Nearly five years ago, I created my first post at SRIBend.com! It was inspired by a couple of my kids who were concerned about the issue of child labor connected to the chocolate industry. At that time Big Chocolate companies were half-way to their commitment made in 2010 of tracking their cocoa sources towards fair … Read more
This commentary is a continuation of our last post, Wells Fargo “Ethics” and new DOL rules, which focused on the ethics breaches at Wells Fargo. The damage done by these breaches are unsurprisingly deep and wide spread because of the relationship of trust necessary between banks and their clients. An even more comprehensive trust relationship … Read more
Many of you know that prior to going “independent” I worked at Wells Fargo Advisors. I must admit, I’ve breathed many sighs of relief over the last few weeks that I’m not in the position of trying to explain the big bank’s highly publicized fraud issues. I’m not going to point any fingers, but I … Read more
Volkswagen is the the world’s largest carmaker. In mid September the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed that several models of diesel-engined VW’s and Audi’s had built-in software designed to manipulate emissions tests in order to meet American standards. This incredible scandal has rightfully tarnished the proud company to a degree that may not be … Read more