BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Sticky Floor
- the factors which keep women in low level, nonmanagerial and support roles and prevent them from seeking or gaining promotion or career development. This term may refer to barriers to the advancement of women such as family commitments, attitudes, stereotyping, and organizational structures but has also been used to focus on circumstances where women are promoted but do not receive commensurate wage rises. It is most likely to be used with reference to women, though it may also apply to other groups of employees. The lead ceiling is a similar concept.
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- Cola can judgment puts the fizz back into the life of injured diva; SCOTTISH OPERA SINGER WINS INJURY DAMAGES OVER STICKY FLOOR
- Byline: STEPHEN HOWARD AN OPERA singer yesterday won her legal fight with the English National Opera over a leg injury she said was caused by spraying cola on a rehearsal studio floor. Janis Kelly twisted her knee and was in pain for two years after her...
- Research articles 1998-07-14
- Cola can judgment putsthe fizz back into the life of injured diva; SCOTTISH OPERA SINGER WINS INJURY DAMGES OVER STICKY FLOOR
- Byline: STEPHEN HOWARD AN OPERA singer yesterday won her legal fight with the English National Opera over a leg injury she said was caused by spraying cola on a rehearsal studio floor. Janis Kelly twisted her knee and was in pain for two years after her...
- Research articles 1998-07-14
- It's No Circular Saw, But un-du Adhesive Remover Will ``Cut'' Right Through ``Sticky Stuff'' in the Workshop — Without Causing Damage
- CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 15, 1999-- American Handyman Club Certified Product will be showcased at the National Hardware Show Inside the McCormick Place Complex in Chicago, Aug. 15-18 ...
- Research articles 1999-08-16
- B-School Buzz: No Loans for Internationals, Consumer Connections, Glass Ceiling Still Remains
- Stacy Blackman's Weekly Roundup of B-School Intelligence Economy dashes b-school dreams -- International students hoping to finance their MBAs at top schools such as Harvard, Wharton, Ross and Cornell through the now-defunct CitiAssist or Sallie Mae financial aid programs face mounting anxieties as no loan program has...
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- Bank of the Ozarks Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Your first question comes from the line of Barry McCarver – Stephens Inc. Barry McCarver – Stephens Inc Hi, good morning George. Great quarter. A bunch of questions, let me just get a few and then I’ll let somebody else get on. Starting off...
- Earnings calls 2008-04-21
- InterContinental Exchange Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And we'll go first to Daniel Harris, Goldman Sachs. Daniel Harris - Goldman Sachs Hi, good morning. How are you? Jeff Sprecher Good morning. Daniel Harris - Goldman Sachs I was wondering if you could give us a status update on the clearing...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-26
- Who Glues,Wins; In our politically correct world, the SAS train to fire resin from a can and Spiderman nets to trap terrorists, not kill them
- Byline: CHRISTOPHER LEAKE THE SAS is to undergo an extraordinary military makeover - using glue guns, plastic bullets and sticky nets to trap enemies. Britain's crack troops are to test 'non-lethal weapons' which will subdue terrorists and hostage-takers rather than kill them, so they can be...
- Research articles 2001-01-21
- Toyota Crisis Mounts as U.S. Steps Up Pressure to Fix Vehicles
- Feb. 3 Bloomberg -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stepped up pressure on Toyota Motor Co. to fix defects that have caused the recall of millions of vehicles because they may suddenly accelerate, causing drivers to lose control.LaHood told reporters in Washington he planned to call Toyota President Akio Toyoda...
- News items 2010-02-04
- More news reports on Toyota Motor Corp.
- Washington -- Toyota Motor Sales USA, which this morning said its dealers should be receiving parts starting late Tuesday to fix accelerator pedals on 2.3 million recalled vehicles, will resume production of the vehicles next week. - 02/01/2010 PDF: Toyota FAQVideo: Toyota apologizes...
- News items 2010-02-01
- Toyota appeals for second chance amid vehicle recall
- Toyota asked American car buyers yesterday to give it a second chance as it outlined plans to fix potentially sticky accelerator pedals in millions of recalled vehicles."I hope you'll give us a chance to win back your trust", Jim Lentz, president of the Japanese carmaker's US marketing arm, said in a YouTube message that was part of a media blitz to repair its reputation.The defective pedals have landed Toyota in one of the most serious crises in its 73-year history, involving a vast recall in the US and Europe and a sales freeze on some of its most popular models, including many Camry and Corolla sedans. Five Toyota assembly lines in the US and Canada have closed this week.The company said it had developed and rigorously tested a "simple, trouble-free" remedy that involves inserting a steel bar on the pedal assembly. The bar eliminates excess friction that can cause the pedal to stick. The same remedy will be used for recalled cars in Europe.Dealers' top priority will be to replace pedals on cars and trucks already on the road. This work is expected to start this weekend. The dealers will then repair vehicles in inventory."We are doing everything we can - as fast as we can - to make things right", Mr Lentz said. "It is embarrassing for us to have this kind of recall situation but it doesn't necessarily mean that we have lost our focus on quality."The actions announced yesterday, which involve 2.3m vehicles, are separate from last November's recall of 4.3m vehicles fitted with floor mats that are at risk of jamming accelerator pedals.Some vehicles have both problems and Toyota said yesterday that it aimed to fix both at the same time.Mr Lentz said that the floor-mat problem had caught Toyota off-guard because car owners had placed all-weather mats on top of the original carpet mats.Bob Waltz, head of product quality and service support, said that investigations into the defective pedals had been hampered because moisture that created the problem had often evaporated by the time vehicles were brought in to dealers.Mr Lentz declined to estimate the cost of the recalls and sales freeze. Toyota's US sales are expected to show a steep fall when carmakers report January sales today. The affected models make up for about 60 per cent of Toyota's US sales.Toyota shares gained 3 per cent in early trading in New York, after falling 15 per cent over the previous fortnight.www.ft.com/automobiles by Financial Times
- External links 2010-02-01
- First Drive Review: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
- Author's note: We covered the Raptor's technical and design elements in great detail in our first look at Ford's one-of-a-kind, high-speed off-roader. We encourage you to read that story for reference, along with this review of what it's like to pilot the Raptor. Somewhere in a safe-deposit box in Michigan,...
- News items 2009-08-23
- Google ponders risky Android solo act
- As a company that has built a business model atop trust, Google is in a sticky position as it prepares to formally introduce the Nexus One phone. Google's Nexus One phone could be a sea change in how Google works with Android partners that could turn into competitors(Credit: Cory O'Brien...
- News items 2009-12-14
- Medical waste and money: waste not, want not
- Maybe you had your gallbladder taken out, or you came to the emergency room from a traffic accident and a lot of your blood ended up on the floor, or you had liposuction to remove that 5 pounds of belly fat. Yuck! Where does all of that stuff go when...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Georgia's Microchip Initiative Stayed Wnder Wraps in Downtown Atlanta.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 13 -- For 17 weeks starting last summer, they filed in and out of a secret bunker on the 13th floor of the Commerce Building in downtown Atlanta. Walls in the Spartan, curtainless room were littered with...
- Research articles 1999-01-14
- Showbiz is the pits
- Any theatrical agent who worked above a Mussel- burgh undertakers might be accused of dealing in dead-end acts, but 73-year-old Andy Green just bursts with enthusiasm. But, as Ex-S showed, you knew his world is not the London Palladium when he explained why classy Jill Gascoine stormed...
- Research articles 1996-12-01
- City View: Dino's demise is no surprise
- Far be it from this column to gloat but one can not deny a small tingle of pleasure at the departure of Sainsbury's chief executive Mr Dino Adriano. He was depicted so memorably in the BBC's Back To The Floor series last autumn, bumbling about his stores...
- Research articles 2000-01-17
- NO JUSTICE; In two months, the serial rapist who won the Lottery could be out of jail. He gloats he will spend his [pounds sterling]7m jackpot on a mansion and a Rolls Royce . . . and no, he won't be giving a single penny to his victims
- Byline: VICTORIA MOORE WHEN the phone in her seaside home began to ring on a sticky August evening two Saturdays ago, Leonora Fall had no idea she was about to be engulfed in a national scandal. She had been listening to the radio, but now the...
- Research articles 2004-08-21
- Conveyors eliminate marshmallow goo - Doumak Inc
- Freshness is a challenge to marshmallow manufacturers, and keeping the product moving in the plant can be sticky business. Doumak Inc. solved its product flow problems by investing in a system of vibratory conveyors installed floor to ceiling in an innovative interconnecting pattern.Founded in 1921 by the Doumakes family, Doumak...
- Research articles 1995-10-01
