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...about where these two archetypes of American industry stand. Bridgestone may be willing to send the Firestone brand on the road to extinction. Yet Ford is in the midst of an ambitious strategy to reinvent itself as the automobile industry's most socially and consumer-conscious force. Ford has staked its future on honesty. "The reason that they are spending so much money on this is that their credibility is at stake," says Merrill Lynch analyst John Casesa. "They are hoping that this obsessiveness now will in the end benefit the company...
...about where these two archetypes of American industry stand. Bridgestone may be willing to send the Firestone brand on the road to extinction. Yet Ford is in the midst of an ambitious strategy to reinvent itself as the automobile industry's most socially and consumer-conscious force. Ford has staked its future on honesty. "The reason that they are spending so much money on this is that their credibility is at stake," says Merrill Lynch analyst John Casesa. "They are hoping that this obsessiveness now will in the end benefit the company...
...With all that money at stake, no wonder the selection process has a questionable past. In 1998 evidence surfaced to indicate what many Olympic insiders have been whispering for years: that bid cities like Salt Lake City, host of the 2002 winter games, had showered I.O.C. members with gifts?fully paid shopping trips for spouses, college scholarships for children and even cash in envelopes for members. Chastened by the scandals, the I.O.C., long a notoriously secretive body, publicly scrubbed itself clean. Members were expelled. New regulations were drafted forbidding members from visiting candidate cities, imposing a limit on gifts...
...With all that money at stake, no wonder the selection process has a questionable past. In 1998 evidence surfaced to indicate what many Olympic insiders have been whispering for years: that bid cities like Salt Lake City, host of the 2002 winter games, had showered I.O.C. members with gifts-fully paid shopping trips for spouses, college scholarships for children and even cash in envelopes for members. Chastened by the scandals, the I.O.C., long a notoriously secretive body, publicly scrubbed itself clean. Members were expelled. New regulations were drafted forbidding members from visiting candidate cities, imposing a limit on gifts...
...Online spends most of his time in meetings, answering e-mail from employees and colleagues around the world or talking on his mobile phone, pausing only occasionally to take in the stunning view of Nairobi 16 floors below. Like most cyber-ceos, Makatiani is in a constant hurry to stake out an ever-larger chunk of online turf, build his company's brand and make money. He travels across Africa, to Europe or to the U.S. every other week, runs to relieve stress and grabs short-break holidays on the Kenyan coast with his wife when he can. But while...