tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611021408437270881.post7815099746593018194..comments2024-03-18T23:59:39.885-07:00Comments on Skeptical CPA: McKinsey Strikes AgainIndependent Accountanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800220849565219709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611021408437270881.post-46249597429309674292009-03-22T22:53:00.000-07:002009-03-22T22:53:00.000-07:00Service as NY state attorney general should be a p...Service as NY state attorney general should be a prerequisite for appointment as US Attorney General.walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582199269389313153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611021408437270881.post-72187121172679260142009-03-21T23:23:00.000-07:002009-03-21T23:23:00.000-07:00Anonymous:Like any other occupation, consultants d...Anonymous:<BR/>Like any other occupation, consultants do some good work and some questionable work. The "nuts and bolts" stuff, i.e., plant layout, production scheduling, physicial distribution studies, etc., appears to be solid. The "strategy" stuff, less so. Then the consultants get into what I call "public policy" stuff, like KPMG's Hartford stadium study which is just lobbying. Or McKinsey's Allstate study, which I saw as criminal. Big Law firms get involved in this all the time, subverting the law for their clients. That's why you have characters like NY's "ping pong ball Fed", Mary Jo White. <BR/>I'll let Mark Antony answer your question, "Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest--For Brutus is an honorable man, So are they all, all honorable men", Julius Caeser, 3:2:9-11.<BR/><BR/>Yes, they are "all honorable men", Zimbabwe Ben, Tim Geithner, Robert Rubin, Vikram Pandit, Mike Garcia, Eric Holder, Lloyd Blankfein, most rating agency executives, most Big 87654 partners, most NY BigLaw partners, most McKinsey and Bain partners, "so are they all, all honorable men". If you believe that, I've got some ocean front property in Arizona to sell you.Independent Accountanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800220849565219709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611021408437270881.post-28953368533496069462009-03-21T19:04:00.000-07:002009-03-21T19:04:00.000-07:00IA...Pity that "very prestigious" doesn't incorpor...IA...<BR/><BR/>Pity that "very prestigious" doesn't incorporate a moral dimension... makes you wonder about your society when the "very prestigious" firms are hunting for ways to defer benefits that are earned... <BR/><BR/>Was consulting ever an "honorable" profession?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com