Walt Bogdanich
Autore di When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
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Fonte dell'immagine: Walt Bogdanich, on right. Columbia University. pulitzer.org
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- Data di nascita
- 1950-10-10
- Sesso
- male
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- USA
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Pulitzer Prize (Specialized Reporting, 1988)
Pulitzer Prize (National Reporting, 2006)
Pulitzer Prize (Investigative Reporting, 2008)
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- 15
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The book goes through case after case of how McKinsey works. My friend and I agreed that we would never want to work for this company. It was disgusting.
Here's one of the worst things I learned:
Mckinsey suggested to Purdue Pharma, the now bankrupt pharmaceutical company responsible for OxyContin, that it pay distributors of OxyContin a rebate for every OxyContin overdose attributable to pills they sold.
I also learned how they were involved in analyzing social media data collected by Cambridge Analytica identifying those critical of Saudi government policies ('sentiment analysis'). Omar Abdulaziz (a Saudi national living in Canada) was identified on one of McKinsey's slides. Shortly thereafter, Saudi emissaries were sent to Canada to urge him to return home; he declined and then his two brothers were jailed. Abdulaziz was working with Jamal Khashoggi on a project to counter Mohammed bin Salman's army of internet trolls. And we all know what happened to Khashoggi.
And the list goes on:
- Playing both sides - pharmaceutical companies and the FDA, cigarette and vape manufacturers and the FDA, regulators and the regulated all over the world
- Involved with corruption in South Africa
- Supporting China in activities that go against US national interests
- With ICE in the US during the Trump presidency, when they were separating children from their parents and putting them in cages (here's the quote from McKinsey - "We do execution, not policy")
- Advising insurance company executives that they were paying too much for claims, which had created a corporate culture of claimants expecting to be paid for claims (...what???)
You can read about McKinsey's purpose, mission, values and code of conduct on their website; unfortunately, some of this stuff naturally conflicts:
Purpose: To help create positive, enduring change in the world.
Values include: put client interests ahead of our firm’s
What if a client's interest does not help create positive, enduring change in the world?
Well worth reading.… (altro)