Detroit Adult Entertainment: Cyr: Toyota ordeal hardly unique
February 27, 2010 at 6:26 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsQuality control expert Frederick Deming became a cultural icon in Japan, while fading into obscurity in the U.S. Management expert Peter Drucker likewise steadily grew in influence. To be sure, Drucker also remains a major influence in American business circles, but his work is generally ignored in our business schools.
Drucker’s public impact and prominence began with his 1946 book “Concept of the Corporation,” based on a study of General Motors from the inside. Though the author generally praised the enormous firm, Chairman Alfred P. Sloan Jr. was offended, apparently by criticism of aspects of labor-management relations.
The book was banned within the company.
Things got worse. In the 1960s, when Ralph Nader and his young team publicly pressed for auto safety reform, the Big Three dug in. Some auto executives crossed the line and hired investigators to discredit him, thugs to intimidate him and prostitutes to compromise him. Nader fought back, and ultimately succeeded.
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Detroit Adult Entertainment: ACLU sues Detroit Police over raid
February 27, 2010 at 6:26 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsTwo legislators, State Rep. Gabe Leland, D-Detroit, and State Sen. Tupac Hunter, D-Detroit, are working to change Michigan law to require police to file charges against those whose vehicles they seized. The proposed legislation also would require prosecutors to release seized vehicles at no charge if the defendants are found not guilty.
In addition, former Wayne County Sheriff’s lieutenant Walter Epps, a candidate for Wayne County Sheriff, said if elected he would stop deputies from seizing vehicles without also filing charges.
The News found cases where members of the Wayne County Morality United seized vehicles without charging the owners with crimes. In one instance, a Southgate man’s SUV was seized after a brief conversation with a deputy posing as a prostitute, even though the officer wrote in her report that the man hadn’t solicited her.
Detroit Adult Entertainment: Detroit strip club hearing draws pastors, dancers
February 27, 2010 at 6:26 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsPosted: 7:35 PM Feb 22, 2010
Detroit strip club hearing draws pastors, dancers
Hundreds of strip club opponents and a smaller number of employees and other supporters of the clubs have packed a Detroit City Council hearing on whether to tighten adult business regulations.
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