This Week in Business

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it had charged Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes with fraud. Under an agreement the former billionaire startup founder is stripped of her voting control of the company, banned from being an offer or directed of any public company for at least a decade and required to pay a $500k penalty. Host Dan Loney talks with Wayne Guay, Professor of Accounting at the University of Pennsylvania, and James Angel, Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, to discuss the details of the case on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed Marcum, Managing Director of Humanity United, joins hosts Sandi Hunt and Katherine Klein to discuss the foundation's dedication to bringing new approaches to global problems that have long been considered intractable on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case on protection of corporate ‘whistleblowers.’ According to the unanimous vote of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. V. Somers, employees may now go straight to the Securities and Exchange Commission instead of their internal organizational channels to complain about corporate misdeeds. Host Dan Loney speaks with Joseph Sirbak, Labor Attorney at Cozen O'Connor, to discuss his views on this case and how qualifying as a ‘whistleblower’ is hard to define on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Economist has a new report on the changing car/AV/tech industries, congestion, city planning safety, policymakers and the vision required to make them work. Host Dan Loney speaks to the author of this report Tom Standage, Deputy Editor/Head of Digital Strategy for The Economist, to go over key findings on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comcast is offering $31Billion for the British satellite broadcast company Sky, outbidding Fox's bid. Host Dan Loney talks with Hemant Bhargava, Professor of Technology Management at UC Davis, Randall Smith, Professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and Ian Whittaker, Head of European Media Research at Liberum Capital Limited, to discuss why the Sky is so valuable to both entertainment giants on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marc de Grandpre, General Manager of the New York Red Bulls and Red Bull Arena, joins host George Perry to discuss how he came to be GM and what changes have evolved for the NYRB and Major League Soccer on The Wharton Sports Business Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Goepper, two-time Olympian, and most recently Silver Medalist in Men’s Ski Slope, joins hosts Cade Massey, Adi Wyner, Eric Bradlow, and Shane Jensen to discuss his career and overall strategies for skiing competitions on Wharton Moneyball. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Trump announced plans for steel and aluminum tariffs last week. The decision has been widely criticized by economists, law makers and academics, among others as a move that could hurt many other American industries and lead us into a trade war. Host Dan Loney talks with Jeremy Siegel, Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at Wharton, and Matt Gold, Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for North America and Adjunct Professor at Fordham University School of Law, to discuss the potential fallout of these tariffs on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Corporations have been cutting ties with gun organizations like the NRA in the aftermath of the mass murder at Marjory Stonemason Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This move has come after survivors of the shootings launched the #NeverAgain campaign against lawmakers who have taken money from the NRA and fight all gun legislation. Host Dan Loney talks with Eric Orts, Director of Wharton's Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership, and Brian Berkey and Robert Hughes, both Legal Studies and Business Ethics Professors at Wharton, to look at why companies have starting aligning themselves with this movement on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Peter Cappelli, Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School, and Dan O'Meara, Shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Ogletree Deakins, discuss the cause and effect of right-to-work states on workforce unions including the aspect of "fair share" fees on In the Workplace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.