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      School ties and investing

      Posted by SoxFirst

      Mutual fund managers invest more money in companies that are run by people with whom they went to college or graduate school than in companies where they have no such connections. The interesting part is that these investments do better than the other investments. That might be evidence of insider trading.

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    • Why managers fail to do the right thing

      Posted by SoxFirst

      How effective a deterrent is the threat of a jail sentence or heavy fine? Why do managers keep stepping over the line when it come to ethical behavior? And why do the same things keep happening over and over again, despite governments constantly bringing in tougher laws. Here’s a study showing tougher laws won’t help.

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    SoxFirst

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    Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.

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