Professors rethink classroom goals in wake of corporate scandals
In Austin and across the nation accounting professors debate ethics and training as Enron WorldCom Tyco Adelphia and other scandals reshape the MBA classroom. They urge stronger critical thinking and integrity teaching to prepare students for tough questions and real world pressures.
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San Antonio
Michael Granof
University of Texas
Enron
Arthur Andersen
WorldCom
Tyco
Adelphia
Qwest
Grandf
Austin
America
C. Richard Baker
University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth
Mass
Lynn Turner
Center For Quality Financial Reporting
Colorado State University
Stephen Zeff
Rice University
Michael H. Granof
Granof
Robert Sack
University of Virginia
Sack
What Barbara Jordan Wore at MCA
A Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art exhibit, What Barbara Jordan Wore, explores the Texas congresswoman through abstract video and audio art. Donald Moffett highlights Jordan as an emblem of courage, equity, and progress, with canvases featuring yearbook photos and a pink suit during her 1974 impeachment testimony. The show ends Sept. 8, with the final three canvases acquired for future display.
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Chicago
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Nixon
Donald Moffett
San Antonio
Jordan
Texas Senate
Moffett
Museum of Contemporary Art
Texas
Congress
Barbara Jordans
Elizabeth Smith
MCA
Former teacher pleads guilty to misconduct
Jason Scott Hayes, 36, pleaded guilty to four counts of indecency with a child in a deal that calls for four years in prison followed by six years of probation. He taught math and coached girls basketball, volleyball and softball at Connally high school before being fired in 2000, with most incidents at the high school gym. He will lose teaching credentials and register as a sex offender for life.
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WACO
Jason Scott Hayes
Hayes
Connally
Hamilton
Temple
Groups push for renewable energy goals
In Austin environmental groups urge federal lawmakers to require utilities to produce 10 percent of electricity from renewables by 2019, saying Texas could gain 18 000 jobs and millions in local taxes with expanded transmission lines. Texans would benefit from more than 216 million in annual local taxes by 2020 if the goal is enacted.
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Austin
Texas
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
West
Public Citizen
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition
Texans
Tom “Smitty” Smith
John Fainter
Association of Electric Companies of Texas
Rick Perry
Tony Sanchez
Perry
Deirdre Delisi
Sanchez
Michelle Kucera
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Sherwood
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UES
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