How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of December 19, 2008

National and International News

• The Toronto Star quoted two SFU profs in a story on the release on parole of David Radler, who was jailed in the same case as media mogul Conrad Black.
  Ethics prof Mark Wexler and Robert Adamson, executive director of SFU’s CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management, said Radler’s release underlines the differences between Canada and the U.S. in the way white-collar crime is handled. “It’s a more complicated process in Canada than it should be,” said Adamson. Noted Wexler: “The first thing Conrad Black and David Radler did after getting sentenced was ask to come back to Canada.”  (Radler began his sentence in a Pennsylvania prison and was transferred to a Canadian federal facility in September. Black is in a Florida prison.)
• The Canadian Press also looked at the potential impact of the week’s gondola mishap at Whistler on Whistler’s image and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith saw no image problem.  He said the fact that Whistler-Blackcomb quickly spoke to the media and took steps to check out safety issues shows the resort is well equipped to handle crises.
  Meredith also did interviews with CFUN Radio and BCBusiness magazine.