| The
Outsourcing Debate and Key Issues for Business
Shalini Agarwal and Sakate Khaitan
The transfer
of business functions to India has been a major contributor
to India's economic growth in the past few years. Initially,
functions transferred involved IT operations; increasingly,
however, other services are being off-shored. This article
stems from a meeting held at Chatham House on 4 November 4
2004, written by partners of ALMT who are involved with offshore
outsourcing of legal services. Read
more
The
Status of Women in Iran
Dr Susan C Breau
In this
article, Dr Susan Breau argues that the situation of women’s
rights in Iran is not clear cut: in spite of many human rights
abuses against women, in a recent visit to Iran Dr Breau and
her colleagues found that nonetheless women there are both
politically and legally active. Read
more
Staying
in Business – The Manager's Guide to Business Continuity
Management: Assessing Insurance Needs
David Kay
The responsibilities
for understanding and managing risk lie still and irrevocably
within the organisation carrying those risks and sadly there
are no easy options for passing those risks on to others.
Too often directors have been heard to say, ‘we don’t
need risk management as we have insurance’. David Kaye
explores
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more
Mainstreaming
Corporate Responsibility
Rod Aspinwall and Oliver Dudok van Heel
Sustainability
and corporate responsibility are popular topics in today’s
business discourse. While this is a positive development,
Rod Aspinwall and Oliver Dudok van Heel argue that the implementation
of corporate responsibility is lagging and propose five steps
to ensure that business moves beyond the speeches to actions.
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more
The
Disability Discrimination Act and Small Business Concerns
Dr Linda S Spedding
The Disability
Discrimination Act Regulations 2003 came into force on 1 October
2004, requiring small businesses to make alterations to premises
in order to overcome barriers to disabled access. Dr Linda
Spedding discusses the Regulations’ impact. Read
more
Strategic
Partnerships: Key Issues and One Way Forward
Brian Hadfield
Brian
Hadfield, the CEO of a company dedicated to helping organisations
grow by developing innovative environments, knows why strategic
partnerships often fail, and offers his advice on how to overcome
the difficulties. Read
more
Law
Firm PR and Speaking Engagements: How to Get Them
Paramjit Mahli
Like it
or not, speaking engagements are a very important component
of a public relations plan of any law firm intent on growth.
Whether you fear public speaking, or your workload leaves
little free time, it is important to find a way to make room
for speaking. Read
more
Globalisation,
India and Economic Crime
Sangeeta Menon
The world
has been shrinking with every technological progress ever
made. With the coming of globalisation and information technology,
the world was brought together, connected to each other through
a zillion invisible signals. Read
more
Women
Lawyers of Interlaw
Lisa
Landy
Interlaw
is an international association of independent law firms located
in 120 cities worldwide with various special interest groups.
In September 2002, 22 women lawyers representing law firms
in the Interlaw network in the US, Latin America and Canada
met to discuss the formation of a women’s networking
group and the group is now known as the Women Lawyers of Interlaw/Americas.
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Starting
a Women’s Initiative
Ida Abbott
Ida Abbot
explains the benefits of women's initiatives, arguing that
they help women develop the skills, strategies, clients, and
power base to rise in the law firm and the profession. Read
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