BUSINESS ETHICS – directed by Nick Wernham, written by Richard Wernham – SPOILERS
The story begins in a lecture hall where Professor Wrightway (Lance Reddick) is holding forth on the topic of ethics, and one of his students, Zachery Cranston (Larenz Tate), raises a question.
WRIGHTWAY: “Dishonesty, lies, cheating. You will never get away with them. They will always come back to haunt you, and you will pay the price.”
CRANSTON: “The price that has to be paid, I was thinking, Professor Wrightway, like everything else, shouldn’t we ask if it’s worth paying? I’m not talking about small-time thievery. We’re business students here. I’m talking about something really big, where you steal or cheat people out of a lot of money.”
Wilfred Tempest (Julian De Zotti), raises his hand and responds: “Two words, sir. Charles Ponzi.”
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