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- 9780470124291
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0470124296
ISBN-13
9780470124291
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60165434
Product Key Features
Book Title
Extraordinary Circumstances : the Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
General, Business
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
23 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-033356
Reviews
"This is a heroic, often exciting tale of a person who, in the course of doing her job, stumbles on a big lie and pushes on to get to the bottom of it." ( CFO.com ; 1/25/08)
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
364.168
Table Of Content
Dedication.Introduction.Acknowledgments.Chapter 1: A Dark Cloud.Chapter 2: Graduation Day.Chapter 3: New Beginnings.Chapter 4: Hotlanta.Chapter 5: The Turnaround.Chapter 6: Coming Home.Chapter 7: Building A New Life.Chapter 8: King of the Resellers.Chapter 9: The Hottest Company in Town.Chapter 10: Nowhere To Go But Up.Chapter 11: A New Era.Chapter 12: The Glass Sieve.Chapter 13: The Tide Comes In.Chapter 14: The Minnow Swallows the Whale.Chapter 15: Finding Balance.Chapter 16: Top of the Mountain.Chapter 17: A Double-Edge Sword.Chapter 18: A Titan Stumbles.Chapter 19: The Rule of Ten.Chapter 20: What is Prepaid Capacity?Chapter 21: Growing Suspicions.Chapter 22: A Surprise Visit.Chapter 23: The Confrontation.Chapter 24: A Desperate Search for Counsel.Chapter 25: Washington Attorneys Visit the Deep South.Chapter 26: Navigating the Storm.Chapter 27: A Visit to Federal Court.Chapter 28: The United States Versus Bernard J. Ebbers.Chapter 29: The Judgement.Epilogue.Notes.Index.
Synopsis
White linen tablecloths blow in the warm breeze of the evening. Some twenty people have come together at the home of David Myers, the WorldCom Controller. The atmosphere is full of good-hearted banter, but an unseen cloud hangs over this seemingly perfect picture. Within two years, almost every employee present will be gone from the company. Three will be indicted for fraud, and I will be thrust into the center of a storm. Why are the subpoenas locked in another room? Do I really want to go to New York and sit down with someone whoa's being hostile and patronizing? If I dona't, will the U.S. Marshals really come to my house tonight and take me into custody? Ia've received no clear answers, but I refuse to take any chances. The guard unlocks the doors, and we file in. Brown cardboard boxes are everywhere, each labeled with the name of a former WorldCom executive. It feels like wea're trespassing. I read the names of people I used to work with as we slowly walk through, as if in a graveyard, reading the dates of life and death on the headstones. I think of retirements, camaraderie, years of hard work by thousands-lost. What was once an inspiration has vanished into the ether. This is a story about people and choices. It shows how power and money can change people, and how easy it is to rationalize, give in to fear, and cave under pressure and intimidation from superiors. We cana't protect our children from adversity or even predict the challenges theya'll face. But we can prepare them for how to respond. As I share the story with students, I talk about character, choices, and courage. In the end, life is about choices. Our challenge is to choose well., The longer WorldCom Chief Audit Executive Cynthia Cooper stares at the entries in front of her, the more sinister they seem. But the CFO is badgering her to delay her team's audit of the company's books and directing others to block Cooper's efforts. Still, something in the pit of her stomach tells her to keep digging. Cooper takes readers behind the scenes on a riveting, real-time journey as she and her team work at night and behind closed doors to expose the largest fraud in corporate history. Whom can they trust? Could she lose her job? Should she fear for her physical safety? In Extraordinary Circumstances , she recounts for the first time her journey from her close family upbringing in a small Mississippi town, to working motherhood and corporate success, to the pressures of becoming a whistleblower, to being named one of Time's 2002 Persons of the Year. She also provides a rare insider's glimpse into the spectacular rise and fall of WorldCom, a telecom titan, the darling of Wall Street, and a Cinderella story for Mississippi. With remarkable candor, Cooper discusses her struggle to overcome these challenges, and how she has found healing through sharing the lessons learned with the next generation. This book reminds us all that ethical decision-making is not forged at the crossroads of major events but starts in childhood, "decision by decision and brick by brick." At a time when corporate dishonesty is dominating public attention, Extraordinary Circumstances makes it clear that the tone set at the top is critical to fostering an ethical environment in the work-place. Provocative, moving, and intensely personal, Extraordinary Circumstances is a wake-up call to corporate leaders and an intimate glimpse at a scandal that shook the business world., The longer WorldCom Chief Audit Executive Cynthia Cooper stares at the entries in front of her, the more sinister they seem. But the CFO is badgering her to delay her team's audit of the company's books and directing others to block Cooper's efforts. Still, something in the pit of her stomach tells her to keep digging.
LC Classification Number
HF5604.5.C66A3 2007
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