Truth 38Lie About Your Credentials, Kill Your Career
Notre Dame football coach George O'Leary resigned five days after being hired, admitting he lied about his academic and athletic background. O'Leary claimed to have a master's degree in education and to have played college football for three years, but checks into his background showed these claims weren't true.
Veritas CFO Kenneth Lonchar was fired because he claimed he had a master of business administration from Stanford University. Further research showed that he did not hold an MBA from any school. Ironically, "Veritas" in Latin means "truth."
Joseph Ellis, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, was suspended for a year from Mount Holyoke College for lying about serving in the Vietnam War. ...
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