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Unfortunately most consultancies like McKinsey play minimal roles, if any, from the companies that engage them. They are often used as excuses for things the co
by notlukesky 4y ago
Unfortunately most consultancies like McKinsey play minimal roles, if any, from the companies that engage them. They are often used as excuses for things the company was already going to do. That way management says “look at McKinsey presentation” or “McKinsey says raise prices” and passes the buck to them in a very expensive way.
- ramraj07 4y agoMay be true in general but if you’ve followed and read through all the articles published by NyT and others, McKinsey deserves far more blame in propagating the opioid epidemic than not.
- nerdponx 4y agoIf you hire a hitman to kill somebody, both you and the hitman are guilty.
- klabb3 4y agoIs this true with Purdue? It was a family owned private company, so there shouldn't be much need to get the shareholders on board. They probably just wanted their expertise.
- kwere 4y agomckinsey or other big consultancy with any ethical conduct code shoud report (even informally) blatant frauds (enron) or (human rights) violations