Every morning, when I choose which jacket I will wear to work, I think of my grandfather. Although he passed away 12 years ago, I still use every day the very beautiful and elegant garments that he passed down to me. All of them are ´Made in Italy.´ As IESE’s professor of business ethics, I cannot find a better example of environmental sustainability for my students. What can be more environmentally sustainable than an elegant and beautiful jacket that lasts for more than 25 years?
Monthly Archives: February 2018
What We Lose When We Take Down Statues of Men Like Columbus
“It’s sad that a man who most Americans once recognized as the seed-planter of their civilization has been so unceremoniously cast aside.
There was a time when Columbus was a nearly universally revered figure in the Americas, a man who stood for the bold, entrepreneurial spirit of the New World.
Columbus was a hero for immigrants, a man who risked all to forge a new beginning in a far-off land.”
Source: What We Lose When We Take Down Statues of Men Like Columbus
A caccia dei capolavori italiani rubati e finiti all’estero – Linkiesta.it
La scultura di Tiberio e una statua di marmo raffigurante il generale Druso minore. Le due opere sono tornate a casa solo l’anno scorso. Al termine di un’indagine lunga quasi quindici anni i carabinieri del Comando tutela patrimonio culturale hanno scovato i due splendidi reperti in America. Il ritratto scultoreo dell’imperatore era finito nell’abitazione di un collezionista newyorchese, la testa marmorea del generale, invece, faceva bella mostra nelle collezioni del Cleveland Museum of Art.
Source: A caccia dei capolavori italiani rubati e finiti all’estero – Linkiesta.it
6 Africans Shot in Italy; Anti-Migrant Ex-Candidate Arrested
The shooting spree came days after the slaying of 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro and amid a heated electoral campaign in Italy where anti-foreigner sentiment has become a key theme. Italy has been struggling with large numbers of migrants coming across the Mediterranean Sea. Macerata Mayor Romano Carancini confirmed that five foreign men and one woman, all black, were wounded in Saturday’s shooting spree, and one was left with life-threatening injuries. All were hospitalized.
“They were all of color, this is obviously a grave fact. As was grave what happened to Pamela. The closeness of the two events makes you imagine there could be a connection,” Carancini said.
Mastropietro’s dismembered remains were found Wednesday in two suitcases two days after she walked away from a drug rehab community. A judge on Saturday confirmed the arrest of the main suspect, identified as 29-year-old Innocent Oseghale.
Source: 6 Africans Shot in Italy; Anti-Migrant Ex-Candidate Arrested | World News | US News
San Jose City Council Votes to Remove Christopher Columbus Statue
The San Jose, Calif. City Council voted to remove a statue of explorer Christopher Columbus from the City Hall lobby after hours of contentious debate.
“It’s kind of a setback in our culture. Columbus is renown throughout the world, not just in Italy,” said Tony Zerbo with the Italian American Heritage Foundation. “Italian Americans here, in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area are very proud of that.”
The statue has been vandalized and put back together twice
Source: San Jose City Council Votes to Remove Christopher Columbus Statue