Common Sense?
This is why the American Business Model is foundering. Was it wrong for someone to lie about his resume? Yes. Is it an offense for which they should be fired? Absolutely.
But if someone is working at a company, as a doctor, whatever...for YEARS. SUCCESSFULLY... Should they be immediately fired when something like this is uncovered? I'd think it would depend on their track record. If it was that good, why not provide them the opportunity to GET that degree? In this case, I'd think the ends justify the means. How many successful business, or even COUNTRIES, have prospered because of a lucky break, or just a ruse or bluff one way or another? I thought the same with the stories about doctors having the same thing happen to them. All of their surgeries are successes! They have good knowledge and good skill. Why waste their talents and help them get the piece of paper they lack? How many IT 'pros' and doctors have you met that HAVE degrees out the wazoo, but shouldn't be allowed to tie their own shoelaces? Standards exist for a reason, but exceptions should be realized and made in exceptional circumstances.
Another reason is all of these hedge fund managers that have a say in the going's on of a company because they have money. They DO have their own agenda. Make us much as they can for THEMSELVES, no matter the end result. How many times do the '1%' have to gain and the economy be crippled before the collective public LEARN?
