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]
All This Misbehavior, and No One Is Guilty!
In last week’s post, I shared the op-ed that I co-authored with Allen West, President and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), We Must Learn From the 2008 Crash or Repeat It …Soon. In the op-ed we pointed out that several recent indicators were somewhat alarming: the recent stock market roller coaster,… [Read More]
Behavioral Ethics: Too Big To Fail and the Financial Crisis
This coming week, I will be speaking at the annual conference of the American Accounting Association (AAA). AAA is the largest community of accountants in academia; key experts in that field on leading-edge research and publications. They are well known and respected as thought leaders and for shaping the future of accounting through teaching, research… [Read More]
Toward Accountability… Maybe Just a Small Step
It’s just a small step, but it’s at least a step in the right direction. I’m heartened by a recent call to action by Rep. Maxine Waters, (D – CA), the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, in an article published in the American Bankers magazine. This last February, federal prosecutors began a… [Read More]
Snowden Documentarian Academy Award Winner Glenn Greenwald Wonders Why We Put Whistle Blowers in Jail!
Glenn Greenwald, journalist, lawyer, academy award winner and author of No Place To Hide, spoke recently at a National Center for Policy Analysis luncheon I attended. His book chronicles the trip he made to Hong Kong in May of 2013 to meet with an anonymous source who claimed he had evidence of massive government spying. The… [Read More]
Bloomberg Interview…It’s Time to Act!
Last week I closed my appearance on Bloomberg TV by announcing a call for an investigation by Congress into the Congressional Commission cover-ups. “So what’s the problem, Richard?” anchor Stephanie Ruhle, of Bloomberg Business asked. I countered back, “the lack of prosecutions as a result of the financial wrongdoings during the financial crisis. And the lack… [Read More]
Shooting the Messenger
It was an honor to be interviewed recently by Neil King and Samantha Early of Deutsche Welle, one of the largest broadcasters in the world. According to their website, they interact with 150 million across the world. On their weekly Worldlink program, they focus on showing the human side of top world stories. The interview was about… [Read More]
The Dallas Morning News: An Unsung Hero
Every once in a while events happen that really get to you. In the last decade I’ve sure had more than my share of these, but I have to tell you, this last Sunday’s article in the Dallas Morning News Business section about the incidents at Citigroup and my role in them, both exhilarated and… [Read More]
Too Big To Fail Survey
Too Big to Fail, a U.S. television drama film was first broadcast on HBO, May 23, 2011. Based on Andrew Ross Sorkin‘s non-fiction book Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves (2009), the film received public acclaim and 11 nominations at the 63rd… [Read More]
Ethical Leadership- Culture is the Culprit!
People act in their own best interests; not necessarily because they believe they are doing the right thing or because they may be punished or rewarded for doing so. And if a company wants to promote and assure ethical standards are followed then transparency, trust and developing an ethical culture based on guiding principles is… [Read More]
