MICHAEL BLEBY: When consultants go rogue: PwC Australia in free fall
Global consulting firm sold confidential government information, senate committee finds
27 June 2023 - 05:00
A global consulting firm goes rogue and sells confidential government information, gets caught out and pledges not to do it again. PwC Australia then engages in a slow crumbling as the “one bad apple” explanation turns into a whole barrel, with 63 people having received at least one internal email containing confidential information — including the CEO.
Politicians flog it publicly, clients desert it and the firm becomes a YouTube parody of its former self. The CEO will now leave the firm early, nine partners are on leave and the Australian federal police have started a criminal investigation...
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