Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470443316 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Still, something in the pit of her stomach tells her to keep digging. 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. 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. 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. 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, Extraord
"Highly recommended!" according to Kathleen Ucinski. As a baby boomer who lost some of my retirement savings because of the dirty bookkeeping at WorldCom, I was most interested in learning exactly how the good old boys had done it. When I heard that Ms. Cooper's book was coming out I was eager to read it but. Cynthia tells of the necessity of an honest work ethic and how dishonesty brought down powerful businessmen. Trimchick This is an amazing account of a brave, incredible, honest young woman who exposed the executives of a large corporation. It is well written and tells of her faith and her family and how integrity has been an integral part of her character.. Good information, not written as a compelling read literarily. It was interesting to understand what led to this fraud. But the writing was weak and I felt myself wanting a deeper, more detailed description of what happened.
. She brings us into the boardrooms, the backrooms and, somehow, into the heads of key players as some struggled with and others embraced the deceptions that would bring WorldCom down. Less engaging are Cooper's autobiographical anecdotes, which offer everything from her high school math scores to clichéd advice from Mom and Dad ("when you are unkind, you can't go back and change the hurt"). Cooper is better and trumps other WorldCom accounts with a perspective available only from a business-smart insider with a conscience. From Publishers Weekly In Cooper's thorough and efficient narrative about the fantastic collapse of t