Books
Chronicling Integrity
Work Done Against Fraud and Corruption
Big Dirty Money
Jennifer Taub
Author, Legal Scholar, Professor and Advocate
Jennifer Taub discusses her book: "Big Dirty Money: The Shocking Injustice and Unseen Cost of White Collar Crime". Jennifer focuses, in particular, on how much more gently we treat corporate financial crime than we do very petty financial crime, in spite of the fact that the former costs taxpayers far more money.
Dirty Entanglements: Corruption, Crime and Terrorism
Louise Shelley
Founder, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center
Louise Shelley, discusses her book, "Dirty Entanglements: Corruption, Crime and Terrorism", about the links between the three international scourges.
Fool Me Once
Kelly Richmond Pope
Professor of Forensic Accounting, DePaul University
Kelly Richmond Pope, discusses her book, "Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry". She describes the three types of fraud perpetrators and why we blame the victims of fraud for their gullibility and I ask her whether lawyers or accountants are more at fault for rampant fraud!
Promoting Integrity in the Work of International Organisations
Duncan Smith
Retired Deputy Head, Investigations at European Investment Bank
Duncan Smith discuss his book "Promoting Integrity in the Work of International Organisations: Minimising Fraud and Corruption in Projects". He discusses the unique role of multinational development banks, the progress that remains and the cost of getting it wrong.
The New Corporation: How Good Corporations are Bad for Democracy
Joel Bakan
Author, Legal Scholar, Professor and Advocate
Joel Bakan joins the podcast to discuss his books, and the films based on them. He outlines the fundamental conflict inherent in companies ostensibly committed to ESG principles while simultaneously driven by a legal requirement to maximize shareholder value.
The Power of One
Frances Haugen
Data Scientist, Whistleblower, Author
Frances Haugen discusses her book, "The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook". Frances describes her journey through tech as an algorithmic product manager, her growing understanding of the risk of radicalization and political violence that Facebook posed and her ultimate decision to blow the whistle when it became clear that Facebook, profiting from outrage, wasn’t going to fix itself.
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