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Workplace / Labor Issues
A wide array of faculty and career services sources are available at Washington University in St. Louis to discuss human resources, labor and employment issues, including at the John M. Olin School of Business, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, the School of Law, the Department of Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences, and at the university's offices of career services and human resources.
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J. Stuart Bunderson
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
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Before coming to the Olin Business School, Professor Bunderson taught at the University of Minnesota and at Brigham Young University. He has worked in organization and management development at PepsiCo, Inc., studied change management at Allina Health System, and held several training and development ...
Expertise: organizational behavior, management, human resources, team work, learning, knowledge management, industrial relations
Direct contact: (314) 935-4943
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bunderson@wustl.edu
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Kurt T. Dirks
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
Professor Dirks's main area of expertise focuses on interpersonal relationships in the workplace. In particular, Dirks studies the issue of gaining or breaking trust, the development of a sense of ownership and the nature of teams. Prior to joining Olin, Professor Dirks served as an assistant professor ...
Expertise: behavioral science, human resource management, industrial relations, motivation, trust
Direct contact: (314) 935-5206
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dirks@wustl.edu
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Robert A. Pollak
Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences and the John M. Olin School of Business
Pollack specializes primarily in economics and demography. His research interests include economics of the family, price and cost-of-living indexes, and environmental policy. He is the author of three books and more than 70 articles and serves on the editorial boards for a number of economic journals. ...
Expertise: business and government, environmental economics, microeconomics, industrial organization, law and economics, political economy, public affairs, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-4918
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pollak@wustl.edu
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Stuart Boxerman
Associate Professor and Director of the Health Administration Program
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Boxerman's research focuses on the areas of process improvement, safety and reduction/elimination of medical errors in health-care delivery systems.
Expertise: Health care policy, workplace safety, process improvement, health care delivery
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Peter Wiedenbeck
Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of Law
Peter Wiedenbeck is an expert in the areas of federal income taxation and the regulation of employee benefit plans. He is the author of several articles and two casebooks, Cases and Materials on Employee Benefits and Cases and Materials on Partnership Taxation. Currently, he is writing a book on ...
Expertise: federal income taxation, income tax reform, regulation of employee benefit plans, tax policy, partnership taxation, federal labor law regulation of pension benefit plans, federal labor law regulation of welfare benefit plans, …
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peter.wiedenbeck@wustl.edu
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Can baby boomers work with Gen X and Y employees?
Managing multiple generations is topic at Olin Business School seminar
June 15,
2009 -- Managers face new challenges with multiple generations working together as baby boomers delay retirement and members of Gen X and Gen Y enter the workforce. A seminar at the Olin Business School is designed to help executives juggle the needs and talents of employees in the 20 to 60 year-old age range.
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Spark workplace productivity and fight obesity with "Meetings on the Move"
Public health experts give tips and discuss benefits of walking meetings
April 6,
2009 -- "'Meetings on the Move' is an inexpensive, easy way to improve health and productivity," says Tim McBride, Ph.D., associate dean for public health at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Meetings on the Move (MOTM) get employees on their feet and out of the office environment. "Forty percent of the population are absolute couch potatoes," says Debra Haire-Joshu, Ph.D, and professor of social work at Washington University. "That's almost a learned behavior. You learn to sit at school; you learn to sit at work. What 'Meetings on the Move' really does is get us active like we used to be when we were kids. We can learn then to bring activity back into our daily life, just like we learned to take it out." Haire-Joshu also is the director of the Obesity Prevention and Policy Research Center at the Brown School. Video available.
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Study links performance-based salaries to fraud
Salary bonuses provide incentives to cheat
Dec. 5,
2008 -- You don't have to look far these days to find examples of corporate scandals involving fraud. A new study finds that performance-based pay is to blame for fraudulent behavior and actually motivates people to "cook the books". Judi McLean Parks, the Reuben C. and Anne Carpenter Taylor Professor of Organizational Behavior at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and co-author of the study believes the results have implications for CEO compensation plans and the financial difficulties many companies are experiencing today. "All I have to do is look at Enron, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to know that this does happen. And now we've demonstrated the causal link to contingent pay." Fraud uncovered at Fannie Mae alone from 1998-2004 has been estimated to be in excess of $10.6 billion.
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U.S. Census Bureau data on the medically uninsured simply can't be denied
Los Angeles Times
Sept. 17,
2009 -- Michael Hiltzik says the medically uninsured iin America have become a political football. Opponents and supporters of healthcare reform toss assertions about them back and forth.
The report, which says 46.3 million people lacked coverage as of the end of 2008, makes the case for reform stronger than ever by punching holes in arguments that minimize the plight of the uninsured.
Includes comments by WUSTL social work and public health professor Timothy McBride.
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A Legal Battle: Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar
The New York Times
and 9 others
Sept. 16,
2009 -- The lawyer who railed against a judge online found himself hauled up before the Florida bar, which issued a reprimand and a fine for his intemperate blog post.
Schwartz quotes WUSTL legal ethics professor Michael Downey: "When you become an officer of the court, you lose the full ability to criticize the court."
Legal ethics experts say that collisions between the freewheeling ways of the Internet and the tight boundaries of legal discourse are inevitable -- whether they result in damaged careers or simply raise eyebrows.
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When Talking Smack About a Judge, Proceed With Caution
The Wall Street Journal blog
and 1 others
Sept. 16,
2009 -- Ashby Jones writes about a NYT report on what happened to a lawyer who publicly railed against a judge.
The lawyer found himself hauled up before the Florida bar, which in April issued a reprimand and a fine for his intemperate blog post.
An abrogation of one's First Amendment rights? Schwartz quotes WUSTL legal ethics professor Michael Downey: "When you become an officer of the court, you lose the full ability to criticize the court."
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Jobless, and Fighting Hopelessness
The Washington Post
and 7 others
Sept. 14,
2009 -- Article on the impact of long-term unemployment.
One of those featured is Rick Rose, who lost his job at a non-profit.
After 15 months of unemployment, he was hired as marketing and communications manager for a new partnership between the Brookings Institution and the Olin Business School at WUSTL.
Includes comments by Jackson Nickerson, director of the Brookings-Olin partnership.
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Elusive price tag for universal health coverage
MSNBC.com
Sept. 10,
2009 -- How much is it going to cost to provide health care for all Americans? Until the details are complete, the only honest answer is: no one knows, reports John Schoen. "We know that the underinsured tend to be healthier," said Timothy McBride, associate dean for WUSTL's public health. "So if they were to get insured they would not be as expensive as the rest of us."
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Burqa Furor Scrambles French Politics
The New York Times
and 2 others
Sept. 1,
2009 -- In France, a parliamentary commission will soon meet to investigate whether to ban any cloak that covers most of the face. WUSTL anthropology professor John Bowen, who wrote "Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State and Public Space," has been asked to testify by the parliamentary commission.
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Knowledge Network -- Fall 2009 Course Listings
The New York Times
Aug. 25,
2009 -- One of the courses offered in The New York Times Knowledge Network Fall 2009 catalog is Introduction to Encore Careers. This course will introduce you to the phenomena of encore careers in the health and human services sector and help you explore some of the distinguishing features and challenges of the nonprofit sector. WUSTL social work professor Nancy Morrow-Howell is among participating faculty.
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Surgeon accused of faking study resigns
United Press International
and 1 others
Aug. 21,
2009 -- Timothy Kuklo, a former U.S. Army surgeon, "voluntarily" resigned from WUSTL, effective Sept. 30, and "will have no clinical, research or educational duties for the university between now and that date," a spokeswoman for the university's medical school said in a statement.
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Wash. U: Doctor hid Medtronic ties
St. Louis Business Journal online
and 2 others
July 17,
2009 -- WUSTL orthopaedic surgeon and researcher Timothy Kuklo, who was accused by the Army of falsifying a medical study, delayed disclosing his consulting ties to the school, according to its response to a U.S. Senate investigation. The doctor was put on leave by the university pending an internal review. According to Chancellor Mark Wrighton, WUSTL also suspended open human research projects by Kuklo.
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Medical School Says Former Army Surgeon Hid Ties to Medtronic
The New York Times
and 9 others
July 15,
2009 -- Timothy Kuklo, a former military doctor and Medtronic consultant at the center of a research scandal, did not tell WUSTL, his medical school employer for a year, about his Medtronic ties even as he was conducting company-sponsored research. The new disclosures, which WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro made in response to a Senate investigation, may intensify the controversy surrounding the physician.
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Disclosure by Surgeon Is Faulted
The Wall Street Journal
July 15,
2009 -- The allegation that Timothy Kuklo failed to properly disclose his financial relationship with Medtronic was made in a June 23 letter from WUSTL medical school dean Larry Shapiro to Sen. Charles Grassley, who is investigating the Kuklo matter. Kuklo is on paid personal leave at the request of WUSTL, where he is a member of the medical faculty. The university said it is continuing to investigate.
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Vacation: What the Heck Is That?
MSN Money
June 26,
2009 -- Not taking some R&R could leave you carrying some heavy baggage down the line, bringing you and your company down. WUSTL entrepreneurship specialist Clifford Holekamp advises that shorter vacations are less stressful for small startups that are "very dependent on the founder to run the day-to-day operations."
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Despite everything . . . Americans are seeing better times ahead
USA Today
and 2 others
June 23,
2009 -- Americans say they're still in a tunnel, but more are beginning to see a light at its end. Fewer people say they've prospered over the past year than in decades, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. WUSTL social work professor Mark Rank comments on the 'American Dream.'
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Former Army Doctor Accused of Research Fraud Takes Leave From University
The New York Times
and 6 others
May 26,
2009 -- Orthopaedic surgeon Timothy Kuklo, a former Army physician accused of falsifying research involving injured soldiers, has taken a leave of absence from WUSTL medical school and its affiliated hospitals.
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2009 Commencement Address Highlights
CBS Evening News
May 26,
2009 -- Public service has been a common theme at college commencement ceremonies around the country this past month. Sunday's CBS Evening News gives a sampling, including WUSTL's commencement speaker Wendy Kopp.
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Are Medical Residents Worked Too Hard?
Time.com
May 26,
2009 -- There has been much hand-wringing over the dangers of medical residents' grueling schedules. One recent study advised that a solution would be to reduce the length of their shifts. But many in the medical community, including residents themselves, worry that shorter shifts could come at the expense of educational opportunities and possibly even patient safety. Includes comments by WUSTL Department of Medicine chairman Kenneth Polonsky.
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Limiting Work Hours for Medical Residents Could Be Costly
U.S. News & World Report online
and 9 others
May 21,
2009 -- A new study shows that allowing doctors-in-training to work fewer hours and take longer naps during their shifts will cost the nation's teaching hospitals an estimated $1.6 billion a year. And there are no guarantees that shortening the shifts will improve patient safety. WUSTL medical professor Kenneth Polonsky comments in an accompanying co-written journal editorial.
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Moves to Allow Medical Residents More Shut-Eye Rouse Opposition
The Wall Street Journal
May 21,
2009 -- Another study has indicated that shorter shifts for medical residents might actually increase patient harm because a departing resident hands over the patient to a fresh resident unfamiliar with the case. WUSTL medical professor Melvin Blanchard co-wrote an accompanying journal editorial that strongly disagrees with the Institute of Medicine's recommendations for shorter shifts.
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Senator Seeks Data on Doctor Accused by Army of Falsifying a Product Study
The New York Times
and 1 others
May 19,
2009 -- A top Republican lawmaker has opened an inquiry into a former Walter Reed Army Medical Center doctor whom the Army has accused of falsifying a medical study involving a product made by Medtronic, a company for whom he works as a paid consultant. The doctor currently works as an associate professor at WUSTL Medical School.
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Perfectly Happy
The Boston Globe
May 12,
2009 -- The new science of measuring happiness has transformed self-help. Now scholars suggest it could transform society — from tort law to urban planning to medical care. WUSTL law professors Samuel Bagenstos and Margo Schlanger co-wrote a law review article in 2007 suggesting that the emphasis on lost enjoyment of life in jury awards actually makes it harder for the plaintiff to recover.
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