Comments on: Would you trust executives who provided inaccurate information about their education?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:41:09 +0000

How about Trimble's CTO ? This guy – Dennis Workman – claimed to have a Master's from MIT and turned out there was no record at MIT of his receiving it. Rather than come clean, he came up wth some hoopla about 'misplaced files' and an advisor who had passed away ! (Yes, but there would have been a dissertation of a thesis in front of a whole panel of Professors – did they ALL die ? )

In a Valley where CTOs have PhDs, multiple PhDs, maybe even a smattering of Nobel laureates running around, here is Trimble's CTO with (drum roll) a B. Eng ! Sort of makes him the lesat credential'd CTO of the bunch.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:41:09 +0000

By: Freeman

Freeman — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:41:24 +0000

For me, I do not trust them any more. For me, they have totally lost credits.

I think the education background, especially college or graduate level education background, is one of the most important elements of a person's whole background. No matter the liar has any reason, even it is "insecurity" as you guessed, after all, "insecurity" is one thing, but "integrity" and "honesty" are another thing, and much more important things.

If anyone of my regular employees lies on his/her resume, I will immediately fire him/her. The reason is very simple: I simply cannot trust you any more. The same rule should apply for executives as well.

To do the right thing, or do things right? If you cannot do the right thing, how can I trust you will do things right?

Just my two cents.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:24:13 +0000

Human nature doesn't change – if you are dishonest in a little there is no reason why you would not be dishonest in a lot! You would just use different techniques to justify to yourself that what you had done was OK. Look at history – people, governments, corporations justify themselves. e.g. rendition, torture, genocide, theft etc….