Roger Emerson was at the cusp of learning what most Americans never really understood: the extent of the penal system in Singapore. Roger had conducted business in Singapore for several years, but never fully appreciated the intricacies of the culturally mixed court system, nor did he understand the sense of justice that was almost inbred in the life long residents of Singapore. As the celebrated Michael Fay incident sugg...

Ed Rawson sat gingerly at his desk that morning, grateful to have arrived before his secretary so that she wouldn’t see how difficult it was for him to sit. Regina Wilcox was an outside investigator who was checking to ensure that the top people in Ed’s company had nothing embarrassing in their pasts. The company was about to issue an IPO (“Initial Public Offering”) and Ed stood to benefit financially from stock options h...

Ed Rawson sorted through his mail and stopped when he recognized the envelope from SAG-AFTRA. He tore open the envelope and smiled broadly as he read the amount on the check inside. Yet again, the check was much bigger than the previous year and, also yet again, he shook his head in amazement. Eight years earlier, Ed had been in a real fix trying to finance grad school and complete his MBA. Answering a vague advertisement...

For A Few Extra Bucks Ed Rawson was in a bit of a bind. He had just one semester left to finish his MBA and his cash reserves were dwindling. He was going to have to pay for that final semester in just a month and after scholarships and loans, he was still $1,000 short … and the crappy part time job he had barely earned him enough money to eat and pay his rent. Ed had always been a good student and had managed to get thro...