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An Accounting Fraud Tool Applied to Non-Profits
Frank Benford was a physicist in General Electric’s Research Laboratory almost a century ago. In that era, data sets were typed or written out by hand. One day, as he was looking through pages and pages filled with numbers, he noticed a fascinating pattern that was consistent across all his voluminous ledgers of work. First,…
Generosity: The Next Beauty Trend
There’s something wonderfully lyrical about the idea that beauty and generosity are inherently linked. Perhaps the classical Greek poet Sappho said it best: “He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.” Numerous studies over the years have demonstrated that giving and perceived attractiveness are…
Two Roads, One County
A few seasons ago I came across a wonderful t-shirt at Mann’s Mercantile on Washington Island. On the front of the shirt was map of Door County with highways 42 and 57 prominently highlighted. Below the map were the words, “Two Roads, One County.” After the cacophony of the presidential election, I cannot get this…
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