The other CEO's - Corporate Ethics Officers...doing the RIGHT thing.

[Dover]

Corporate need for ethics

By DEROY MURDOCK
Scripps Howard News Service
28-AUG-03

NEW YORK -- The ceaseless parade of financial scandals recently inspired this graffito on a Manhattan newspaper vending machine: "God bless our brave stockbrokers."

These days, sarcasm is the least of corporate America's worries. The low share prices and legal troubles that have plagued ImClone, Merrill Lynch, Tyco and other enterprises are far more menacing.

Dell Computer and Deloitte & Touche, among others, have responded to this tawdry atmosphere by recruiting chief ethics officers. On balance, appointing these sentinels of virtue seems worthwhile.

One counter-argument is that every employee, starting with the CEO, should possess high standards.

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[lcordero]

1. another smoke screen

[Dover]

2. Yeah, I'm sure Kennyboy and Skilling consulted their Ethics Officer

and I can just imagine how difficult it was to wade through that vast grey area in their brains to determine whether ripping people off to the tune of millions of dollars while they lined their own pockets was a "good" thing or a "bad" thing. Tough call.

[Terran]

3. Dover

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