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Friday Rant: Insider Trading and Procurement

Friday Rant: Insider Trading and Procurement

By Jason Busch on April 2, 2010

A colleague sent me a link to an article last week about an insider trading scandal involving both a CPO and his/her spouse. The CPO will go unnamed in this context because it’s not relevant to the general issue at hand. Still, the issue of ethics and integrity in procurement, finances, outsourcing and shared services […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Chief procurement officer, CPO, ibm, Insider trading, McKinsey & Company, scandal, SEC

China: Red Chips and a New Type of Supply Risk

China: Red Chips and a New Type of Supply Risk

By Jason Busch on February 16, 2010

Corporate scandals and arrests in the West often skirt the business headlines, making news one hour and quickly getting buried the next. The case is a bit different in China, however, which appears constantly ready to point a figurative finger at the…

Posted in Business | Tagged China, Guangdong, Insider trading, supply risk, World Trade

Deloitte's Ethical Problem - Will Be Revisited Again?

Deloitte’s Ethical Problem – Will Be Revisited Again?

By Brian Sommer on January 19, 2010

A former Deloitte Vice Chairman is handed an unfavorable court decision in Delaware. The allegations against him are eye opening. How can service firms prevent these events from happening in the first place?

Posted in Business | Tagged Auditing - Tax - Accounting, Current Affairs, damages, deloitte, GRC - Governance Risk Compliance, Huffington Post, Insider trading, Litigation, Professional Services, Service Providers, Stories That Should Upset You

Anil Kumar Pleads Guilty -- But What's the Lesson for Procurement?

Anil Kumar Pleads Guilty — But What’s the Lesson for Procurement?

By Jason Busch on January 8, 2010

Over on The Financial Times blog, John
Gapper provides some details and analysis of Anil Kumar’s guilty plea
in the Galleon insider-trading scandal. For those who have not been
following the situation closely, Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey D…

Posted in Business | Tagged Anil Kumar, Financial Times, Galleon Group, Hedge Fund, Insider trading, McKinsey & Company, Raj Rajaratnam

McKinsey Bids Adieu to Anil Kumar

McKinsey Bids Adieu to Anil Kumar

By Jason Busch on December 4, 2009

Late this afternoon, a Reuters story hit the wire confirming that Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey Director, was no longer with the firm following an internal investigation. Reuters quotes an email note from McKinsey spokesman Michael Stewart noting tha…

Posted in Business | Tagged Anil Kumar, Hedge Fund, Insider trading, Learning / Research, McKinsey & Company, Outsourcing, Sourcing, supply risk | 1 Response

Is Supplier Management Key to Addressing Recent Ethical Lapses? (Part 1)

Is Supplier Management Key to Addressing Recent Ethical Lapses? (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on November 3, 2009

The recent allegations that the SEC and FBI have leveled against two former IBM and McKinsey executives have really made me think about the role that supplier management might have in addressing potential ethical lapses with suppliers and whether it’…

Posted in Business | Tagged corruption, ibm, Insider trading, McKinsey, SEC, supplier management

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