should agree with their agenda because it will make me more money, I put my hand on my walletand check it after they leave, just to make sure nothing's missing.” IfsKnowsShouldHandsLawOne ThingMissingIndustryIntellectualClaimsAgreePropertyChecksExpertsAgendasExecutivesMore MoneyMusic IndustryIntellectual Property Author:Janis Ian
“For twenty years it had been generally known that an insidious Lobby was maintained in Washington to influence legislation and executive action on behalf of vested interests. ... The lobby was a creature of darkness. It worked behind closed doors and whispered in corners. This ancient industry was one form of invisible government.” YearsGovernmentActionFormPoliticsInterestBusinessBehindsKnownDarknessDoorsInfluenceIndustryCreaturesTwentiesAncientCornersInvisibleExecutivesLegislationBehalfInsidiousClosed DoorsVested InterestsBehind Closed Doors Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“More than ten million women march to work every morning side by side with the men. Steadily the importance of women is gaining notonly in the routine tasks of industry but in executive responsibility. I include also the woman who stays at home as the guardian of the welfare of the family. She is a partner in the job and wages. Women constitute a part of our industrial achievement.” MenHomeJobsPoliticsWomenSidesResponsibilityMorningMillionsHe ManIndustryTenAchievementTasksImportancePartnersWelfareExecutivesMarchRoutineEvery MorningWagesGuardianStay At Home Book:The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover, 1928 Source: The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover, 1928
“Would movie moguls release a film portraying Adolph Hitler as a great benefactor of the Jews? Hardly. Would they release a movie if the black community found it to be highly disparaging? No way. You better believe these executives would also think long and hard before they released a movie offensive to American Indians, Muslims homosexuals or virtually any affinity group. Yet, to most movie industries a film which offends millions of Christians is fine and dandy.” IfsThinkingWayBelieveLongHardChristianFilmFoundBlackCommunityReligiousMillionsGroupsFineIndustryJewReleaseExecutivesOffensiveHomosexualAmerican IndianAffinityPortrayingBlack CommunityBenefactorsDandyMovie IndustryMogulsDisparagingAdolph Hitler Author:Donald Wildmon
“During the first World War women in the United States had a chance to try their capacities in wider fields of executive leadershipin industry. Must we always wait for war to give us opportunity? And must the pendulum always swing back in the busy world of work and workers during times of peace?” WorldGivingTryingFirstsWarStatesOpportunityWaitingChanceUnitedUnited StatesFieldsIndustryCapacityWorkersBusyWar Of The WorldsExecutivesSwingsPendulumsFirst World War Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.” IfsSelfWholeAbilityCarIndustryIncludingEnterpriseExecutivesInvestorsInitiativeAutomobileStartersPrivate EnterpriseStandstillSelf Starter Author:William J. H. Boetcker
“All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths.” LongPastViewsCreativityPracticeIndustryManagementSacredTiredLegacyExecutives Author:Gary Hamel
“If General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course - the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.” IfsNeedsJobsCoursesLossTechnologyShareProductsIndustryKissingLaborBurdenYesterdayChecksChiefsGoodbyeExecutivesSuicidalMotorDetroitInferiorityNever EndingDemiseInsurmountableAtrophyGeneral MotorsBailoutsChief ExecutivesTurnaroundRestructureJob LossChrysler Author:Mitt Romney
“There's no question that to some extent there are structural disadvantages built in, not just for women but for other minority groups who don't hold power at the executive level either at the company or in the industry. My position is not just "Oh, okay, anyone can overcome those." It's just as we work to get more women and people in minority groups at higher levels in positions of power, what are our options?” PeopleLevelsCompanyGroupsPositionIndustryHigherBuiltOkayOvercomingMinoritiesExecutivesDisadvantagesHigher LevelPosition Of PowerMinority Groups Author:Megyn Kelly