3. The Andersen Model
There are organizations that eventually go beyond the scope of their formal objectives and stand out of their peers, creating thus a sort of new category. They grow out of the harness of their kind and expand the meaning of the word that identifies them.
More than a professional services firm
In the Andersen Culture the firm was always referred to as “the Firm”, with a capital F.
Arthur Andersen became “more than a professional services firm”, it became a religion. Some have even called it a sect, although we can assure that is quite obviously an exaggeration.
Half monks, half soldiers
What is certain, and a view held by almost all those that shared the climatic moments of the Firm, is that the Arthurs were “half monks, ...
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