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Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

Although a club is required to sign a contract with an advisor, it does not have a specific department or student body that governs how the club is run. As an entry-level applicant, fresh out of college, your grades are considered to be a reflection on your work ethic and discipline. They do not compromise on this.

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CEOs Are Getting Fired for Ethical Lapses More Than They Used To

Harvard Business

Companies have become much more likely to dismiss their chief executive officers over the last several years because of a scandal or improper conduct by the CEO or other employees — including fraud, bribery, insider trading, inflated resumes, and sexual indiscretions. From 2007-2011, forced turnovers due to ethical lapses were 3.9%

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LinkedIn Launches Board Connect Service

The Nonprofit Consultant

If you're not already familiar with LinkedIn , it began, basically, as a place to post your online business profile/resume and connect with others in your field to grow your network using a "six degrees of separation" model. They're not shirking their responsibilities; they've just never been made aware of their full responsibilities.

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IMS Consulting Group (IMS Health) Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

IMS Health is owned by 3 groups: TPG Capital, CPP Investment Board and Leonard Green & Partners, and is governed by an executive team. The executive teams are the corporate leaders that provide overall governance of the company and business unit leaders are in charge of their regions. How To Write a Management Consulting Resume.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

One of the key SOX impacts on consulting was the mandated “ethical wall” that was enacted – a firm could not both audit and consult for the same company, because it was considered a major conflict of interest. Government, Risk, Compliance & Security. Government. In 2003, BearingPoint, Inc. Practice Areas.

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Capgemini Consulting Interviews – Tech, Business or Both?

Management Consulted

There are also 4 board committees (Audit committee, Selection & Compensation Committee, Ethics and Governance Committee, Strategy & Investments Committee) that write resolutions, draft proposals and offer opinions to the board of directors. The board committees have no decision-making authority. consulting interviews'

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We Studied 38 Incidents of CEO Bad Behavior and Measured Their Consequences

Harvard Business

Even behavior as straightforward as falsifying information on a resume was treated inconsistently by different boards. Forty-five percent of companies in the sample experienced a significant unrelated governance issue following the event, such as an accounting restatement, unrelated lawsuit, shareholder action, or bankruptcy.

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