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Mental Heath as a Weapon: Whistleblower Retaliation and Normative Violence. Kenny, K., Fotaki, M. & Scriver, S. J Bus Ethics (2019) 160: 801 PDF, 15p, NOV2019
FedEx Pilots, Union Agree To End Bargaining Promises Suit, Law360 PDF, 3p. 12MAY2017
BOOK REVIEW "Warnings: Finding Cassandras to stop Catastrophes" By former CIA Director Richard Clarke and R.P. Eddy, Washington Times PDF 2p. 05JUN2017
Pre-Incident Indicators of Terrorist Incidents: The Identification of Behavioral, Geographic, and Temporal Patterns of Preparatory Conduct, NCJRS PDF, 540p. MAY2006
FedEx 2017 annual report: employee pension is short $3.6 billion but 87.9% funded PDF, 96p. June 20, 2017
In 2017 FedEx CEO Fred Smith & five senior executives enjoy funded pensions valued at $84,181,954 in a "Parity Plan" separate from the employees PDF, 1p. June 20, 2017
2016 FedEx Annual Report slogan: "Latitude. Longitude. Altitude"
... a poor choice of words for the cover's slogan in FedEx pilot whistleblower Mark Estabrook's opinion. "They're serving al-Qaeda with all of the real-time aircraft tracking data they want and need on the internet, and then taunt them on the cover of their annual report," says Estabrook.
Employee pension plan deficit of $5.3 billion and 81.9% funded. PDF, 92p. June 21, 2016
FedEx ALPA channels Pelosi: educate the pilots before they know what's in their proposed retirement plan Video, 8:50 min, June 8, 2017
Fred Smith: Technology And Automation Will Make Us More Productive - 100 Seconds of Advice Video, 1:40 min, 21SEP2017
The term "Hawthorne Effect" was coined in 1958 by Henry A. Landsberger, when analyzing earlier experiments from 1924–32 at the Hawthorne Works (a Western Electric factory outside Chicago). The Hawthorne Works had commissioned a study to see if their workers would become more productive in higher or lower levels of light. The workers' productivity seemed to improve when changes were made, and slumped when the study ended. It was suggested that the productivity gain occurred as a result of the motivational effect on the workers of the interest being shown in them. (Source:Wikipedia) Video, 9:59 min, 29JUN2017