Exactly how did Bernie Madoff steal his billions? Why are Halliburton’s hands so dirty? What happened with corruption cases in the rebuilding of Iraq? Following a link from EthicsWorld’s e-newsletter, I came to a single URL that has multiple stories on corruption: http://www.ethicsworld.org/publicsectorgovernance/corruptioninvestigations.php#sec. This is what we’re up against, those of us who believe in [...]
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Corruption Roundup: Many ‘Stories, One URL
August 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Business Ethics, Ethics in Government, Ethics-International, Ethics: General
Madoff Goes Transparent–When Will Bush?
March 14th, 2009 · View Comments · Business Ethics
Bernard Madoff is, by his own admission, a despicable human being. Here’s the opening paragraph of his statement on sentencing: Your Honor, for many years up until my arrest on December 11, 2008, I operated a Ponzi scheme through the investment advisory side of my business, Bernard L. Madoff Securities LLC, which was located here [...]
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So, Bernie Madoff–Was It Worth It? (Open Letter)
March 11th, 2009 · View Comments · Business Ethics
An open letter to Bernie Madoff (how appropriate, that last name!) Dear Mr. Made-off Was it worth it? $50 billion in your pocket–but the rest of your life in jail and your name disgraced forever? Was it worth it to have kicked the legs out from under some of the worthiest charities in the country, [...]
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