[Am-info] IT's Role In Keeping Companies Honest

Erick Andrews Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net
Tue, 02 Jul 2002 16:58:41 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:48:57 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:

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>IT's Role In Keeping Companies Honest
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>When an accounting scandal rears its ugly head, all fingers point 
>to the financial officers, the CEO, and the auditors. But 
>Stephanie Stahl asks, "What's the role of the business-technology 
>manager in preventing corporate misconduct?"

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Yes...stop right there.

It seems to me that the "bean counters", in their infinite "wisdom"
to save money, got rid of all the savvy IT folks, mature engineering
types, and truly innovative designers during the past decade.

Need one say any more?  Except who's money they were saving?

-- 
Erick Andrews