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The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
Wiley
February 2008
On Sale: February 4, 2008
416 pages ISBN: 0470124296 EAN: 9780470124291 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
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.
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