Eric Wang – Vanderbilt Business Review

Dec

26

2021

Avoiding Surveillance Capitalism: Corporate Social Responsibility in Tech Companies

All Posts, Industries

By: Eric Wang With advancements in internet technology, mass distribution of information has become accessible to people worldwide. Accompanying these improvements, information technology corporations also developed marketing and promotion tools to attract more growth in user rates and page views. However, customers are impacted dramatically due to their disadvantages in protecting themselves from the overwhelming information flow's harm. One study conducted by researchers at Yale University shows that the spread of biased news and information is altering the public's perspectives on large-scale civic issues, including climate change and environmental protection. Hence, the independent organizations formed by expertise in the IT…

Turnover Rate in the Banking Industry: Problematic but Reparable

All Posts, Economy and Government

By: Eric Wang The high turnover rate of employees in the banking industry has caused impacts on companies' development. According to one survey, junior analysts' retention rate has climbed to almost 50 percent high. Debates on maintaining employees and preventing damage to organizational effectiveness have brought attention from corporations' executives. Symptoms accompanied by a sky-high turnover rate include low job satisfaction, damage to the team working, and lack of loyalty to the company. Negative Cause: What makes the employee want to leave The studies conducted in the regional banking industry showed that low job satisfaction decreases performances and leads to…

Navigation in the Uncertainty: How Should We Pursue Sustainability?

All Posts, Sustainability

By: Eric Wang The discussion about sustainability has become a hot issue in the society and company management field. However, though it attracts much appreciation and applause for the movement, critics have emerged from society's multilevel. A detailed analysis of them may help the movement innovate and redirect to head in the right direction. One of the most well-known to the sustainability concept would be the increasing trend of opposition to globalization. Critics suggest that sustainability is simply an elite game that only adapts to the developed countries' settings. Thus, it may not bring as many benefits as imagined worldwide…