Neil Weinberg, Forbes Media senior editor and co-host, analyst, and commentator for the weekly television program “Forbes on Fox,” will discuss “Ethical Failure: How Rampant Corruption is Wrecking the U.S. Economy” at the second College of Business Dean’s Forum Speaker Series on April 12. The event is free and open to the public.

The 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, presentation in the atrium of UALR’s Donald W. Reynolds Center is in partnership with the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, Arkansas Business Publishing Group, and the Institute of Management Accounting Arkansas Central Chapter. Sponsors for the forum include Dillard’s and Arkansas Capital Corp. A reception will follow the lecture. RSVP at cobdean@ualr.edu. For more information, call 501-569-3356.

Weinberg has been featured as a keynote speaker by professional societies, universities, and at numerous corporate events. His talks focus on business ethics, white-collar crime, executive pay, and the boom and bust cycles in financial markets and personal finance.

Weinberg’s talks draw on his work as executive editor at Forbes magazine and Forbes.com, where he is in charge of Wall Street and personal finance coverage. He discusses the gray ethical environment in which corporate wrongdoing occurs, the slippery slope down which many executives slide and the consequences that await them. Weinberg cites numerous examples – Bernard Madoff, AIG, Merrill Lynch, and the housing industry.

He also includes his research as co-author of “Stolen Without A Gun: Confessions from Inside History’s Biggest Accounting Fraud—the Collapse of MCI WorldCom” (Etika Books, 2007). A frequent commentator on CNBC and Fox News, Weinberg is regularly asked to discuss current events by other media outlets, including National Public Radio, PBS, the British Broadcasting Corp, and network news programs.