QUESTIONS 1. Could other DLP traders have manipulated GEDS's transaction systems like Kerviel did? 2. Was it typical for middle office employees to be promoted to the front office? 3. When Kerviel worked in the middle office, did he show any unusual aptitude for manipulating the transaction systems? 4. Did DLP have any rules or disincentives designed to deter traders like Kerviel from undertaking unauthorized trading? 5. Why did Kerviel make such huge bets when he did not derive any personal benefit from the profits? 6. Had there been any previous instances or notifications of deficiencies in DLP's controls? 7. Was Societe Generale prudent in assigning sole responsibility for market risk oversight to trading management? 8. Did GEDS make effective use of market risk management? 9. Why did financial reporting catch the fraud, not trading management, operations, or risk management? 10. Had there been any previous instances or notifications of deficiencies in DLP's transac- tion systems? 11. Why did operations employees fail to validate the explanations or escalate any of the many queries relating to Kerviel's unauthorized trades? 12. Did Societe Generale omit any information at the trial that might have exonerated Kerviel? 13. Did the Paris prosecutor have sufficient grounds for criminal charges against Kerviel? 14. Did Societe Generale sufficiently admit its responsibility for the losses? 15. Was Societe Generale so focused on achieving growth on many fronts that it neglected to invest in sufficiently robust systems and internal controls