http://albertaventure.com Articles on Alberta Business news, Oil & Gas, Oil Sands, H.R., Investments, Sales, Leadership, and more Wed, 23 May 2012 20:23:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://albertaventure.com/2010/12/the-right-call-highlighted-the-ethical-challenges-of-corporate-culture/ http://albertaventure.com/2010/12/the-right-call-highlighted-the-ethical-challenges-of-corporate-culture/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:17:00 +0000 Gunnar http://albertaventure.com/?p=14518 Continue reading →]]> http://albertaventure.com/2010/12/the-right-call-highlighted-the-ethical-challenges-of-corporate-culture/feed/ 0 http://albertaventure.com/2010/11/show-them-the-money/ http://albertaventure.com/2010/11/show-them-the-money/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:31:55 +0000 Gunnar http://albertaventure.com/?p=13933 Continue reading →]]> http://albertaventure.com/2010/11/show-them-the-money/feed/ 0 http://albertaventure.com/2010/11/show-them-the-money-audio/ http://albertaventure.com/2010/11/show-them-the-money-audio/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:20:12 +0000 Gunnar http://albertaventure.com/?p=13939 Continue reading →]]> http://albertaventure.com/2010/11/show-them-the-money-audio/feed/ 0 http://albertaventure.com/2010/10/how%e2%80%99s-your-social-media-policy/ http://albertaventure.com/2010/10/how%e2%80%99s-your-social-media-policy/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:39:29 +0000 Gunnar http://albertaventure.com/?p=13351 Continue reading →]]> http://albertaventure.com/2010/10/how%e2%80%99s-your-social-media-policy/feed/ 0 http://albertaventure.com/2010/09/how-far-does-privacy-extend-audio/ http://albertaventure.com/2010/09/how-far-does-privacy-extend-audio/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:40:32 +0000 Fil Fraser http://albertaventure.com/?p=12704 QUESTION: The new employer calls asking for references and information about your past employee’s performance. The easy question may be, how much can you, or should you, disclose to the new employer? The more difficult question is how do you balance privacy rights and corporate and public rights? 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