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Category Archives: Criminal Background Checks
For Politicians and Business Leaders, Dusty Yearbooks Hide Ticking Time Bomb
A cascade of yearbook scandals and confessions of disreputable behavior is sending quakes through Virginia political circles and beyond after decades-old yearbooks surfaced with references to racial slurs, images of students in blackface and other behavior unbecoming of those in … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Corporate culture, Criminal Background Checks, Executive contracts, Executive Management Style, Legal, Social Media
Tagged background checks, CEO, CEOs, executive, executive contracts, executive employment, Joe Ahmad, Social Media
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Radio Shack Knew of Monster Risk When Hiring Exec
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the phenomenon of individual executives being held criminally liable for the acts of their employers. Now, we have a case that opens the possibility of the opposite happening: an executive who is the … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Background Checks, Criminal Prosecutions, Fraud, Legal
Tagged Dawn Callahan-Kettlewell, InkStop, Radio Shack
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Criminal Background Checks Still a Necessity When Hiring
A recent spate of lawsuits has got me thinking about second chances, and whether and how employers should give them to job seekers. A little background: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed several lawsuits against employers, claiming that their … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Background Checks, EEOC, Legal
Tagged Civil Rights Act, criminal background checks, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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