The Norms of Living In Western Society If you think like most westerners, you recognise three ways of living: 1. Living with close family members. 2. Living with spouse. 3. Living solo. There’s a fourth option too of course: One can live with flat mates or room mates. This, is usually seen as a necessary […]
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Cry for the Planet
Human beings are walking into their worst environmental disaster. The climate is heating up. Oxygen levels are decreasing in the seas causing disastrous effects to flora and fauna. Rainforests, “the lungs of the Earth”, are being cut down and desertication is threatening our fields. Polar bears are drowning but even more worryingly, the melting of the arctic […]
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Learnings from the “Terrorist” – Book Review: Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
During the past two weeks, I’ve been caught up by Nelson Mandela‘s autobiography. As I am a slow reader I preferred to listen it as an audiobook. Nonetheless, it is a book which will stay in my thoughts for long. Although traditional African childhood is surely not too familiar for a Nordic woman, Mandela captured my full […]
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Are You Destroying Our Society?
People don’t realise it as they are too focused on their every day lives, but many of us are taking part on nibbling away our society. We should always question the meaning of our work.
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Yrityksen tavoite on tuottaa hyvää
“Yrityksen tavoite on tuottaa voittoa“, kuuluu taloustieteen ikivanha mantra. Tämä tavoite on jopa osakeyhtiöiden osalta kirjattuna osakeyhtiölakiin: “Yhtiön toiminnan tarkoituksena on tuottaa voittoa osakkeenomistajille, jollei yhtiöjärjestyksessä määrätä toisin.” En onneksi ole ainoa kauppislainen, joka on säpsähtänyt lauseen kohdalla. Kirjan Taivas ja helvetti tarinassa Jari Saravuo kertoo kuinka alkoi väitellä asiasta professorin kanssa yliopiston taloustieteen oppitunnilla. Koko voiton […]