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Good intentions, however, are rarely enough, especially when billions of dollars in contracts are being awarded free from the pressures of competitive bidding. Corruption has dogged the two primary federal set-aside programs: a Government-wide $3 billion effort run by the Small Business Administration, and the requirement that 10% of all highway funds ($1.2 billion) go to minority contractors. The most frequent problems are false-front companies, which are purportedly controlled by minorities but actually owned by whites. A federally funded 1986 study of highway set-aside programs in nine states by Abt Associates, a consulting firm, estimates that...
...writing was only a sideline, though. After launching his consulting firm with partner William Townsend, Greenspan devoted his energies to building the business. This was especially evident after Townsend died in 1958 and Greenspan acquired 99% of the stock. Today Townsend-Greenspan provides a wide variety of financial data and detailed forecasts about how the economy will perform. The cost to clients: between $15,000 and $200,000 a year...
Even as public interest in ethical issues waxes and wanes, Harvard faces the difficult task of applying the models developed in the professional schools and the College into a comprehensive method for teaching ethics. The University-wide program headed by Thompson may accomplish that task, but for now Harvard will have to continue to struggle with the role of ethics in a university education...
...Business School has already decided to spend part of the money on a University-wide program to bring four ethics fellows from different disciplines to research and speak on ethical issues. One of the four fellows for next year, Massie said the Business School would take its time spending the $30 million. "They're building for the long run. They're not interested in making a big splash," He said...
...attributes the Harvard department's success to high standards and wide vision of history. "We collectively have a concept of history that is rather broader than others which permits us to deal with analogies that move across time and space," she says...