Εmployee resignation (How dangerous can it be?) I. Preamble “I packed it all and left” Kimon (: Orpheus Zachos) said to his brother Philip (George Constantinou) in the famous Greek film of 1967 “Welcoming the Dollar”. Kimon was referring to his resignation, because the manager made the mistake of saying: “Mr. Angelucco, could you please bring […]Continue reading
I. Preamble Most ancient Greek philosophers were concerned with destiny (and the inability of men to define it). This is why there are so many quotes referencing destiny. The most known of them, “destiny is impossible to escape” («το πεπρωμένον φυγείν αδύνατον») is attributed to Pindar. The relevant Socratic phrase is more or less the […]Continue reading
Mediation and Litigation with reference to The Wasps… I. Preamble The problem of the abusive litigation culture in our country is not recent. Aristophanes has already, in 422 BC, presented ” The Wasps” in Lenaea, denouncing and ridiculing the Athenian abusive litigation culture. In this particular comedy of Aristophanes, Bdelycleon struggles to “heal” his father, […]Continue reading
Ο Σταύρος Κουμεντάκης, Senior Partner της ΚΟΥΜΕΝΤΑΚΗΣ & ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΤΕΣ πραγματοποίησε παρουσίαση σχετικά με τον νέο νόμο για τις Ανώνυμες Εταιρείες στην Grant Thornton, έναν διεθνή οργανισμό, επιχειρηματικό σύμβουλο, με ηγετική παρουσία, που βοηθά δυναμικές επιχειρήσεις να ξεκλειδώσουν τις δυνατότητές τους για ανάπτυξη. Μετά από πρόσκληση της Senior Partner, κυρίας Μαρίνας Χρυσανθοπούλου, ο κύριος Κουμεντάκης έκανε παρουσίαση […]Continue reading
Work stress and the death of an employee (An impartial approach of decision no. 1358/2019 of the Athens Single-Member Court of First Instance) I. Preamble There has been a lot of discussion lately around the decision no. 1358/2019 of the Single-Member Court of First Instance of Athens. The case heard? An employee suffered a severe myocardial […]Continue reading
I. Preamble It is said that the first coins to circulate, in Lydia, Asia Minor, in the early 7th Century B.C., were by an alloy of silver and gold. Before those coins, precious metals were used in trade. And even earlier than that: bartering. Twenty-seven centuries later, currency has a completely different form. And value. And use. […]Continue reading
I. Preamble “Verba volant, scripta manent” (: “spoken words fly away, written words remain”) Romans used to say. It is similar to a Greek saying, roughly translating: “when there is something in written, no one can dare question it”. Both phrases obviously refer to the need (our need) for written proof of what is agreed […]Continue reading
Ι. Preamble In 1956, American President Eisenhauer announced the US satellite program. Dr Richard Woolley, Astronomer Royal, rather hastily publicly characterized the discussions made at the time about space travel as “utter bilge!”. On 4.10.1957, the Soviet Union launched “Sputnik1”. Could blockchain be “utter bilge”? ΙΙ. 4IR, DLT & Blockchain We are at the […]Continue reading
Ι. Preamble The German company Western & Co was the one to undertake, in 1891, the coverage of certain needs of the Swiss army, with a tool that would most likely be used in two ways. The Swiss soldiers would use this tool to disassemble and reassemble their gun (: screwdriver) or open a can […]Continue reading
