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March 28, 2019 By Richard Bowen

Everybody Lies!

You can’t pick up a newspaper, turn on a news channel or be online without getting the latest on the college admission bribery scandal. In fact, a federal college admissions probe has led to the criminal indictment of more than 50 people nationwide and sparked a class action lawsuit. This latest round involves lying, cheating… [Read More]

Tagged With: College Cheating Scandal, Ethics

March 14, 2019 By Richard Bowen

The Fed Has a Concern? Really?

Grahpic: Corporate debt bubble near sharp pin

And if they are concerned, shouldn’t we be worried as well? For some time, many experts, including William (Bill) D. Cohan, a former investment banker and author of several books, including the most recent, Why Wall Street Matters, have been warning us about the dangers of the corporate debt bubble. Lest we forget, the Federal… [Read More]

Tagged With: Bubble, Corporate Debt, Ethics, Financial Crisis

March 7, 2019 By Richard Bowen

What’s the Problem with OSHA?

Image: Typwriter with "Retaliation" typed on page

Does your company encourage transparency and ethical behavior, or does it shut down employees speaking up when they see wrongdoing? As I’ve written about before, odds are that many employees don’t even bother speaking up since they do not see corrective action. For the ones that do speak up and are retaliated against, they may… [Read More]

Tagged With: Employer retaliation, OSHA

February 7, 2019 By Richard Bowen

Should the Big Banks Be Nervous?

Image: building with "Equal Justice Under Law" in the stone

Will the new scrutiny House Financial Services Committee chairwoman Maxine Waters proposes prevent another financial crisis? Last week Ms. Waters pledged that this committee will keep an eye on the larger banks and pay closer attention to whether regulators were trying to weaken the safeguards and regulations enacted after the last financial crisis. What some… [Read More]

Tagged With: Congress, Department of Justice, DOJ, Ethics, FCIC, Financial Crisis

January 31, 2019 By Richard Bowen

Brigham Young University: Practicing What They Preach

Image: Bowen speaking at BYU

It is always a privilege to be invited to speak at a University to accounting and business students and their faculty. This last week I had that honor- of presenting to Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management and Wheatley Institution, to these groups on ethics and how important integrity is in the business world…. [Read More]

Tagged With: business ethics, Citigroup, ethical leadership, Ethics, Financial Crisis, Leadership, whistleblowing

January 23, 2019 By Richard Bowen

SERVANT LEADERSHIP in action.

Business Navigators is a unique business networking group dedicated to furthering the core values of servant leadership and trusted relationships through educational and charitable activities in the Dallas/Fort Worth community. Their philosophy is “To give is better than to receive.” They focus on “… what we can do as individuals and as an organization to… [Read More]

Tagged With: business leadership

January 16, 2019 By Richard Bowen

Technology Can Build Ethics

How ethical is your company? Would you give your company an “A” on doing the right thing? If misconduct is observed, is speaking up ignored and punished, or encouraged and rewarded? Unfortunately as I can personally attest to, misconduct is often not reported because employees are fearful of retaliation and potential job loss. In some… [Read More]

Tagged With: Ethics

January 10, 2019 By Richard Bowen

Moments of Truth:  Building Values Based Cultures

The fourth report of a four-part series of the 2018 Global Business Ethics Survey was just released by the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI), a best practice community of organizations that are committed to creating and sustaining high-quality ethics & compliance programs. This last year I have been writing about trust and ethics in the workplace and the GBES… [Read More]

January 3, 2019 By Richard Bowen

Stock Buyouts are Tilting the “Apple” Cart!

What do Apple, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Applied Materials, among many others, have in common … they have been splurging on repurchasing their own stock at a high dollar, and seeing the value of their stock purchases sharply decline. Apple spent about $62.9 billion on buybacks in the first nine months of 2018, with the market reducing that value… [Read More]

December 6, 2018 By Richard Bowen

From Museums to NPR: It’s Been a Merry Go Round of Highlights!

Last week I spoke about the Government Accountability Project (GAP) 40th-anniversary celebration as the highlight of my year. At the celebration, Robert Shetterly, the renowned portrait painter behind Americans Who Tell the Truth– Models of  Courageous Citizenship, unveiled five portraits of people honored as whistleblowers by GAP, and I was honored to be one of them. This week was yet another… [Read More]

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What People Are Saying About Richard M. Bowen

William D. Cohan"Richard Bowen is one of my heroes. His is a story of human fortitude at its best and Wall Street at its worst."

~ William D. Cohan, NY Times Best Selling Author
2017-06-30T10:08:59-05:00
"Richard Bowen is one of my heroes. His is a story of human fortitude at its best and Wall Street at its worst." ~ William D. Cohan, NY Times Best Selling Author
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Eileen McDonnell"Richard Bowen reinforced my motto that "there is no right way to do a wrong thing.” Long after his presentation, the conversation has continued about personal responsibility and the courage to challenge things that appear to be wrong. We encourage this dialog and rely on it to help make our business stronger."

~ Eileen McDonnell, Chairman, CEO, & President, Penn Mutual
2015-02-13T19:51:19-06:00
"Richard Bowen reinforced my motto that "there is no right way to do a wrong thing.” Long after his presentation, the conversation has continued about personal responsibility and the courage to challenge things that appear to be wrong. We encourage this dialog and rely on it to help make our business stronger." ~ Eileen McDonnell, Chairman, CEO, & President, Penn Mutual
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Ben Stein"Richard Bowen, you are a star and a hero."

~ Ben Stein, Economist and Political Commentator
2015-02-13T19:50:26-06:00
"Richard Bowen, you are a star and a hero." ~ Ben Stein, Economist and Political Commentator
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Jim Farrell"Richard's speech at the April Financial Executives International dinner was informative, interesting, riveting, and fast moving.  The feedback from members was overwhelming positive, and Richard received one of the few standing ovations given by our membership."

~ Jim Farrell, Program Chairman, Dallas Chapter, Financial Executives International
2014-12-28T19:48:17-06:00
"Richard's speech at the April Financial Executives International dinner was informative, interesting, riveting, and fast moving.  The feedback from members was overwhelming positive, and Richard received one of the few standing ovations given by our membership." ~ Jim Farrell, Program Chairman, Dallas Chapter, Financial Executives International
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Dennis McCuistion"Richard Bowen has been there, done that, and has the scars to prove it, and his message of corruption at the highest levels of industry and government needs to be heard. I only wish that more bankers had the courage that Bowen exhibits. He is not only one of the most talented bankers I have ever met, he has more integrity than all the bankers on Wall Street put together. If his former employer had listened to him taxpayers would not have had to bail out Citi for the third time in the last 30 years."

~ Dennis McCuistion, Host of the McCuistion TV program
2014-12-28T19:48:06-06:00
"Richard Bowen has been there, done that, and has the scars to prove it, and his message of corruption at the highest levels of industry and government needs to be heard. I only wish that more bankers had the courage that Bowen exhibits. He is not only one of the most talented bankers I have ever met, he has more integrity than all the bankers on Wall Street put together. If his former employer had listened to him taxpayers would not have had to bail out Citi for the third time in the last 30 years." ~ Dennis McCuistion, Host of the McCuistion TV program
https://richardmbowen.com/testimonials/533/

Betty Garrett"Richard Bowen is a dynamic, entertaining speaker and story-teller - a CPA with a great personality!"

~ Betty Garrett, Garrett Speakers International
2014-12-28T19:47:50-06:00
"Richard Bowen is a dynamic, entertaining speaker and story-teller - a CPA with a great personality!" ~ Betty Garrett, Garrett Speakers International
https://richardmbowen.com/testimonials/531/

fred-timmons"I believe Richard Bowen is the only keynote speaker to ever receive a standing ovation from the Texas Society of CPA’s at any of its annual conferences."

~ Fred Timmons, Chairman of The Texas Society of CPA's
2014-12-28T19:47:22-06:00
"I believe Richard Bowen is the only keynote speaker to ever receive a standing ovation from the Texas Society of CPA’s at any of its annual conferences." ~ Fred Timmons, Chairman of The Texas Society of CPA's
https://richardmbowen.com/testimonials/530/

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Playing for High Stakes: The Principles and Practice of Ethical Leadership

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