The Week in Ethics: Gordon Gekko, Trust, and Corporate Culture

Reblogged from Gael O’Brien The Week in Ethics: Columns on Ethics, Leadership and Life :

The “Greed is good. Greed is right” mantra of film character Gordon Gekko in 1987’s Wall Street, has been upended by the actor who played him. The FBI is using Michael Douglas in a Public Service Announcement, launched in the last few days, to encourage viewers to report securities fraud and insider trading to the agency.

Douglas who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Gekko 25 years ago, says in the PSA:” Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets.”

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