Category: Ethics
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Saturday January 21, 2012 The Graduate Ethics Class is submitting proposals to our own Southwest Teaching and Learning Conference. This is an example of what this article in the Weekend WSJ calls Merit Badges for the Job market. Face it, everyone applying for the job you are going to apply for will have a college degree.…
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Thursday Dec 1, 2011 MF Global proved it ain't over till its over, at least in terms of beating the FASB at its own game. Frankly I had a hard time following this one. And, if SARBOX required CEOs and CFOs to sign off on the statements, why isn't Corzine being prosecuted over this? As you…
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Monday Aug 22, 2011 A Vice President at Moody's, the rating service, has issued his own statement. He is saying what we all know, that the rating agency is actually a captive of the very companies they are supposed to rate. This is similar to the conflict of interest that accounting firms have, hired by a…
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Wed June 25, 2011 In case you missed it Former IL Governor Rob Blagojevich was convicted of attempting to sell an appointment to Barack Obama's vacated Senate Seat. He got a hung jury on the first trial except for one count. Then he did not take the stand, this time he did. As the article…
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Sat May 14, 2011 Well as Jeff Foxworthy says, you can't make this stuff up. Did you read about the bank robber who bragged on Facebook? Really, this is an example of IT security, ethics, and just plain stupidity on the part of the robber. The bank did not change the alarm codes after firing this…
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Thursday May 5, 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/03/the-11-most-hated-american-companies_n_856471.html#s272709&title=10_Delta_Airlines Here is a list you do not want to make. Note the number of 'banks' all of which you and I rescued from their own bad mistakes only to have them pay themselves bonuses
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Thursday April 13, 2011 Carl Levin, D Michigan is referring Goldman Sachs to the Dept of Justice for possible perjury charges. Charles Gasparino in Bought and Paid For details how Goldman and Wall Street underwrote the Obama campaign for President. So far GS has had to put up with being called Fat Cats and such and pay…
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Thursday March 24, 2011 Barry Minkow's attorney states that Barry knows what he is doing. Well one wonders. Minkow was hired by a builder apparently disgruntled with Lennar Homes. Barry put out a report accusing Lennar of various misdeeds. The stock tankes 30% as a result. Needless to say Lennar was not happy, claiming the…
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Thursday March 17 2011 Barry Minkow has pleaded guilty to insider trading in shares of a home building stock. I cannot tell from the article why he is guilty of insider trading. It looks like he planted a negative story and then bought puts betting the stock would fall.This may be predatory but it is not…
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Sunday March 6, 2011 I have been posting articles about the Revolving Door in Washington and how it has bought influence for Wall Street. Business Insider has this list both historic and current on how people become professional influence peddlers, or lobbyists as they are known. At the end of the slide show, continue to read How…
