b'Orin Ethics Symposium Orin Ethics SymposiumThe Orin Ethics Symposium series is designed to increase Mark Whitacre-Chief Operating Officer, Tyler Shultz during his lecture in Bush Auditorium for the awareness and understanding of ethics issues in businessCypress Systems Inc.20th annual Orin Ethics Symposium. Hundreds of students and accountancy. Past speakers have included:Steven Mintz-Professor Emeritus of California and attendees from across campus and the Columbia areaPaul Sarbanes-Former US SenatorPolytechnic State Universityattended Shultzs talk. Bush Auditorium and an overflow roomHarry Markopolos-Madoff Whistleblower Gerald Carlson- Managing Partner at KPMG in Cornell Hall were at capacity. Mason Williams, a juniorChris Dodd-Former US SenatorWashington, D.C. (Retired)studying accounting, attended the event and appreciated theJeanette Franzel-PCAOB Board Member Tim MayopoulosPresident of Blend & Former opportunity to hear from a whistleblower. Its really coolMike Oxley-Former US RepresentativeCEO of Fannie Mae that Trulaske hosts these events. I just had an interviewSheila Bair-Former Chair of FDICIn Fall 2022, our featured speaker was Theranosyesterday and mentioned that I have the opportunity to attendAndrew Fastow- Former CFO of EnronWhistleblower and current CEO at Flux Biosciences,lectures like this one. It sets me apart from others in my careerJacob Soll-Professor of History & Accounting at Tyler Schultz as detailed in the announcement below. field. the University of Southern CaliforniaThe Orin Ethics Symposium is made possible by Richard Orin, BS BA 49, who partnered with the Trulaske College of Business to create it in 2002. The lecture series increases awareness of ethics issues in accountancy, business, and law by hosting key figures in business ethics, corporate governance and regulation. Orins daughter, Rhonda Orin, and grandson, Eric Weissmann, were in attendance during the symposium on his behalf. Weissmann, who serves as the director ofTyler Shultzproduct planning at Videojet Technologies in Chicago, said, The three most important things in my grandfathers lifehands-on learning activity allowed students to apply what are his family, ethics and the University of Missouri, and thisthey had learned in the lecture and hear from others in atten-symposium is right in the center of that triangle.dance. Vairam Arunachalam, director of the School of Accoun-Assistant teaching professor Shannon Breske working withtancy, was at Trulaske when the Orin Ethics Symposium began a student during a case study and debrief session followingin 2002 and has seen first-hand the positive impact of the symposium.educating students on professional ethics. Tylers talk today was excellent, laid back and his youth-Assistantteaching fulness allowed those in attendance to connect to his story.professorEliseBarley When I think about what my grandfather and I wanted to getintroduces a case study to out of this symposium, this lecture did it. The reality is thatstudentsaftertheOrin every person in that lecture hall, and every person on thisEthics Symposium We campus, will get a job and face small ethical decisions daily,had a great turnout, and the just like Tyler did. Tyler faced them and spoke up, resultingmessage was so impactful in what we saw. Thats doing the right thing, and I hope theand powerful for those in students can see that in his story. Following Shultzs lecture,attendance, Vairam said. faculty members Elise Bartley and Shannon Breske hosted aIn addition to lies, deceit, Tyler Shultz, known for his role as the whistlebloweran upcoming film starring Jennifer Lawrence andTheranos case study session and debrief for students. Thisinflated revenue projec-who exposed fraudulent practices at Theranos,Adam McKay. During his keynote address, Shultztions and poor corporate spoke to a packed house in Cornell Hall onshared how the company acquired a $10 billiongovernance being so detri-Friday, October 14, at the 20th annual Orin Ethicsvaluation built on fraud, what his relationship wasmental to business and society, I think the talk and Q&A drove Symposium. Shultz graduated from Stanford withlike with Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes (whomhome the question of how to cope with the stress, anxiety, a biology degree and entered the national scenehe met through his grandfather, former Secretaryand loneliness that comes with a whistleblowing expedition. when he revealed the illegal activity in the healthof State George Shultz) and what could leadI am sure everyone will remember this event for a long time. technology company. The story has been depictedsomeone to defraud hundreds of employees andThe School of Accountancys educational mission is to provide in a book (Bad Blood), a documentary (Theinvestors and thousands of patients. Following thestudents with the knowledge, learning capabilities, and Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley), a podcasttalk, Shultz took questions from the audience. personal and professional skills necessary to excel in profes-and television miniseries (The Dropout), andsional and academic careers. For Fall 2023, our featured speaker was Kevyn D. Orr, architect of the nations largest municipal bankruptcy case. Shannon Breske22 School of Accountancy2023 Newsmagazine 23'