Comments on: Only You Can Prevent White-Collar Crime: A Guest Post http://retheauditors.com/2009/10/26/only-you-can-prevent-white-collar-crime-a-guest-post/ The Business of the Big 4 Audit Firms Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David http://retheauditors.com/2009/10/26/only-you-can-prevent-white-collar-crime-a-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-55091 David Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:24:16 +0000 http://retheauditors.com/?p=3203#comment-55091 White collar crime can be very embarassing to the organization that allowed it to occur. I even heard of one case where a guy embezzelled more than 100K from a non-Big 4 CPA firm. Do you think the CPA wanted to prosecute? Not a chance. White collar crime can be very embarassing to the organization that allowed it to occur. I even heard of one case where a guy embezzelled more than 100K from a non-Big 4 CPA firm. Do you think the CPA wanted to prosecute? Not a chance.

]]> By: Ken Biddick http://retheauditors.com/2009/10/26/only-you-can-prevent-white-collar-crime-a-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-42896 Ken Biddick Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:30:31 +0000 http://retheauditors.com/?p=3203#comment-42896 As fm is well aware I preach about affecting change through the newbies. As this student points out becoming corrupted happens slowly over time. What is very difficult to recognize is that bad behavior embedded in the culture of organizations comes in many forms and most are not considered criminal but all the same are corrupt. Being competitve and winning are basic characteristics of our capitalistic system. Doing that with civility, integrity and objectivity is what makes us human and maintains an orderly society. As a newbie you have the opportunity to choose with whom and where you will begin your professional career. If you truely wish to maintain the standards and principles you hold today make the effort to find people and organizations that share them. There is still plenty of time for the wrong people to change your view that burning down a few hundred acres has its merits. As fm is well aware I preach about affecting change through the newbies. As this student points out becoming corrupted happens slowly over time. What is very difficult to recognize is that bad behavior embedded in the culture of organizations comes in many forms and most are not considered criminal but all the same are corrupt. Being competitve and winning are basic characteristics of our capitalistic system. Doing that with civility, integrity and objectivity is what makes us human and maintains an orderly society.

As a newbie you have the opportunity to choose with whom and where you will begin your professional career. If you truely wish to maintain the standards and principles you hold today make the effort to find people and organizations that share them. There is still plenty of time for the wrong people to change your view that burning down a few hundred acres has its merits.

]]> By: Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope http://retheauditors.com/2009/10/26/only-you-can-prevent-white-collar-crime-a-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-42013 Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:19:54 +0000 http://retheauditors.com/?p=3203#comment-42013 I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed the presentation. The presenters were outstanding and I agree with you---technology is an awesome thing. Only in an only setting could we have had 3 different presenters in 3 different states and 3 different time zones presenting to 38 students. There is definitely an upside to online learning in accounting education. I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed the presentation. The presenters were outstanding and I agree with you—technology is an awesome thing. Only in an only setting could we have had 3 different presenters in 3 different states and 3 different time zones presenting to 38 students. There is definitely an upside to online learning in accounting education.

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