Reading Time: 3 minutes There is no room for abusive coaches in sports, yet Nike seems intent on ignoring critics – including athletes and its own employees
Tag: Abuse
Poverty, homelessness must be tackled by business
Reading Time: 5 minutes Not only does work help financially but it empowers people to take control of their lives and rise above poverty
Child abuse linked to depression, anxiety in later life
Reading Time: 3 minutes Childhood abuse or neglect can permanently alter an individual’s physiology
Gender-based violence tears at society’s fabric
Reading Time: 3 minutes A call to action for employers to join in implementing paid leave for workers dealing with domestic and/or sexual violence
Abuse of female athletes at Nike project is reprehensible
Reading Time: 4 minutes The win-at-all-costs, profit-at-all-costs culture at Nike must be cleaned up for good
Extinction Rebellion’s cult-like threat to society
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ultimately, they want nothing short of a transfer of democratic power to oligarchies of frantic enviro-zealots
A criminal charge based on the race of the victim is wrong
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not all the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report recommendations stand up to scrutiny
The essential values of having courage and being kind
Reading Time: 4 minutes Instinct says to fight or flee, yet often neither is possible. Examining the story of Cinderella shows us that being kind and having courage can be enough.
Facing death with an attitude that’s full of life
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mike Sloan’s positive, upbeat tone and zest for life in the face of adversity has truly been inspiring
A close shave: marketing and politics indistinguishable
Reading Time: 3 minutes Gillette has stepped boldly into the socio-political minefields of #MeToo, bullying, spousal abuse and male self-absorption