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Remember the Duke cheating scandal from a few years back?
If not, here’s a brief recap: In April 2007, school officials at Fuqua took disciplinary action against 34 of the school’s first-year MBA students—almost 10% of the class—for allegedly cheating on an open-book, take-home final in a core course. In all, 24 of the students were either suspended or expelled by the school. It was the largest episode of cheating in the school’s history.
At the time, it seemed like a devastating blow to a B-school that consistently found itself mentioned amongst the elite MBA programs in the country. But it turns out that the scandal has actually had a positive—and unexpected—result.
If you haven’t read Charlie Graeber’s incredible profile of the world’s most accomplished (and most grating) lock-picker, stop what are you’re doing, and click on over, now. When you’re done, watch the videos of them popping open some of th…
If so, read this.
The AIG bonuses now being debated in Congress and everywhere else represent about .001 percent of annual GDP. If a typical Congressman spent that fraction of a 2000 hour work year on the topic, it would consume only about 1 minute of his or her time.Ye…
This is an amusing story, good for generating class discussion. As I understand it, here are the facts:1. Comedian Jay Leno takes his show to Michigan to help “not just the autoworkers — anybody out of work in Detroit.”2. He gives away tickets for fre…
Instead of a flat tax, a flatulence tax:Proposals to tax the flatulence of cows and other livestock have been denounced by farming groups in the Irish Republic and Denmark. A cow tax of €13 per animal has been mooted in Ireland, while Denmark is disc…
