n the Q&A session at the conclusion of my talk, a student asked me about the possibility of another financial crisis, and I told the class that there was no doubt in my mind that our country would be going into another financial crisis, although I could not predict the timing or circumstances involved.
Little did I know at the time that the second and third largest bank failures in our country’s history would be announced that weekend!
Unethical and illegal behavior in both our corporate and government arenas caused our last financial crisis and will, inevitably, cause future financial crises which will harm millions more. Our only hope to change the dangerous direction our country is taking is for individuals who witness illegal and unethical behavior to effectively report that behavior.
This holiday season, I think of the past year and of those who have supported my efforts to inspire a more ethical world. I hope that this year has been just as memorable for you, your friends, and your loved ones as it has for me. Have a peaceful holiday season and a prosperous new… [Read More]
I am thankful for you coming here and reading my posts and sharing your stories with me across social media outlets. Your support means more than I can express and encourages me to keep writing. Thank you.
The ethics students learn and develop now will affect their actions when they become move into the workforce. As Professor Madhuri Bandla emphasized to the students, ethics and integrity are absolutely essential to the accounting profession. Sharing my experience and the actions I have witnessed is my way of helping those essential features become part of a young accountant’s education.
For the ninth consecutive year, I addressed the beginning full-time Cohort MBA students at the University of Texas at Dallas on the last day of their two-week LEAD camp preparing them for success at UTD and their careers.
How secure is two-factor authentication? It’s the standard of security that most of us understand to be the safest way to operate online. And it’s not as safe as we thought.
Recently I was asked to participate in AWTT’s Speaking Truth to Youth video series, which, in their words, “reflect AWTT’s belief that our portrait subjects are not superheroes but real people whose work is driven by moral courage and a passion for truth and justice.”
I spoke recently at the new Dallas campus of Texas A&M Commerce University to their graduate and undergraduate business students and alumni, with many others, including some Texas A&M financial planning students, attending virtually via zoom. Professor Jared Pickens, the organizer of the event, asked me to speak on “Ethics in the Last and Next… [Read More]
I was honored to speak to Stephen Arbogast’s “Resisting Corporate Corruption” class and discuss why it is important for students to learn ethics and how to identify corruption early.
