Imagine you are the shareholder of a large, multinational corporation that has received some deeply troubling news of late. In fact, over the course of the past few months, you’ve learned the following: Four employees were killed by a terrorist attack on an overseas office trip. The CEO’s staff was caught trying to cover up the company’s failings by lying to the press and shareholders. The company’s security division was caught spying on press outlets that were negatively reporting on the organization. The company’s security division was caught improperly obtaining private phone and digital communications of every customer for data mining. The auditing department was caught improperly targeting employees whose political views did not match those of the CEO. Numerous members of the CEO’s staff lied under oath and used fake email accounts to escape the board of directors’ oversight.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:53:20 +0000