Why They Do It Quotes

“However, correlation does not necessarily imply causation. The fact that people tend to carry umbrellas when it rains creates a high correlation between umbrella carrying and rain showers. However, it is obvious that choosing to carry an umbrella does not cause rainfall.”
― Eugene Soltes, Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal

“many of the issues I discuss in this book are not simply about senior executives who face criminal punishment, but are just as applicable to others who are enmeshed in murky situations who are never likely to face a public reckoning.”
― Eugene Soltes, Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal

“My intentions were good. I was trying to do what was best for Enron, but the way we as a company defined success was incorrect. We defined success by reported earnings and the stock price. We were not defining it as increasing economic value,”
― Eugene Soltes, Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal