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| HP Chair to Step Down After Leak Probe |
 Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn took the fall after admitting she authorized an investigation that relied on "inappropriate techniques" to uncover who was leaking boardroom secrets to the media. Also:
Threat of Criminal Charges Looms at HP
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Look Who's Left Standing
Unlike the accounting profession, forced by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to submit to independent oversight, lawyers have generally ducked proposals that would have forced them to blow the whistle to outsiders.
Bristol-Myers Ousts Dolan, Willard
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ousted Peter R. Dolan as chief executive at the urging of a federal monitor, who found that the drug maker's patent deal with a generic competitor violated an agreement with prosecutors.
Ebbers Ordered to Report to Prison Sept. 26 in WorldCom Fraud
Former WorldCom Corp. chief Bernard Ebbers will soon begin a 25-year sentence for an $11 billion accounting fraud.
Congress Examining Stock Options Timing
Congress is taking a close look at suspiciously timed stock options for top company executives, a corporate practice that is the subject of federal investigations.
Bush Admin Proposes Deal to Settle Lay's Estate
The Labor Dept. proposed a $12 million agreement with the estate of deceased Enron founder Kenneth Lay to settle claims involving mismanagement of workers' pension plans.
Why Do Employees Lie, Cheat, and Steal on the Job?
These 25 reasons for employee crimes are those most often advanced by authorities in white-collar crime. Book excerpt
Ex-HealthSouth CFO Gets 3 Yrs. in Prison
Former HealthSouth Corp. CFO Mike Martin has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a $2.7 billion fraud at the health-care company.
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