Amazon says it is investigating a report some workers are accepting bribes from e-commerce companies in return for providing confidential data and other services. The practice is thought to be most prevalent in China.

Data show 879 CEOs have left this year, 152 of them female and 727 male. There have been 716 replacements identified, with 161 of them female, which Challenger, Gray & Christmas says means representation is improving.

Artificial intelligence gives companies an opportunity to reinvest in workers and to capitalize on human traits that are needed during this tech revolution, Insights Group CEO Andy Lothian writes. Helping people increase self-awareness can improve communication and can positively affect a company's bottom line, Lothian writes.

Noodles & Co. is launching a program to offer employees who are new mothers a way to ease into and out of maternity leave. In addition to six weeks of paid maternity leave for employees who hold a position of assistant general manager or higher, the new program lets the employee work 80% of her schedule for four weeks before and after the leave while receiving 100% of her pay.

So-called double-stretch hires -- people who have talent but step into a role that far exceeds their experience -- rarely work out, writes SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin. However, the odds are slightly better if they have an abundance of time to develop, access to a mentor and a limited scope of responsibilities.