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This was originally published at GoingConcern.com on July 21, 2010.
Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders. Friedrich Nietzsche
Non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality clauses are common in professional services. You were probably asked to agree to them when you signed your offer letter and will be asked to sign [...]
The SEC has accused one of the most prominent businessmen ever implicated in such crimes, Rajat Gupta, a former McKinsey & Company Global Managing Director, of insider trading. It’s understandable that, in the heat of this moment, some might naïvely compare the consequences of the criminal indictment of an audit firm with civil charges against an individual, albeit one who trades on – pun intended – his association with a prestigious professional services firm. It’s not the same thing.
You may think I’m stretching, but this post has garnered quite a few hits and several comments on Twitter, including from my Forbes boss, Dan Bigman, the Executive Editor for Business News.
Is Charlie Sheen big enough to have a material effect on either CBS Corporation (CBS) or TimeWarner, Inc financial results?
Warner Brothers (WB), a division of TimeWarner, [...]
I’ve added the link for the Book TV taping at the bottom of the post.
Big 4 audit firms are focusing on growth in their global consulting businesses but the conflicts that drove three out of four of the firms in the US to sell them after Enron are a bigger problem than ever before.
 Francine McKenna (@retheauditors) has more than twenty-five years of experience in consulting and professional services including tenure at two Big 4 firms, both in the US and abroad. Look for my column, "Accounting Watchdog" at Forbes.com and "Accountable" at American Banker. For more information, click "About" at the bottom of this page. Your firm can sponsor this specialized news site. For more information contact Francine McKenna, fmckenna@mckennapartners.com |
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