FEI Weekly

April 13, 2017

KPMG fires employees over advance warning on audits, the dark secret at the heart of AI, and the downside of integrity.

Donald Trump’s Tax Holiday 'Would Help Top U.S. Companies Save $300bn'

The Guardian

Oxfam says corporations, using offshore havens, cheat poor nations of $100bn a year yet have pushed for bigger U.S. tax breaks.

This is the Highest-Paying Company in America

USA Today

The top payer might surprise you. It beat out Amazon, Google and Facebook.

KPMG Fires 6 Employees Over Advance Warning on Audits

Financial Times

Big Four firm says staff received confidential information on regulatory inspections.

The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI

MIT Technology Review

Banks, the military, employers, and others are now turning their attention to more complex machine-learning approaches that could make automated decision-making altogether inscrutable.

If Your Boss Has a Lot of Integrity, You May Be More Likely to Compromise Yours

Harvard Business Review

The idea that leaders should follow a set of sound principles is a widely held standard, and for good reason. But there is a downside to integrity.