Kelly Richmond Pope: How whistle-blowers shape history
Kelly Richmond Pope: Comment les lanceurs d'alerte façonnent l'histoire
Kelly Richmond Pope researches organizational misconduct, ethics and fraud. Full bio
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but decided not to?
mais ont décidé de ne pas le faire ?
to see a show of hands,
to someone in this room before.
à quelqu'un dans cette pièce.
was asked to a group of employees,
à un groupe d'employés,
by saying that they had seen something
qu'ils avaient vu quelque chose
or quietly raised your hand,
ou commenciez à le faire,
vous n'êtes pas seul.
to say something
quelque chose, dites quelque chose »
you see billboards like this,
vous voyez de tels panneaux
without revealing ourselves.
un crime sans vous dévoiler.
are really uncomfortable
que beaucoup ne sont pas à l'aise
and I do fraud research.
et j'étudie la fraude.
to come forward with information
à fournir des renseignements
my students to become whistle-blowers.
à devenir des lanceurs d'alerte.
honest with myself,
that I'm sending to my students.
que je communique à mes étudiants.
not to become whistle-blowers
de ne pas être lanceurs d'alerte
is an uphill battle.
est un combat incessant.
who really cares about her students
se souciant de ses étudiants,
des lanceurs d'alerte
truly feels about them?
le monde pense d'eux ?
for my annual whistle-blower lecture
mon cours annuel sur les lanceurs d'alerte
on an article for "Forbes,"
pour « Forbes » :
and Millennial Whistle-blowing.
de la génération Y :
and reading about the case,
et en lisant au sujet de l'affaire,
was when I came to the fact and realized
that tried to whistle-blow
avaient essayé de lancer l'alerte
that I was sharing with my students.
à mes étudiants.
had been Wells Fargo employees?
avaient été des employés de Wells Fargo ?
they would have gotten fired.
ils auraient été virés.
the frauds that they knew,
les fraudes qu'ils connaissaient,
and didn't report it.
et ne le signalent pas.
with those type of odds?
avec de telles statistiques ?
the valuable contributions
des contributions précieuses
are discovered by them.
la majorité des fraudes.
are discovered by a whistle-blower
par un lanceur d'alerte
and external audit.
ou un audit externe.
about some of the more classic
classiques ou historiques,
discovered by a whistle-blower.
découvert par un lanceur d'alerte.
by a whistle-blower.
par un lanceur d'alerte.
discovered by a whistle-blower?
découvert par un lanceur d'alerte ?
to come forward in the name of the truth.
pour se manifester au nom de la vérité.
about the term whistle-blower,
au terme « lanceur d'alerte »,
very descriptive words:
à des mots très imagés :
the ones I can say from the stage.
que je peux dire sur scène.
and I interview white-collar felons,
des criminels à col blanc,
des victimes de fraude.
what makes them tick
ce qui les fait agir
back into the classroom.
dans la salle de classe.
whistle-blowers that really stick with me.
d'alerte qui me marquent.
my own courage.
en question mon courage.
would I actually speak up?
est-ce que je me manifesterais ?
that I want to share with you.
que je veux partager avec vous.
from the University of North Carolina
de l'université de Caroline du Nord
at the university,
de l'apprentissage à l'université
primarily student athletes.
surtout des athlètes.
when she was working with students,
en travaillant avec des étudiants,
their reading levels.
à leur niveau de vocabulaire.
une base de données
that there was a database
could retrieve papers and turn them in.
trouver des devoirs et les rendre.
that some of her colleagues
que certains de ses collègues
just to keep them eligible to play.
dans des faux cours
she was outraged.
elle en a été indignée.
was go to her direct supervisor.
son superviseur direct.
internal university administrators.
un administrateur interne à l'université.
quand personne n'écoute ?
par un journaliste.
by this reporter,
par ce journaliste,
she received a demotion,
elle a été rétrogradée
pour du sport universitaire.
She didn't participate in the fraud.
Elle n'a pas participé à la fraude.
that she was giving voice
doesn't always have to end
the cover of "Time" magazine,
du magazine « Time »
three brave whistle-blowers
trois courageuses lanceuses d'alerte
in the name of the truth.
au nom de la vérité.
actually report retaliation.
rapportent des représailles.
that report and are not retaliated against
signalent et ne subit pas de représailles
from the city of Dixon.
municipale de Dixon à la retraite.
just like she always did,
son travail, comme toujours,
a pretty interesting case.
sur un cas assez intéressant.
her treasures report for the city,
sur la trésorerie pour la ville
gave her a list of accounts and said,
Rita Crundwell,
de comptes et disait :
and get these specific accounts."
et demande ces comptes précis. »
et Kathe était occupée.
and says, "Fax me all of the accounts."
appelé la banque et dit :
she sees that there is an account
elle a vu qu'il y avait un compte
and deposits in it
géré uniquement par Rita.
she reported it to her direct supervisor,
les a rapportées à son superviseur direct,
a six-month investigation.
qui a duré six mois.
Rita Crundwell, was embezzling money.
Rita Crundwell, détournait de l'argent.
over a 20-year period,
en l'espace de 20 ans
to stumble upon it.
« Tous les chevaux de la reine ».
"All the Queen's Horses."
to talk to me for a really long time,
elle n'a pas voulu me parler,
she ended up doing the interview.
elle m'a accordé une interview.
pas de célébrité.
would have ever been discovered?
jamais été découverte ?
I was talking about,
de « Forbes » dont je parlais,
really fantastic happened.
de fantastique est arrivé.
from whistle-blowers all over the world.
de lanceurs d'alerte à travers le monde.
and responding back to them,
et que je leur répondais,
in the message that I received,
dans tous les messages reçus
people really hate me now.
l'alerte, les gens me détestent.
all these messages,
tous ces messages,
what could I share with my students?
partager avec mes étudiants.
and this is what I learned.
et voici ce que j'ai appris.
que nous cultivions l'espoir.
sont pleins d'espoir.
that have a beef with the company.
qui ont une dent contre l'entreprise.
what drives them to come forward.
à se manifester.
to their organization
envers leur organisation
de se manifester.
but they are seeking fairness.
mais ils sont en quête de justice.
to cultivate bravery.
had on their family,
aura sur leur famille
is how hard it is to withhold the truth.
de dissimuler la vérité.
with one additional name:
avec un nom supplémentaire : Peter Buxtun.
employee for the US Public Health Service.
du service public de santé américain.
sexuellement transmissibles.
that was going on within the organization.
réalisée au sein de l'organisation.
at the progression of untreated syphilis.
la progression de la syphilis non soignée.
600 African American males
free medical exams, burial insurance.
gratuits, une assurance funéraire.
through the course of this study,
to help treat syphilis.
la pénicilline aide à soigner la syphilis.
were not given the penicillin
aux participants de l'étude
and talk to his internal supervisors,
de le signaler à ses superviseurs internes
this was completely unfair
était tout à fait injuste
very similar to Mary.
très similaire au cas de Mary.
of the "New York Times":
du « New York Times » :
Went Untreated for 40 Years."
non soignées pendant 40 ans »
as the Tuskegee syphilis experiment.
de Tuskegee sur la syphilis.
you may wonder, the 600 original men?
aux 600 hommes en question ?
sont morts de la syphilis.
from syphilis complications,
des complications de la syphilis,
with congenital syphilis.
avec la syphilis congénitale.
courageous act of Peter?
téméraire de Peter ?
that's in a clinical trial,
dans un essai clinique,
informed consent today
le consentement éclairé
a variation of the original question.
une variation de la question initiale.
ont déjà utilisé le terme
de le faire à nouveau,
the Peter, the Kathes of the world.
le Peter, la Kathe de ce monde.
that could shape history,
façonnant l'histoire
that shapes yours.
façonnant la vôtre.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kelly Richmond Pope - Fraud researcher, documentary filmmakerKelly Richmond Pope researches organizational misconduct, ethics and fraud.
Why you should listen
Kelly Richmond Pope is an Associate Professor in the School of Accountancy and MIS at DePaul University where her research focuses on how organizations design cultures and compliance systems to confront the challenges of organizational misconduct, ethics and fraud. She also teaches in executive education programs at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Quilan School of Business at Loyola University.
Pope's research on organizational misconduct culminated into directing and producing the award-winning documentary, All the Queen's Horses in 2017. Renowned Chicago Sun-Times film critic Richard Roeper cites "kudos to director Kelly Richmond Pope for applying just the right mix of 'What the heck?' whimsy and respectful, serious reporting to this incredible tale." All the Queen's Horses explores the largest municipal fraud in United States history and premiered as the #1 documentary on iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play and Direct TV during its debut week on the video on demand platforms in April 2018.
At the organizational level, Pope examines factors that encourage employees to whistle-blow as well as the ethical decision-making process. This research has been published in leading accounting and business ethics journals and resulted in being selected to develop a TED-Ed lesson entitled "How people rationalize fraud."
Pope is a popular keynote speaker and frequently advises firms about their compliance programs and training. She is regularly invited to speak to regulators, including the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, PCAOB, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Prior to joining the faculty at DePaul University, Pope worked in the forensic accounting practice at KPMG. She received her doctorate in accounting from Virginia Tech and is a licensed certified public accountant.
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