Accountant or Detective

Season 3, Episode 3

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Accountant or Detective

A Credit to Her Profession with Megan Hess

Megan Hess' research focuses on the intersection of ethics and accounting, exploring topics such as fraud risk management, ethical leadership, whistle-blowing, and sustainability accounting.

“When we find our passion and it intersects something that we're good at, and then someone is willing to pay us to do that for a living - that's magic!"
~Megan Hess, Assistant Professor of Accounting

When the Balance Sheet Matches

W&L Alummates: Megan and Drew are two of 852 "Alum-mates" who are married to each other.
Hoofbeats
Megan co-wrote with the former Director of Corporate Compliance at USAA "Fostering an ethical organization from the bottom up and the outside in."

First photo of Drew and Megan 1996 >> Megan and Drew Now

Megan's office window: Holekamp Hall (The Old Co-Op)

Megan's bulletin board

Become Your Own Detective:

Megan's suggestions for people interested in learning more about corporate fraud:

The Enron documentary "The Smartest Guys in the Room"
The podcast that inspired the new Hulu series on Elizabeth Holmes called "The Dropout"
Cynthia Cooper's book "Extraordinary Circumstances" is about her experience as a corporate whistleblower
Emily St. John Mandel's novel "The Glass Hotel" is a wonderful fictionalized account of a corporate fraud that very accurately portrays the underlying psychology of the misconduct

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