As long as institutions and organizations offer their students, members, and employees the chance to learn about and openly discuss ethics, unethical behaviors, and what they witness in their interactions, we can help safeguard against future fraud and the harm that comes from ignoring warnings.
I was honored to present the 2024 J. Craig Smith Business Ethics Lecture at the University of Alabama
I recently delivered the 2024 J. Craig Smith Business Ethics Lecture at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business. Speaking about corporate ethics to this group of future business leaders was an honor.
Will Citigroup Finally Fix Its Corporate Culture?
Jane Fraser, who replaced Michael Corbat as CEO of Citigroup in March of 2021, follows a line of CEOs who have each tried unsuccessfully to change Citigroup’s culture and the resulting ongoing problems with risk compliance and internal controls.
Tenth Anniversary of Speaking to UTD Cohort Full-Time MBA Program
These talks create a great opportunity for me to help students understand ethical issues and importance while gaining insight into what future business leaders face in their current professional settings.
Speaking to a UT Dallas EMBA Class
It was an absolute pleasure to speak to the graduating class of the Executive MBA program at the University of Texas at Dallas recently.
Who follows the Sarbanes Oxley Act?
The Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX), passed in 2002 after the failures of Enron and Worldcom, specifically addressed internal controls and oversight responsibilities for all publicly-traded companies, including banks. SOX mandates that management must establish and maintain “effective” internal controls and must publish a separate “Internal Controls Report” certifying the effectiveness of its internal controls and certifying that there is no fraud.
Resisting Corporate Corruption at the University of North Carolina
The class discussed the case about my experience at Citigroup “Write to Rubin? – Pressure on Underwriting Standards at Citigroup,” focusing on whether or not there were viable alternatives to my writing my email warning Robert Rubin (who was named Chairman of the Citigroup Board of Directors the following day) about the massive fraud I had discovered involving the underwriting and selling of mortgage loans.
UT Dallas Students Recognize Need for Ethical Behavior
students fully recognized the need for ethical behavior and decision-making and the absolute importance of maintaining their personal ethics in their careers. This recognition, truly, is the only way our country can reverse the continued ethical decline we have witnessed.
Reflections of a Whistleblower – The Boom and Bust Cycles
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!
Speaking at the University of North Texas
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.
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