A compelling case for likening the FB4 to the Mafia is made by Francine McKenna over at the Huffington Post.
I won't rehash the details for you all, Francine writes a great post. What I will do is speculate on which firm would be which wiseguy? Disclosure: For this particular post, all families are fair game and I won't regulate myself to one particular family, crew, TV show, or movie (but as you might expect, the Sopranos are easiest to choose from).
KPMG - Fredo Corleone - Weakest and most annoying of its particular kind. Obedient and clumsy.
Deloitte - Paulie Walnuts - Again, obedient but has a psychotic side. All in all not too bright though.
Ernst & Young - "Lefty" Ruggiero - past its prime but loyal to the family. Ultimately, not smart enough to realize when being duped.
PricewaterhouseCoopers - Johnny Sack - Hungry for power and is ultimately the boss. In the end something internal will kill it.
Ridiculous? Bad examples? Unfair? One-sided? OF COURSE.
The Button-Down Mafia: How the Public Accounting Firms Run a Racket on Investors and Thrive While Their Clients Fail [The Huffington Post via re: The Auditors]
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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