John Oliver recently covered the egregious scandal surrounding Wells Fargo, and as bad as coercing employees to make up customer accounts is, it is merely the tip of the iceberg! “The bank that until recently was laughing all the way to itself” as John calls them, should stop chuckling as more charges pile up. Employees who reported wrongdoing received retaliation as a reward for their burdensome morals. The folksy hometown bank was already in court when this scandal blew, for the jaw-dropping charge of illegally repossessing the vehicles of 313 active military personnel.
Ah, but sometimes, what goes around comes back around to you like a boomerang. The ‘face’ of Wells Fargo ethics training films ten years ago is now a writer for John Oliver. Because his first films on the value of honesty and ethics were ignored, he gladly agreed to remake the message for today. Ten years ago ethics were ignored at your peril, because like a big rubber band, dishonesty could snap back painfully. This time, the rubber band has been replaced with a boomerang and other visual aids that one might find difficult to ignore.