Monthly Archives: October 2014

“[Don’t] give me any of that ethics crap.”

With a hat tip to ethics expert, Jane Antonio, for getting this breaking news to the Barometer, we can offer this classic from one of the vice presidents at DaVita Health Care Partners in response to now former employee, David … Continue reading

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“Legal but shady.”

A Federal Reserve regulator in a taped discussion of a deal Goldman Sachs was proposed. After the team sent questions to Goldman, the obsequious Federal Reserve staff added, “Don’t mistake our inquisitiveness, and our desire to understand more about the … Continue reading

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“He’s what p.r. people desperately try to train their clients to be.”

A sports reporter (Sports Illustrated, September 29, 2014) on Derek Jeter. There’s some chicken and egg here. Maybe if the clients just behaved like adults, they wouldn’t need the PR folks. And maybe the PR folks should understand that you … Continue reading

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