Corruption and whistleblowing Bureaucracy and whistleblowing From The Whistle (Newsletter of Whistleblowers Australia), January 1997, pp. 1-2. Brian Martin Not long ago I read a stimulating and disturbing book by Zygmunt Bauman entitled Modernity and the Holocaust. It is an analysis of the Holocaust — the mass extermination of Jews and other peoples by the Nazis — and how it…
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Clean the viper’s nest page’s title
Clean the Viper’s nest Roopen Roy Published in mydigitalfc.com (http://www.mydigitalfc.com) Join hands to clean viper’s nest Dec 09 2008 We’re in the same boat brother, / We’re in the same boat brother, And if you shake one end, / You gonna rock the other / It’s the same boat brother…. The fear and shock of…
Catching chill
Davos on my mind:catching chill I am in Washington D.C. to speak at a World Bank conference. My first session is over and it is snowing here. I am told it is snowing heavily in Davos and people are develping cold feet and frost bite. In the good old days WEF used to be an…
Budget 2009
Thunderous silence on reforms The Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was in an unenviable position this year when he crafted his budget proposals. The economic scenario was not great. From 12 quarters of 8% growth, the rate had plummeted to 5.8% and the fiscal deficit watermark had already reached 6.2%. If one reads between the lines…
Budget Predictions 2017
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Breakingnews
A personal note to colleagues,friends and well-wishers Published on July 2,2007 Dear Friends, This is a personal note which I believe you, as my well wishers, deserve. After many eventful and happy years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, I have decided to move on and do something new and challenging. PwC is in safe hands…
Blue print to tackle traffic2
Blueprint to tackle traffic New blueprint to tackle traffic Jan 06 2009 A congestion-charging scheme was introduced in London. This resulted in a 26 per cent reduction in average congestion levels in central London. It also generated an estimated £123 million revenue in 2006-07 By Roopen Roy Excessive dependence on personal modes of transportation causes unacceptable…
Blue ocean strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy written by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne (both Professors of INSEAD) is a fascinating book of just over 200 pages. I first heard of this book from my colleague Frank Brown who was the global leader of PwC’s Advisory practice. Frank quit PricewaterhouseCoopers to join INSEAD as its…
Blog of Francine McKenna
Blog of Francine McKenna I came across an interesting BLOG of Francine Mckenna on the web and there is an entry about me!!! You will find this BLOG @http://www.retheauditors.com/2007/07/vote-of-no-confidence-for-pwcs-indian.html About her Francine McKenna Ms. McKenna has twenty-plus years of experience in the professional services environment, including tenure both in the US…
Bill Gates at Harvard
Bill Gates at Harvard Text of speech as prepared for delivery Bill speaks at Harvard Harvard Commencement President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, parents, and especially, the graduates: I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this:…