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29 March 2012

Ethics Roundup: Widespread Insider-Trading Crackdown on the Horizon

“Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn’t the will to do what is right,” Alexander Solzhenitsyn said. This quote came to mind after reading about widening investigations into insider trading in the U.S. and U.K. governments.

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Michael McMillan, CFA

Michael McMillan, CFA, was director of ethics education at CFA Institute. Previously, he was a professor of accounting and finance at Johns Hopkins University’s Carey School of Business and George Washington University’s School of Business. Prior to his career in academia, McMillan was a securities analyst and portfolio manager at Bailard, Biehl, and Kaiser and at Merus Capital Management. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and a chartered investment counselor (CIC). McMillan holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from Stanford University, and a PhD in accounting and finance from George Washington University.

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