text: During the later part of my tenure with Andersen , I expressed my concerns publicly in several partner meetings and privately to various internal players ; however , as someone who had not grown up with the firm , I found that my actions to speak up - - especially when my views were not consistent with Arthur Andersen business unit leadership 's preferences - - were somewhat counter-cultural .
  
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  I expressed my concerns in various meetings , but I feel I wasn 't taken seriously because I hadn 't grown up with the firm .