Taking Shots
October 31, 2023
One hallmark of bad management is the failure to take ownership of decisions (e.g., a second shift supervisor blaming superiors for unpopular policies or protocols). But what if bad management
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Taking One for the Team
July 6, 2023
To better appreciate the athleticism of top athletes, people are encouraged to imagine what “ordinary” people would look like, say, playing a down in the NFL. In practice, the closest
Need Not Apply
May 2, 2023
Earlier this month, a job posting for Arthur Grand Technologies, a Virginia tech firm, surfaced on Reddit. The job posting sought only “Born US Citizens” and contained the following information
When Life Imitates Art… Badly
February 1, 2023
Ermenildo Castro, a software engineer at Zulily, stole over $300,000 from his employer via a “series of malicious software edits,” inspired in part by the film Office Space (which, no
Way Beyond Meat
October 19, 2022
Beyond Meat’s Chief Operations Officer, Doug Ramsey, was charged with felony battery after a road rage incident led to a physical confrontation, culminating in Ramsay biting the tip of the
The Numbers Don’t Lie – But the Auditors Did
July 19, 2022
The U.S. government fined Ernst & Young $100 million after discovering that, over the course of several years, some auditors cheated on exams and the firm knew about it. Ernst
How Much Did That Birthday Party Cost?
April 21, 2022
Kevin Berling notified his office manager that he had a social anxiety disorder and, accordingly, requested that the company (Gravity Diagnostics of Kentucky) not throw him a birthday party. When
You Have a Brian, Use It
February 10, 2022
In 2003, the NFL implemented the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for various roles. In his new lawsuit against the NFL (and the New York Giants,
Private Mining Operation (All That Glitters Is Not Gold)
October 26, 2021
Suffolk County IT Supervisor Christopher Naples was arrested for mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies utilizing county government resources. Naples used at least 46 county computers to mine for the electronic
Dead to Me
July 22, 2021
Tim Russell, owner of Maggie’s Farm Rum and Allegheny Distilling (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), was surprised when the SBA withdrew his EIDL application, citing as its basis that “Timothy Russell is deceased.”