Corporate policy and culture

She implied her notable ..... for her opponent by wrinkling her nose upon his arrival.

The technology, however, never lived up to its hype and communications fell back to old .....: the intranet and e-mail.

As tales of labor abuse in developing countries by multinational companies have ..... the headlines in developed countries, some of these companies have adopted voluntary corporate social responsibility codes.

The persistence of violations and consumers' desire for adequate labor conditions has led to the ..... of vigilantes and verifiers (organizations that check that companies are actually following their reforms, such as the Fair Labor Association and Social Accountability International).

The protection of data should never be underestimated, as a recent event involving Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in the UK highlights, where a CD containing confidential details of millions of people ..... missing.

..... refers to extensive staff cuts in order to reduce costs. In other words, when companies need or want to save money, they will lay off many employees to do so.

All of the employees began to disperse once the press conference came to a close. Disperse means to ......

Certain companies offer ..... to new, and sometimes younger, employees in order to offer guidance and support and to encourage professional development.

A group of people who have supervisory, managerial or advisory authority in a business meeting are often referred to as the ..... of directors.

Until further research was carried out, the company would not even be ..... expanding its facilities.