A hilarious view on the MBA Ethics Oath by Jon Stewart and Jon Oliver on The Daily Show. There is a great Scared Straight piece with some MBA Students. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
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Dilbert on Compensation Committees
I assume this comic strip came out as a result of the Congressional hearings on regulating executive compensation.
. . . And Thus Ended Capitalism
Sunday’s Dilbert on financial reports, trusted advisors, and Ponzi schemes.
What Do Bernie Madoff, the Loch Ness Monster, and Alex Rodriguez Have In Common?
They are in the 2009 edition of Topps’ Allen & Ginter series of Trading Cards. The set will consist of 350 cards: 230 baseball players, 30 rookies, 25 historic figures and 15 world champions. It also will include 50 short-printed cards. Among the unusual inclusions to the basic set are Old Faithful (the Yellowstone geyser), [...]
Combine Risky Mortgages With a Ponzi Scheme
Of course Scott Adams can find humor in Dilbert by combining the worst pieces of the financial industry collapse: risky mortgage loans, a Ponzi scheme, and misaligned executive compensation.
Simplify Your Compliance Processes
Are your compliance processes too complicated? Let the cloud simplify them! From Geek and Poke.
Let’s Get Ethical!, Ethical!, I Want To Get Ethical…
Those of you that watch NBC’s “The Office” see some of the best examples of what NOT to do in business every week. They also tackled what not NOT to do in an Ethics Training course. The clip shows some of the worst training skills (reading from the binder, HR-speak, etc.). It also provides an [...]
Madoff in Limerick Form
Freakonomics ran a contest for the best definition for Bernie Madoff in limerick form. They had special guest judge Chris J. Strolin, founder and editor-in-chief of The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form announce The Winning Definition of “Madoff,” in Limerick Form. The best of the best was #98 by sqlman: His investments’ ascent: like [...]
Real Money Laundering
The October 2008 edition (.pdf) of The SAR Activity Review, Trends, Tips and Issues published by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, has a great story on page 29 about a marijuana smuggling and money laundering operation. The organization was concerned that the cash smelled like marijuana. The benk tellers even noticed the smell of marijuana [...]
