A new study published in the journal Organization Science, says that high-pressure production goals within companies often set the stage for ethics violations and misconduct. This may not surprise you if you're aware of the scandals at Wells Fargo & Co....
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Month: October 2017
New York doctors get prison for $100 million Medicare fraud
Three New York-based doctors will receive prison time after pleading guilty to accepting bribes. Their sentences are the most recent development in a massive scandal that involved $100 million in Medicare payments to a specific diagnostic lab. An extensive...
New whistleblower protections for federal workers pass Congress
A bill strengthening whistleblower protections for federal employees has unanimously passed the House after passing the Senate in May. It now heads to President Trump's desk for signing or veto. The bill was named after a VA psychologist named Chris Kirkpatrick. He...
Waymo offers to settle disruptive Uber lawsuit — for a price
Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo recently made a settlement offer to Uber Technologies Inc. in its lawsuit over autonomous car technology. The lawsuit, which alleges Uber hired a former Waymo engineer who used Waymo trade secrets to Uber's benefit, has been in pretrial stages...
Wells Fargo says it has hired back 1,780 employees after scandal
In prepared congressional testimony, Wells Fargo & Co. CEO Tim Sloan recently said that the company has rehired 1,780 employees who had quit or were fired after the bank's phony accounts scandal. Around 5,300 employees were fired after taking part in the creation...
Visiting Nurse Service of NY must face False Claims Act lawsuit
Visiting Nurse Service of New York, which claims to be the largest nonprofit home health agency in the U.S., will have to face a False Claims Act lawsuit, a federal judge has ruled. The company is accused of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid and also of failing to...
