The American Whistleblower Tour: Essential Voices for Accountability:
The Governmental Accountability Project's American Whistleblower Tour featured panelists
Gary Aguirre (SEC whistleblower), Thomas Drake (National Security Agency whistleblower) and Mike McGraw
(special projects reporter for the Kansas City Star). Jesselyn Radack (DOJ whistleblower) moderated the
event and Louis Clark, (President, Government Accountability Program) helped introduce the event.
The panel discussed their role as disseminators of information and the ethical dilemmas posed
by whistleblowing.
Whistleblower Student Film Festival:
The Whistleblowers Film Festival featured four classic films featuring a range of whistleblowing
experiences in American business. Films included The Insider starring Russell Crowe, Al Pacino and
Christopher Plummer; Erin Brockovich starring Julia Roberts; Silkwood starring Meryle Streep, Kurt Russell
and Cher; and The Informant! starring Matt Damon.
Ethics Curriculum Development Luncheons: The recipients of Ethics Curriculum
Development Grants for the academic year 2009-2010, presented the ethics materials that
they developed for integration into their courses and discussed student reaction to these
materials. Recipients: Tom Zorn, Finance, Deb Cosgrove, Accounting, Carlos Asarta, Economics,
Rob Simon, Marketing, Gwen Combs and Keng Siau, Management
CBA Ethics Day Speaker: Aaron Beam, co-founder and jailed former CFO of HealthSouth was
the keynote speaker for CBA Ethics Day. In his talk, entitled "The Wagon to Disaster,"
he explained his slide down the slippery slope to fraud. The lecture , on September 21,
at 3:30 p.m. at the UNL Lied Center for the Performing Arts. was free and open to the
entire University and general public
Lunch Discussion Group: Ethics in Research. Faculty discussed their current research projects
and interests and exchanged ideas related to business ethics.
Lunch Discussion Group: Academic Integrity Violations. Matt Hecker,
Director of Student Judicial Affairs discussed issues identified by his office as
problematic at UNL. Faculty exchanged syllabus and classroom management ideas related to cheating.
CBA Ethics Day Speaker: Harry Markopolos was the keynote speaker
for CBA Ethics Day. His talk was entitled: "Blowing the Whistle on Bernie Madoff:
Gift Wrapping and Delivering the Truth about the Largest Ponzi Scheme Ever."
September 15, 3:30 p.m. at the UNL Lied Center for the Performing Arts. This lecture
was free and open to the entire University and general public.
Ethics Curriculum Development Luncheon: The recipients of Ethics Curriculum
Development Grants for the academic year 2008-2009, presented the ethics materials that they
developed for integration into their courses and discussed student reaction to these materials.
Recipients: Scott Swenseth, Management; Carlos Asarta, Economic; Paul Shoemaker, Accounting; John
Geppert and Richard DeFusco, Finance.
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room. Multiple screenings of the film were
held and attendance validation was provided to instructors, along with classroom discussion
materials. Held evenings in CBA 143 and in the City Union Auditorium. Free to entire campus
Lunch Discussion Group: Ethics in Research. Faculty presented research projects
and interests related to the area of ethics.
CBA Ethics Day Speaker: Dr. Bruce Weinstein was the keynote speaker
for CBA Ethics Day. He gave an interactive presentation entitled "Lie, Cheat and
Steal! What Would We do Without Ethics?" on November 11 at the UNL Lied Center for
the Performing Arts at 3:30 p.m. The lecture was free and open to the entire University
and general public.
Cookies and Conversation: Dr. Murphy Smith, Professor, Texas A
and M University, discussed the challenge of finding a work-life balance. The importance
people place on work-life balance was discussed, as well as whether gender differences
are associated with work-life balance.
Ethics Curriculum Development Luncheon: The recipients of Ethics
Curriculum Development Grants for the academic year 2007-2008 presented the ethics
materials that they developed for integration into their courses and discussed student
reaction to these materials. Presenters: David Smith, Accounting; Ravi Sohi, Marketing;
Roger Butters, Economics; Warren Luckner, Actuary Science; and Silvana Trimi, Management.
Lunch and Conversation: Catharyn Baird, of Ethics Game, demonstrated
the computer simulations used in the freshman BSAD 101 course and an ethics decision
making model discussed. Business ethics "Hot Topics" for computer simulations appropriate
for upper level classes were also reviewed.
CBA Ethics Day Speaker: James Kroeker, '92, Chief Deputy Accountant at
the SEC, was the keynote speaker for CBA Ethics Day on November 8. He spoke on ethics
and integrity issues at the SEC at the Lied Center at 3:30 p.m. His talk was open to the
entire University and general public and admission was free.
Lunch and Conversation: Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, , UNL Library faculty, gave
a demonstration and explanation of the Safe Assignment software that can be used by both
faculty and students to check appropriate
Lunch and Conversation: Duke's B-school Scandal – Is it Cheating or
Just Creative Team-work? A discussion of academic integrity based on articles revealing
recent MBA School cheating scandals in the press. Tuesday October 2, 12:30 p.m. in CBA 222.
Ethics Curriculum Development Luncheon: The recipients of Ethics Curriculum Development
Grants for the academic year 2006-2007, presented the ethics materials that they developed
for integration into their courses and discussed student reaction to these materials.
Recipients:Finance, Kathy Farrell; Marketing, Amit Saini; Accounting, Lei Gao; Economics,
Hank Van denBerg; Management, Fiona Nah.
Speaker Series: Mike Sears, , former Boeing CFO, presented a talk,
"How do you recover from an ethical mistake?" His talk was on, March 27 at the City
Union Auditorium, at 7:00 pm. The lecture was free and open to the entire University
and general public.
Speaker Series: Lynn Brewer, a former Enron whistleblower, spoke on her
career at Enron and her decision to blow the whistle. Her talk, on Monday, February 12, at
2:30 p.m. at the Lied Center, was free and open to the entire University and general public.
Attendance was approximately 2,000.
Lunch Discussion Group: Janice Lawrence, Director of the Program in Business Ethics, gave
a tour of the new Program in Business Ethics website which contains resources useful to
instructors in both the classroom and research. She also presented the results of the CBA
faculty survey on ethics integration in CBA and the UNL campus survey of both CBA faculty
and PhD students on perceptions on the teaching of responsible research.
Lunch Discussion Group: Academic Integrity Violations. Matt Hecker, Director
of Student Judicial Affairs, spoke about the issues identified by his office as problematic
at UNL. Faculty and GTAs joined in a discussion of what can be done to strengthen academic
integrity in your classrooms.
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