Corporate Culture vs. Social Media

If you want to learn a lot about a corporate culture, go through the process of launching a corporate blog.  Successful companies often become successful because they have strong cultures based on command and control – emphasis on control.  It’s all about process, approval, calculating risk and measuring outcomes.  That does not always jive well with social media. FedEx is one such company -- if the idea of losing control is scary then the idea of a blog has the makings of a nightmare!

Community Support

One of our core values at FedEx is community involvement.  One of the ways FedEx gets involved is through our support of the United Way.  At FedEx, we ensure every new employee understands as a member of FedEx we want you to get involved.  We encourage you to make a difference just like FedEx makes a difference in each of our lives. At the HUB, we have about 8,000 employees who "handle" packages.  Most of these are part time employees working less than 20 hours per week.  We just completed our annual United Way drive and for the HUB alone we raised over $500,000.

Social Responsibility is a Discipline, Not a Department

This past weekend, more than 2,000 MBA students and graduates from around the world converged on the Wharton Business School in Philadelphia to grapple with the question: Can we change the world through business?

The View from Global Operations Control

Hundreds of computer screens are in view as I look out over the control center, on one side of the room is a video wall displaying real time information about locations and conditions of aircraft flying all over the world. Radio and phone calls come in and go back out, conveying vital information about the tactical operation. No, this is not a command bunker under the Pentagon. I’m standing in FedEx Express Global Operations Control, known to most employees as GOC.

Net Impact Conference: Bill Margaritis

FedEx executive Bill Margaritis participated in a panel discussion "Ethical Globalization: An Exploration of Opportunities and Challenges" at last week's 16th annual Net Impact Conference at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  The conference's theme this year was "The Sustainable Advantage: Creating Social and Environmental Value".  Bill spoke about the topic of Access.  The conference was attended by approximately 2,000 MBA students from accross the country and around the world.