Must Reads
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
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The big picture: #MeToo has exposed hundreds of high-profile people
Haley Britzky, Axios, July 7, 2018
More than 400 high-profile executives and employees from across the professional spectrum have been brought down by the #MeToo movement in the last 18 months, Bloomberg reports.
The big picture: While #MeToo isn’t dominating headlines the way it was last year, the movement has still been at work behind the scenes. Davia Temin, whose firm Temin & Co. conducted the study cited by Bloomberg, said that while the accusation rate “has been slowing … the percentage of people being fired has increased.” […read more]
Hundreds of Business Leaders Face Accusations in #MeToo Movement
NACD Weekend Reader, June 30, 2018
A new reports finds the #MeToo movement over the last 18 months has opened the door to allegations against 417 high-profile employees and corporate executives, Bloomberg reports. The majority of those individuals are business leaders and executives—410 of them are men—from a wide array of industries, according to the report by crisis consulting firm Temin & Co.
Many of the allegations stem from incidents that happened years ago, but have only recently come to light. And while the rate of accusations has slowed recently, the percentage of individuals fired has increased.
“It started to become a tsunami, certainly after [Harvey] Weinstein, and it sparked other stories in the same industry and then across all industries,” said Davia Temin, president and CEO of Temin & Co. “I think it’s settled into a new plateau, but it is certainly higher than we’ve ever had before.”
Of the 417 high-profile individuals who were accused of issues related to sexual harassment, racial insensitivity, or other misconduct, 193 were fired, and 122 were either suspended, put on leave, or are having their actions investigated. […read more]
#MeToo has accused more than 400 prominent execs and employees of sexual misconduct
Jeanette Settembre, Moneyish, June 30, 2018
The #MeToo movement keeps taking names.
At least 414 high up executives and employees across a number of industries have been accused of sexual misconduct through the #MeToo movement in the past 18 months, according to data from a New York-based crisis consulting firm, as reported by Time. Only seven of the 414 accused are women.
The report found that there has been an uptick in fired employees and managers following the bombshell sexual harassment accusations levied against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein last October. The number of people being accused of harassment in the workplace has slowed down, but the percentage of those being terminated has gone up.
“It started to become a tsunami, certainly after Weinstein, and it sparked other stories in the same industry and then across all industries,” Davia Temin, whose Temin & Co. firm conducted the research, told Time. “I think it’s settled into a new plateau, but it is certainly higher than we’ve ever had before.” […read more]
BankThink How to save a bank’s reputation
Davia Temin, American Banker, June 28, 2018
From #MeToo to lending to gunmakers, from compliance issues to cyberhacks, from questionable marketing practices to persistent gender inequality — political, economic, and social issues are all directly impacting bank operations and reputations like never before.
Moreover, the rules appear to be changing in real time. Where the “Boom Boom Room” was an aberration that took a long time to be taken seriously and then addressed, today almost any whiff of sexual harassment will find bankers on the curb in a nanosecond, as the public’s tolerance for such behavior is plummeting.
Yet new studies are telling us that even after a crisis of major proportions, most companies’ share price returns to normal valuation in months. (Note how quickly Equifax rebounded after its massive hack.)
So, what is the difference between a reputational hit that ends up being just a blip, and one that becomes an extinction level event? Following are five ways to assess your exposure. […read more]
Netflix, Intel ousters show companies are moving fast to tackle exec misconduct
Sarah Toy, MarketWatch, June 27, 2018
Companies act swiftly nowadays. Businesses are finding they must deal quickly and decisively with inappropriate behavior in the workplace in a way they never had to before. What once took months or years to address has been accelerated by the increasing influence of online consumer advocacy groups, the role of social media in people’s lives and the #MeToo movement.
“Companies are looking at a new set of best practices,” said Davia Temin, chief executive of Temin & Co., a New York-based reputation and crisis-management firm. “The old set would have been to close your eyes, ignore it and hope it goes away or that no one notices,” she said.
These new standards are causing some big changes at the top.
At least 416 executives and celebrities have been accused of sexual misconduct since December 2015, according to a data collected by Temin’s firm. The majority of Temin’s list consists of corporate executives, though it does include celebrities like Bill Cosby and Kevin Spacey. Over the past 18 months, 195 have resigned or have been fired and 118 have been suspended, placed on leave or are facing legal repercussions without permanent removal. […read more]
#MeToo movement generates 417 harassment charges in companies, says consultancy
Danielle Brant, Folha de S.Paolo, June 27, 2018
The #MeToo movement (#EuTambem, in Brazil) generated 417 counts sexual harassment or misconduct against executives and employees of companies, a survey carried out by Temin and Company of New York. The data were collected from news published since December 2015, when the trial of Comedian Bill Cosby for accusations of sexual harassment began.
To be included in the database, the case had to appear at least seven times in the media.
“We wanted to know if the trigger for the charges had been Bill Cosby or, more recently, Harvey Weinstein”, says Davia Temin, president of Temin and Company. Weinstein is a film producer who, in October 2017, was accused of harassment and sexual abuse by celebrities such as Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cara Delevigne.
Temin identified the case of Weinstein as the main factor that led to the accusations against executives and employees. […read more]
#MeToo outs more than 400 high profile ‘abusers’ in 18 months as the US is voted one of the 10 most dangerous countries in the world for women in international poll
Reuters and Sara Malm, Daily Mail, June 26, 2018
More than 400 high profile U.S. professionals have been ‘outed’ as alleged sexual abusers by the #MeToo movement in the past 18 months, according to new data.
Out of the 410 men and seven women accused, 193 were either sacked or left their jobs voluntarily, while another 122 were either suspended or investigated, Bloomberg reports.
This comes as the United States was named as the only Western nation among the top ten most dangerous countries for women.
#MeToo by the Numbers: 379 High-Profile People Accused Since Harvey Weinstein
Tim Baysinger, TheWrap, June 26, 2018
A New York-based crisis consulting firm says that the fall of Harvey Weinstein has inspired an 11-fold increase in accusations of sexual misconduct against high-profile people.
Per a database compiled by Temin and Co., since the Oct. 5, 2017 New York Times story detailing decades of misconduct by Weinstein, and an equally devastating New Yorker report just days later, 379 high-profile people have been accused, a staggering increase from the two years prior.
Temin and Co. looked into accusations starting from December 2015, when charges were brought against Bill Cosby for a 2004 sexual attack on former Temple University employee, Andrea Constand. The firm’s president and CEO Davia Temin told TheWrap that just 38 high-profile people were accused of sexual misconduct or other similar misdeeds from Dec. 2015 until the Weinstein accusations became public.
But after Weinstein came the #MeToo movement, and a wave of women coming forward to report abuse. “We can see it was not the Cosby issue,” Temin said. “It was absolutely Weinstein.” […read more]