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.
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.
Thanks to Whistleblowers, the State of Texas May Finally Get Rid of this Legal and Ethical Embarrassment
Paxton, who was first elected as Texas Attorney General in 2015, is the top law enforcement officer in Texas. He is responsible for over 4,000 employees and 117 offices around the state, and may finally see some accountability thanks to Texas Whistleblower Act.
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.
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.
Americans Who Tell the Truth, Speaking Truth to Youth Video Series
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.”
Ethics in the Last and Next Financial Crisis
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]
Is there a lesson in the Holmes verdict?
People are hoping that the Theranos case means that the DOJ will finally start prosecuting high-tech fraud, but many folks don’t think that this will necessarily mean that the DOJ has developed a spine for this industry. As the NYT writers pointed out, executives are rarely charged with fraud, and even less often convicted.
Citigroup to Facebook, it’s about power
While our stories come from different industries, both situations involve manipulating people. All the similarities between our stories come down to one: Powerful people exploited those who lacked power in order to increase personal gain.
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