Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved a product line profitability dilemma.

Description: Third installment in a series of articles applying Buddhist principles to the challenges that actuaries face in applying their craft. The themes are adapted from the book "Awake at Work", by Michael Carroll. This particular installment covers the concept of "li" to the compliance aspects of an actuary's work, moving beyond minimum or literal compliance to a work product that provides multiple uses and meets a much higher standard

Description: Legal and financial experts discuss: [1] how far can an actuary go in giving investment advice before he or she is considered to be an investment advisor, [2] what is the minimum investment advice an actuary must give lest he or she be considered irresponsible, and [3] case studies. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: Article Summary Non-Routine Business By Board And Executive Committee, 4 Months To Oct. 31 by Gray in The Actuary, December 1979, Volume 13, Number 10

Description: This article is about the opportunity for plagiarism in e-learning courses and what the Society of Actuaries is doing to detect and discipline such conduct.

Description: In this real life case study, an actuarial candidate tried to get the hiring manager to increase the level of the position for which she was interviewing. Did that raise red flags about her candidacy? A compilation of reader responses is presented, along with what actually happened.

Description: Q&A with actuary and author Bradley M. Smith. In this interview, Smith discusses his business philosophies and the risks he has taken. His new book, What Do You Think?, is also reviewed.

Description: This 1977 session presented dramatic scenarios of situations related to professional conduct. The audience was asked to react to the situations and provide their thoughts on the appropriateness of the situations. From the 1977 Record, Vol. 3, No. 4.

Description: This article poses a hypothetical workplace dilemma. Solutions and feedback are presented in the next issue. From the October 2010 issue of Stepping Stones.

Description: A discussion of the Morris Review in the UK: a government-requested review of the actuarial profession in the U.K.