Monthly Archives: January 2009

74% of employees saw unethical conduct at work in 2008: New KPMG Survey

Posted on January 3, 2009 by mmjdiary

One of the Big Four accounting firms, KPMG, has just released the results of a survey of 5,000 employees at various types of organizations who work at all levels of those organizations.  The 74% level is the same as the 2005 level … Continue reading →

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You might have crossed a few ethical lines if you are the Washington Post and are accepting payments from companies for access at dinners to the publisher’s house

Posted on January 3, 2009 by mmjdiary

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You might have crossed a few ethical lines if you report the cost of a $70,000 trip as $2,500.

Posted on January 3, 2009 by mmjdiary

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Speaking of debt and responsibility . . . Before we blame the schmucks with the bonuses, we should check our own loans.

Posted on January 3, 2009 by mmjdiary

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Never was there a tale of more woe than the candidate for the bar with $400,000 in student loans

Posted on January 3, 2009 by mmjdiary

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On Good Samaritans

Posted on January 3, 2009 by mmjdiary

The California Supreme Court was not working with Mother Teresa, Father Flanagan, and Florence Nightengale.  And the activities that preceded the accident were not the stuff of a Mayberry social.  Still, the decision does give us pause.  Lisa Torti pulled … Continue reading →

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Uh-oh, Oprah Duped Again!

Posted on January 2, 2009 by mmjdiary

Oprah Winfrey referred to the tale of Herman and Roma Rosenblat’s romance, which began with Roma tossing apples over the camp fence to a starving Herman in a Nazi concentration camp and resulted in marriage when the two met again, 12 years later, at … Continue reading →

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“Operational excellence and ethical behavior are not a contradiction of terms.”

Posted on January 2, 2009 by mmjdiary

Peter Loscher, current CEO of Siemens, who has vowed to make Siemens a “state of the art” company when it comes to an anticorruption culture. 

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“Useful money”

Posted on January 2, 2009 by mmjdiary

THe term Siemens used in its accounting system for bribes paid by the company to foreign government officials between 2002 and 2006.

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If You Don’t Want To Disclose Something, You Probably Should

Posted on January 1, 2009 by mmjdiary

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