by snarly | Jun 5, 2014 | Bropology, Corporate Apologies, Media Apologies
Dov Seidman haz a sad. Surely you remember Dov. When the NYT announced it was launching a blog called Apology Watch, to be spearheaded by biz macher Aaron Andrew Sorkin, Mr. Seidman (an ethical image consultant to businesses) was the expert contributor. We promptly...
by snarly | Mar 24, 2014 | Corporate Apologies
Remember our dainty feminine foot-stomping when New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin decided to launch a feature called Apology Watch, with the help of business consultant Dov Seidman? Remember how Sorkin wouldn’t reply to our emails? (Though we did hear...
by snarly | Feb 10, 2014 | Corporate Apologies
Tim Armstrong, the chief executive who most looks like he should play an evil CEO in a futuristic technothriller, made an unpopular announcement last week. He made employees’ 401(K) packages much less favorable, then blamed that decision on $7.1 million in...
by snarly | Feb 7, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies
Very smart essay by Alexander Chee in Dame Magazine that seems somehow…RELEVANT right now. The first lines: When I began writing this essay, I was thinking this might be about public apologies, for there had been many. “Mistakes were made,” as recent scandal...
by snarly | Feb 6, 2014 | Corporate Apologies
In which SorryWatch winds up bleeding and blinking on the mat, staring up at the sneering face of the New York Times business section, barely remembering its own name! Here’s what happened. On Tuesday, the @nytimes Twitter account asked for crowdsourcing help...