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**[[BaFin]] on [[WireCard]] | **[[BaFin]] on [[WireCard]] | ||
*'''Referees with personal skin in the game''': where referees have (wittingly or otherwise) committed personally to the enterprise, and are thus incentivised to find ''another'' explanation that doesn’t make them look bad | *'''Referees with personal skin in the game''': where referees have (wittingly or otherwise) committed personally to the enterprise, and are thus incentivised to find ''another'' explanation that doesn’t make them look bad | ||
:Regulators on the Savings and Loan scandal | :*Regulators on the Savings and Loan scandal | ||
:[[BaFin]] on [[Wirecard]] | :*[[BaFin]] on [[Wirecard]] | ||
===In bed with the lawyers and accountants=== | |||
A very cosy relationship with a single law firm, accounting firm or management consultancy firm. Especially if there is a history of parachuting senior personnel of one organisation into the other — senior partner becomes general counsel, etc. Especially if the law firm is otherwise not a significant player. Points for style: cosy relations with single firms in all of the above (top marks, [[Enron]]!) | |||
*Enron and McKinsey; Vinson & Elkins; Arthur Andersen | |||
*Big eight accounting firms and S&L firms | |||
===[[This time it’s different]]=== | ===[[This time it’s different]]=== | ||