While I anticipate that everyone is going around finding articles to be condemn corporations for their corrupt practices or praise them for their ethical decisions. I thought it would be more useful to find something that would help someone who was faced with the awful position of their company behaving unethically and illegally. The article “Quit Over Ethics? Here’s What to Tell Job Interviewers” describes a situation where an accountant is at a firm that encourages “creative accounting” and had to quit due to the obvious moral implications of lying or “cooking the books.” The columnist then tells them ways of being able to tell an interviewer that you quit due to ethical reasons. Obviously telling an interviewer that you X-company cheats or engages in illegal activities, without substantial proof, just makes you look like a liar and a troublemaker. Which is not the best impression to make. The columnist suggests just saying that you parted ways over philosophical differences on how to manage a company. Simple and yet subtlety gets the point across that all ways not well. Anyways I hope anyone who is faced with this problem finds this article useful. \

Regards,

Keanan

In the article Detroit is Still Stuck in the 1950’s the Globe and Mail describes a the US automakers as being stuck in time and producing cars that don’t coincide with consumer needs. I mainly objected to this article because it’s circa 2005. Detroit has come a long way since then. Just a few days ago The Big Three and Obama agreed to a new fuel efficiency deal which will require that the average fuel economy of the their product lines be 54.5 miles per gallon (or 23.2 Km per liter). The big three have recognized that they can no longer ignore fuel efficiency and focus solely on trucks. They are adapting. Recently while other car makers were struggling, even during a recession The Big Three have been posting strong growth. Overall what I’m getting at is the Detroit of today and the Detroit of 2005 are two very different places.

Regards,

Keanan