The Burlington Industries building used to stand on a large plot of ground near where I lived in Greensboro, NC. The campus was adorned with wonderful oak trees whose thick trunks attested to how long they had been there. But the company came on hard times. First the building was emptied. It sat on the beautiful campus » Read More
Category: Trust
Lies, Damned Lies, and Accounting
Have you heard the one about the businessperson who was hiring an accountant and asked every candidate for the result of 2 + 2? The accountant who got the job was the one who answered, “What do you want it to be?” I remembered that joke when I read Michael J. De La Merced’s DealBook blog post in the NY » Read More