The Missing Mogul | Oxford University’s Professor Christopher McKenna On Corporate Corruption Today | 5

Business Movers

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History, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Professor Christopher McKenna from the University of Oxford discusses modern corporate scandals and how much - and how little - has changed in the years since Robert Maxwell’s death.

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0:14.2	Wonderly.
0:15.0	One... It's October 1990 at a hotel in Naples, Florida.
0:34.2	Tim, an investment banker in his mid-20s, walks through the hotel bar.
0:38.7	Working for Investco in London, Tim spends most of his time in corporate offices and
0:43.4	stock exchange trading floors, but today he's at a luxury Florida hotel for a conference.
0:49.4	Several of his colleagues are enjoying themselves at the bar, but Tim is in no mood to join in. Instead, he approaches
0:55.9	a pool table where he spots the person he's searching for. His friend Mark also works in London,
1:02.0	but for Lehman Brothers, a rival investment bank. Hey, Mark. Hey, Tim. Oh, not drinking? It's only just now
1:09.4	noon. That makes it five o'clock in London.
1:12.8	Nah, I'm all right.
1:14.3	Come on, let your hair down.
1:15.8	I don't want to drink, okay?
1:17.5	Hey, okay.
1:19.2	Mark lowers his head and aims his pool cue.
1:22.0	They're something on your mind?
1:23.9	You're not normally one to turn down a beer.
1:26.4	Are you trying to take away one of our clients?
1:28.9	Well, probably who? Robert Maxwell. I've just had a call from the UK. Maxwell wants Invesco
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