The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity: A Q & A with Associate Director Matt LePere
by Dan Boardman ’14, Zicklin School of Business After eight years at the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Associate Director Matt LePere answers questions and shares his thoughts on American debate and special programs at Baruch. Matthew, thank you so much for taking the time to talk about your work and that of the Center. For those … Continue reading
Integrity in the arena
By Bhavin Patel I recently attended an on-campus panel, titled ‘Ethics in Financial Services’. The experience left me with a renewed optimism about the industry that many argue has lost its way. Each of the featured guests had current insights related to the demands on ethical systems and managers, as well as the recent west … Continue reading
HSBC Welcomes Zicklin Women in Business
By Aliaksandra Vilchynskaya On December 6, 2012 Zicklin Women in Business club treated its members to an exclusive event – a company visit with HSBC in its office located in Midtown Manhattan. “HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. With around 6,900 offices in both established and faster-growing markets, we … Continue reading
Finance Industry Panel Informs
By Takuya Oka and Daniel Boardman Wednesday, November 7 – Graduate student organization, Zicklin School of Business’s Association for International Business (AIB) hosted a Careers in Finance Speaker Panel event featuring leading professionals in global finance. With transportation still disrupted after Hurricane Sandy, the early morning event drew a crowd of students eagerly seeking their … Continue reading
VITA 2012
During the 2011 tax filing season, Baruch College students from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program prepared 6,555 tax returns resulting in more than $8 million in refunds. IRS-certified student volunteers filed taxes at five locations throughout the city, seven days a week from February 7 to April 17. Complimentary services were offered to … Continue reading
Secrets of the Temple
by Thomas Cleary As a new student of Baruch and the Zicklin School, I am constantly figuring things out on the fly. Some troubling complications can be as simple as knowing which way your card faces as you slide it through the reader at the turnstile. (picture away from you). Or the vertical campus elevators … Continue reading
The Auditing Dilemma of Chinese Companies
The Auditing Dilemma of Chinese Companies by: Michael Wander Seizure of property through physical threats!? No, it’s not a street mugging! It’s a $2.4 billion publicly traded company on the NYSE having a spat with their auditor, Deloitte, who happens to have 182,000 employees and revenue of almost $30 billion[1]. Whoever said audit was boring … Continue reading
ZGAS Presents: The Annual Mid-Size Accounting Panel
by Nicholas Maris, MBA, Accounting, 2013 and Emily McMillen, MBA, Accounting, 2012 Wednesday, October 5th, the Zicklin Graduate Accounting Society hosted their annual mid-size accounting panel. This event provides Zicklin students the opportunity to learn more about mid-size accounting firms and network with professionals in the indhey ustry. This year, the panel consisted of: Stephen Mazzotti … Continue reading
The Graduate Baruchian 