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Despierta Hombre Negro

Richard Johnson y Spiller Dee tenía todo. Eran estrellas defensive backs de Eisenhower High School en Houston y en su manera de jugar fútbol americano colegial de la Universidad de Baylor. Se llevó a su equipo a la escuela secundaria del Estado de Texas 5A semifinales en 1993, y parecía dirigirse a la grandeza.

Lamentablemente, cometió el mismo error que muchos los varones jóvenes Negro que, tentados por el atractivo de la vida callejera y, finalmente, se graduó a una vida de crimen. De Johnson y Spiller, junto con dos compañeros de equipo, cometido diversos robos en la puerta patada el área de Houston que finalmente llevó a su detención en el Eisenhower High School en un cálido día de primavera en 1994.

Los dos perdieron sus becas completas a Baylor y perdió en última instancia, sus futuro. Cayeron en la trampa de ser un varón joven Negro con un registro de antecedentes penales, sin necesidad de conocimientos educativos, y ninguna esperanza para el futuro.

"Muchos de estos hombres creció en padre hogares, y nunca había buenos modelos a seguir. Nadie a su alrededor sabe cómo navegar por la sociedad en general ", dijo Joseph T. Jones, director de la paternidad y las obras centro de competencia en Nueva York Ciudad.

Las estadísticas recientes son asombrosos. Según los datos recogidos por los estudiosos como la hiedra en las instituciones de la liga como Columbia, Harvard y Princeton, el 50 por ciento de los hombres de Negro los 20 años sin títulos universitarios están desempleados y 72 por ciento de la deserción escolar alta estaban desempleados en 2004.

Además, 16 por ciento de los hombres afroamericanos entre los 20 que lo hicieron no asistir a la universidad fueron encarcelados en 1995. En 2001, ese número se infló a 21 por ciento. Además, para cuando los hombres Negro llegar a los 30 años, 60 por ciento de los que abandonaron la escuela se han pasado tiempo en la penitenciaría.

los hombres Negro se encuentran en una encrucijada. La pregunta es cuál es la causa de estas alarmantes estadísticas es y qué recursos va a invertir esta tendencia?

El la falta de hombres trabajadores Negro está en agudo contraste con las mujeres Negro que se han aprovechado de los beneficios económicos y sociales para encontrar un empleo adecuado.

"Durante las últimas dos décadas, la economía hizo grandes mujeres y de baja cualificación, ayudado por la política pública, se cerró en él. Pero los hombres jóvenes Negro caían más atrás ", dijo Ronald B. Mincey, profesor de trabajo social en la Universidad de Columbia.

Esta fenómeno puede ser atribuido a la glorificación de la cultura de la prisión en la hospitalidad de corriente. No hay más que encender la radio o la televisión para escuchar los jóvenes artistas Negro celebrar una vida de las drogas y la delincuencia. Parece como si los hombres Negro ganar más respeto en la comunidad afroamericana si pasan cuatro años en prisión, en lugar de cuatro años en una institución de enseñanza superior.

Académicos atribuyen esta tendencia a la falta de educación entre hombres Negro, que los desconecta de la sociedad.

A pesar de que la delincuencia ha disminuido rápidamente en las zonas urbanas, índices de encarcelamiento de los afroamericanos se han incrementado.

Más preocupante es el hecho de que las tasas de abandono Negro están entre los 20 más están en la cárcel-34 por ciento-que están trabajando-30 por ciento, según el análisis de los datos del censo del año 2000 por Steven Raphael, de la Universidad de California en Berkeley.

Aunque las estadísticas son alarmantes, hay remedios que pueden arreglar esta epidemia que sufre la comunidad afroamericana.

Es hora de que los hombres afroamericanos a aceptar responsabilidad por sus propias acciones. Sí, podría decirse que los afroamericanos han sufrido más dificultades y los obstáculos que cualquier otro grupo étnico en este país, pero depende de cada individuo para decidir qué camino toman en la vida.

Es hora de que los afroamericanos para acabar con la droga y armas de fuego y recoger los libros de texto. La idea de que los negros son "actuar como un blanco" si se esfuerzan por la excelencia en el aula o sala de juntas corporativas deben ser liberados inmediatamente, y los afroamericanos debe abrazar modelos positivos de la comunidad de Negro.

Los actores que glorifican la violencia en su música y películas necesitan para ser mejores modelos a seguir para los millones de niños que adorar a sus palabras.

Los hombres afroamericanos deben asumir la responsabilidad y cuidar de sus hijos. El éxito de los afroamericanos deben mentor de jóvenes en situación de riesgo que no tienen la figura paterna en su vida.

Por último, afro-americanos tienen que despertar y darse cuenta que son más que criminales y matones como los principales medios de comunicación los retrata. Los hombres afroamericanos tienen que ser conscientes que sus antepasados eran de regalías en África, y que la sangre regia misma todavía fluye por sus venas hoy.

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Naked in the Boardroom $13.99 Renowned media executive Robin Wolaner delivers the 80 Naked Truths businesswomen need to develop presence, seize power, and achieve success. Straight-talking and sensible, Naked in the Boardroom explains how to achieve more: more opportunities, more money, more notches on the corporate belt without sacrificing your integrity or losing your identity. In delicious, bite-sized nuggets, Robin Wolaner's Naked Truths provide universal and instantly gratifying lessons for advancing your career. They can be put into action regardless of your age, experience, industry, or whether you are a one-woman start-up or a big-company employee. Drawing on her own career in magazine publishing and media development, Wolaner shows you how to succeed because of, rather than despite, your unique background and personality. With humor, attitude, and fierce intelligence, she reveals: The keys to successful negotiation on behalf of the company or yourself What great public speakers know and tricks you can use When and how to burn your career plan How to do the right thing in the gray zones of business ethics Effective ways to recover from a mistake Unusual wisdom for hiring and firing -- and for being hired and fired And much more Peppered with candid stories drawn from Wolaner's life, as well as those of other trailblazing women, Naked in the Boardroom is both essential and inspiring. It provides invaluable wisdom for anyone who sees success on the horizon, but who wants help getting there on her own terms.

Revolt in the Boardroom $10.99 Throughout the 20th century, American corporations were governed by autocratic, almost unaccountable chief executives. Their word was law and the only check on their power was a board of directors composed of their friends and allies. Then, in a stunning reversal, a momentous series of firings deposed the heads of some of the world's best-known companies: AIG, Morgan Stanley, Boeing, Hewlett-Packard and Pfizer, just to name a few. Formerly unchallenged CEOs found themselves under fire, often from their own handpicked boards. The number of deposed executives is astonishing. In 2004, the leaders of 600 companies were asked to leave. That number more than doubled in 2005 and reached 1,400 companies in 2006. Flexing new muscles, directors are assuming new and unfamiliar responsibilities. In Revolt in the Boardroom , Alan Murray reveals the inner workings of the new seat of power. Using the access afforded to him by his influential Wall Street Journal column, Murray tells the story of three seminal board revolts—the now-famous Hewlett-Packard drama, the ousting of Boeing's Harry Stonecipher and the end of the reign one of the world's most autocratic executives, Hank Greenberg at AIG. Murray goes further to chart the history of the corporation, the rise of governance and the effects of the new power gained by outside institutions like hedge funds and interest groups. Through it all, Murray shows how the job of chief executive has rapidly and permanently changed. Leaders like A. G. Lafley and Jeff Immelt govern instead of rule, build alliances and support instead of dictating direction and pay careful attention to a broader range of stakeholders than ever before. Revolt in the Boardroom is the first look at the new world of corporate power and the last word on the transformational events of the last two years.

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Edison in the Boardroom $40 Julie L. Davis and Suzanne Harrison Today's corporations are always on the lookout for exciting new and innovative ideas that can be used to generate revenue. Up until recently, this meant taking these ideas and turning them into products or services, which could then be sold for profit. But today, a unique new concept is revolutionizing the way companies are getting value from ideas. Instead of incorporating them into products or services, today's innovations may be bartered, licensed or sold in the "idea" stage for tremendous amounts of money. For example, IBM currently receives well over $1 billion in revenue every year from licensing its intellectual property, unrelated to the manufacture of a single product. Today more and more companies are adopting this idea of turning their legal departments, where intellectual property is housed, from cost centers into profit centers. Edison in the Boardroom: How Leading Companies Realize Value from Their Intellectual Assets takes an in-depth look at the revolutionary concept of Intellectual asset management (IAM). IAM is changing the way companies all over the world are doing business. In their careers as business consultants, the authors have been privileged to meet individuals who were clearly ahead of their time when it came to realizing value from their companies' innovations. Based on their interactions with the ICM Gathering--an international group of companies who meet several times a year to create, define and benchmark best practices in the area of IAM--the authors have compiled a wealth of knowledge and successful stories that illustrate how far businesses have come in their ability to leverage and monetize their intellectual assets. Incorporating stories and teachings from some of the most successful companies in the worlds -- such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Rockwell, Dow, Ford and many others -- the authors have made an exhaustive study of IAM and its implications for today's businesses. They have culled a hierarchy of best practices that today's companies can integrate into their own business philosophies to gain the best return from their intellectual assets.

War in the Boardroom $13.99 Renowned business gurus Al and Laura Ries give a blow-by-blow account of the battle between management and marketing—and argue that the solution lies not in what we think but in how we think There's a reason why the marketing programs of the auto industry, the airline industry, and many other industries are not only ineffective, but bogged down by chaos and confusion. Management minds are not on the same wavelength as marketing minds. What makes a good chief executive? A person who is highly verbal, logical, and analytical. Typical characteristics of a left brainer. What makes a good marketing executive? A person who is highly visual, intuitive, and holistic. Typical characteristics of a right brainer. These different mind-sets often result in conflicting approaches to branding, and the Ries' thought-provoking observations—culled from years on the front lines—support this conclusion, including: Management deals in reality. Marketing deals in perception. Management demands better products. Marketing demands different products. Management deals in verbal abstractions. Marketing deals in visual hammers. Using some of the world's most famous brands and products to illustrate their argument, the authors convincingly show why some brands succeed (Nokia, Nintendo, and Red Bull) while others decline (Saturn, Sony, and Motorola). In doing so, they sound a clarion call: to survive in today's media-saturated society, managers must understand how to think like marketers—and vice versa. Featuring the engaging, no-holds-barred writing that readers have come to expect from Al and Laura Ries, War in the Boardroom offers a fresh look at a perennial problem and provides a game plan for companies that want to break through the deadlock and start reaping the rewards.

Prosecutors in the Boardroom $45 Who should police corporate misconduct and how should it be policed? In recent years, the Department of Justice has resolved investigations of dozens of Fortune 500 companies via deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements, where, instead of facing criminal charges, these companies become regulated by outside agencies. Increasingly, the threat of prosecution and such prosecution agreements is being used to regulate corporate behavior. This practice has been sharply criticized on numerous fronts: agreements are too lenient, there is too little oversight of these agreements, and, perhaps most important, the criminal prosecutors doing the regulating aren’t subject to the same checks and balances that civil regulatory agencies are. Prosecutors in the Boardroom explores the questions raised by this practice by compiling the insights of the leading lights in the field, including criminal law professors who specialize in the field of corporate criminal liability and criminal law, a top economist at the SEC who studies corporate wrongdoing, and a leading expert on the use of monitors in criminal law. The essays in this volume move beyond criticisms of the practice to closely examine exactly how regulation by prosecutors works. Broadly, the contributors consider who should police corporate misconduct and how it should be policed, and in conclusion offer a policy blueprint of best practices for federal and state prosecution. Contributors: Cindy R. Alexander, Jennifer Arlen, Anthony S. Barkow, Rachel E. Barkow, Sara Sun Beale, Samuel W. Buell, Mark A. Cohen, Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Richard A. Epstein, Brandon L. Garrett, Lisa Kern Griffin, and Vikramaditya Khanna

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