McK alum here. Article is drawing conclusions on 6,000 ppl based on allegations of actions of a few. Client confidentiality reigns supreme within the culture, though no cultural is monolithic. Stuff always slips through.
For example, consultants at McK are labeled as 'conflicted' if they have served a competitor of a client in a given industry. Therefore, no consultant at the firm can serve competing firms. And the firm's institutional knowledge which gets carried over is stuff you can read in HBR/McK Quarterly.
Can't excuse blatant securities fraud, but to paint the entire industry with such a brush is slightly sensationalist.
Interesting sidebar in the comscore report:
In the continuously contentious debate as to whether the future of mobile apps are downloaded or browser-based, we see a gain in both, but native apps seems to have had a marginal edge in gain.
Would be cool to see this data over a longer window.
Used browser; 36.2%; 37.0%; 0.8
Used downloaded apps; 33.7%; 35.3%; 1.6
For example, consultants at McK are labeled as 'conflicted' if they have served a competitor of a client in a given industry. Therefore, no consultant at the firm can serve competing firms. And the firm's institutional knowledge which gets carried over is stuff you can read in HBR/McK Quarterly.
Can't excuse blatant securities fraud, but to paint the entire industry with such a brush is slightly sensationalist.