Business schools hire ex-cons

In the Sarbanes-Oxley era, we should not be surprised that business schools are trying to scare their students straight. Top schools are hiring convicted felons to speak to students about their experiences, according to Business Week Online. Walter A. Pavlo Jr. has a thriving second career as a speaker. He talks about his time at MCI, where he devised a money laundering scheme that landed him in jail for two years, and at his parents' house after that. Will this make a difference? Well, I'm not sure if we can eradicate corporate crime, but the stakes are higher--in part because of Sarbanes-Oxley. It's harder than ever to get away with fraud. But there will always be those who try.  

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- here's the Business Week Online article

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