The Integrity of Numbers: Using Accountancy Practices to Understand Corporate Culture: Altamuro

12/03/2019 10 min
The Integrity of Numbers: Using Accountancy Practices to Understand Corporate Culture: Altamuro

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Can you understand a company’s culture by crunching the numbers? In this episode of Inspiring Minds, Emily Brown ‘19 VSB talks with Jennifer Altamuro, PhD, Associate Professor, Accounting about a recent paper she co-authored that focuses on corporate culture in the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Altamuro and her colleagues used data about compliance with federal regulations to gain an understanding of the companies’ internal accepted practices. She says a weak compliance culture can have implications for shareholders and board members, as well as employees.

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