Is the American Dream becoming an American Nightmare? Recently I wrote about the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index published annually since 1995 by Transparency International, which ranks countries “by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by ‘expert assessments’ and opinion surveys.” This year’s study highlighted the relationship between politics, money and corruption. The disturbing news is that the United… [Read More]
Too big to be held accountable?
Well the jury’s in. And the results are not good. It appears we are more lenient towards white-collar financial crimes than ever, with fewer financial crimes cited and lesser fines/settlements paid. In our present administration, fines and settlements against corporations have plummeted and prosecutions of individuals are falling to record lows. In the last administration the Department… [Read More]
Hold onto your wallets…
We could be in for a wild ride! As the 2020 elections approach, the stock buyback debates are heating up, and predictions say the Democrats may potentially gain control of both the Congress and the Senate. So how did a practice that was considered stock manipulation and was generally illegal prior to 1982 gain such… [Read More]
How to Stamp Out Fraud!
Is your organization immune from fraud? The 2019 Annual Fraud Conference recently held at the University of Texas at Dallas gave practical steps to assure you are. The conference was an outstanding success and I was honored to have been part of it once again. The conference attendees; internal auditors, CPA’s, faculty and students, learned… [Read More]
The Whistleblower Newsroom; Is This a Conspiracy?
This last week I had the honor of being interviewed for The Whistleblower Newsroom, a podcast by whistleblowers, for whistleblowers, developed and hosted by journalists Celia Farber, TruthBarrier.com, and Kristina Borjesson. Although I had visited with Ms. Borjesson several times on the phone over the last three years, we first met last November at the… [Read More]
Should this bill pass?
Billed as a consumer-protection effort, Texas State Senator Angela Paxton’s Senate Bill 860, which is based on a 2018 Arizona law, would grant broad powers to the attorney general’s consumer protection division. However this proposal would empower the office of her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, to exempt entrepreneurs from certain state regulations so they… [Read More]
Richard Bowen on WRVO, Syracuse University
In November I had the honor of visiting Syracuse University for the Robert Shetterly and the Americans Who Tell the Truth: Models of Courageous Citizenship portraits celebration. This was following the Washington, D.C. unveiling of five portraits of people honored as whistleblowers by the Government Accountability Project (GAP) where I was honored to be one of them. The week… [Read More]
Should the Big Banks Be Nervous?
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]
Brigham Young University: Practicing What They Preach
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]
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]
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