Penn State was early to the party with what was considered a comprehensive risk management function and
yet it failed to protect the university’s reputation. It is a failure that
impacts every aspect of the institution, the measurable and the unquantifiable
Glad we could finally see an end to the NBA lockout. It seems a little ridiculous that they were fighting over millions of dollars that they don't need, whereas the rest of the low-key jobs that depend on the season, just needed money to survive.
If it's true that they only pulled the ads because the show would cause controversy, I'm unimpressed; the mucky-mucks at Lowe's certainly aren't uncanny outlaws.
IN THE 19TH CENTURY, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. In this century, it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe: sex trafficking, acid attacks, bride burnings and mass rape.
On the anniversary of the Security Council Resolution 1325, on Women, Peace and Security, the UN Security Council is holding an Open Debate today on the theme of Women's Participation and Role in Conflict Resolution and Mediation.
Nearly 1.7 million Liberians, almost half of them women, will have a chance to vote in this week's elections, the first organized nationally since the end of the country's civil conflict in 2003.
In a ceremony in Oslo that repeatedly invoked gender equality and the democratic strivings of the Arab Spring, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was presented to three female activists and political leaders on Saturday for "their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights" as peacemakers.