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CFO July 1, 2004 Joseph McCafferty	Extreme Makeover How Robert Blakely and an army of accountants turned fraud-ridden WorldCom into squeaky-clean MCI.
InternetNews January 6, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Report: WorldCom Class-Action Accord Near Former directors said to settle a suit stemming from accounting fraud for a total of $54 million.
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Jim Wagner	Former CA CEO Indicted Sanjay Kumar is charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and obstruction offenses, while his former company Computer Associates strikes a deal to avoid court.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2005 Tom Taulli	Andersen, Part Deux? It looks as if Andersen isn't the only accounting firm with troubles. But should KPMG suffer the same fate?
CFO June 1, 2007 Janet Kersnar	View from Europe: Global Bribery A series of bribery scandals in Europe becomes a global issue.
InternetNews February 28, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Former McAfee Exec. Facing Options Charges McAfee's former general counsel is facing a seven-count federal fraud indictment over stock option grants in 2000 and 2002.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2004 Bill Mann	WorldCom's Ebbers Surrenders WorldCom's CFO finally gives up the goods on the top man in an $11 billion fraud case.
CFO January 1, 2008 David McCann	And Not a Moment Too Soon Could an audit firm's crash course on ethics churn out principled professionals?
CIO January 1, 2003 Edward Prewitt	Book 'Em One of the more popular business books in recent years is titled First, Break All the Rules. Executives at Adelphia, Enron, Tyco and WorldCom may have taken that advice too literally. Forthcoming offerings from business publishers seem to reflect the shift in the zeitgeist for 2003.
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 Michael Orey	In-House Attorneys, Watch Your Step The conviction of Conrad Black's corporate counsel sends a chilling message.
CFO April 1, 2003 Julia Homer	They ARE Out to Get You So far, relatively few executives have gone to jail for white-collar crimes. That may be about to change.
National Defense January 2007 David Hickey	Companies Must Set and Review Compliance Priorities As 2006 closed, the Department of Justice's criminal division announced the formal creation of a national task force "to promote the prevention, early detection and prosecution of procurement fraud."
National Defense June 2015 Sandra Evers-Manly	An Ethical Culture: Own it, Live it, Lead it Anyone involved in ethics and compliance within the defense industry should know that to be truly effective, a corporate ethics program requires more than a "check the box" approach
National Defense November 2004 Joe Reeder	Association Unveils New Ethics Code for Industry The National Defense Industrial Association's Ethics Committee has developed a benchmark statement of industry ethics for companies to incorporate into their day-to-day business.
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005	Tip For The Board: "Don't Assume" Former Illinois Governor and current Hollinger board member James Thompson on lessons learned from the Conrad Black years
InternetNews December 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland	'HP Not Enron' A.G. Says in Settlement Deal California's attorney general Bill Lockyer today announced a unique, $14.5 million settlement of its civil lawsuit related to the Hewlett-Packard leak probe investigation that resulted in federal indictments and Congressional hearings.
AFP eWire April 2, 2008	Ethics Still a Hot-Button Issue in Philanthropy, New Survey Finds Percentage-based commissions paid to fundraisers tops the list of unethical fundraising behavior.
Entrepreneur October 2003 Joshua Kurlantzick	Liar, Liar In the race to make money, some American businesses have been lying their pants off -- but is success at any cost really worth the price?
National Defense April 2009 Hickey & Parker	White House Kicks Off New Wave of Reforms Pledges and actions in the president's first few weeks in office, signal that increased ethics restrictions on government appointees, lobbyists and contractors have arrived.
InternetNews August 18, 2006 Clint Boulton	Comverse Fires Former Execs Over Options Scandal Comverse Technology has fired three of its top executives a week after they were charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud.
Job Journal August 31, 2008 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Executives Set Ethical Standards By their example, management sets an organization's ethical compass.
IndustryWeek January 20, 2010 Jill Jusko	Not a Financial Exec? It's not only financial executives who could benefit from an awareness of fraud risks in their organizations.
National Defense April 2013 D'Agostino & Bradel	Ban on Officers Serving on Boards Expands The Department of Defense recently expanded the scope of its prohibition on certain military officers serving on the board of directors of an entity, including any non-profit, which conducts department business or otherwise focuses on military personnel.
CFO October 1, 2002 Julia Homer	How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again.
Financial Planning November 1, 2008 Jane Worthington	Ways to Stop Fraud Firms can take effective steps to lessen the risk of fraud. Begin with thorough background checks before hiring.
National Defense December 2009 McGrath & Connolly	Industry Should Prepare for Review of Ethics Programs Contractors may soon have more complete answers as to how the Defense Department will verify contractor compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation's recent ethics program requirements.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Philip Durell	How You Can Profit from Bankruptcy Investors have earned over 50% in six months on bankruptcy survivor MCI. Here's how.
National Defense April 2008 McGrath & Connolly	New Rules For Federal Contracts Effective Dec. 24, 2007, the government-wide federal acquisition regulation (FAR) mandates a written code of ethics for almost all government contractors.
Job Journal July 3, 2005 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Leading by Example Executives help establish the standards that drive the behavior of other workers. When executives embrace corporate values and live up to them, they provide standards for everyone to follow.
National Defense December 2012 Traci Thompson	Effective Ethics Programs Come From the 'Middle' Without continuous executive team commitment for its code of conduct and ethics program, a company's effort to promote consistent ethical behavior can quickly lapse into a hollow, politically correct endeavor.
National Defense August 2007 Brian Sears	Building an Ethical Culture From the Top The NDIA ethics code encourages companies always to aspire to and implement best practices in all dealings with the government and other businesses.
Inc. November 2004 Darren Dahl	Do the Right Thing -- or Else New federal ethics rules apply to all companies, regardless of size.
Entrepreneur December 2005 Nichole L. Torres	Ethically Speaking What are today's students learning about business ethics?
National Defense January 2006 Reeder & Hickey	Make Commitment To Corporate Ethics The National Defense Industrial Association puts ethical conduct on par with shareholder profits and believes maintaining the highest ethical standards throughout the defense industry has never been more important to the country.
National Defense June 2005 L. James D'Agostino	Raising the Bar To Meet the Next Wave of Reform Recent procurement scandals have prompted numerous ethics reform initiatives by federal prosecutors, regulators and legislators. Given the volume of spending related to Operation Iraqi Freedom and on-going homeland-security initiatives, the industry can expect the greatest level of scrutiny since Operation Ill Wind in the 1980s.
Bank Systems & Technology February 29, 2008 Nancy Feig	Internal Fraud Still a Danger as Banks Adjust Strategy Internal fraud occurs every day at banks across the world. New internal fraud-detection technologies allow banks to identify suspicious employee behavior.
National Defense July 2009 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Industry Ethics: Going Beyond the Call of Duty A seemingly endless stream of bad news about U.S. weapon programs should cause all of us to revisit our approach to ethics in the defense industry.
National Defense March 2011	Statement of Defense Industry Ethics In November 2004, after several months of in-depth review the National Defense Industrial Association finalized and published its Code of Ethics. Five years later in 2009, NDIA undertook to review, and, in a small number of ways made minor but we believe worthy revisions.
CFO March 1, 2011 Laton McCartney	Where There's Smoke, There's Fraud Sarbanes-Oxley has done little to curb corporate malfeasance. Therefore, CFOs should implement a range of fraud-prevention measures.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Conrad Black Scandal forced him to resign as CEO of Hollinger International, the world's third-largest newspaper group. Problems with shareholders still loom.
Parameters Spring 2007 Paul Robinson	Ethics Training and Development in the Military While relatively new, formal military training programs for ethics have produced a number of common virtues that might provide a basis for a universal (military) code or ethic.
National Defense August 2013 Patti Ellis	Corporate Ethics Education Yields Rewards Raytheon produces a popular video mini-series each quarter, called "EthicSpace" that, like the Checkpoint program and FCPA Aware, is based on actual case experiences meant to prompt conversation.
National Defense January 2012 David Hickey	Cutting Costs Does Not Require Cutting Compliance Lest anyone think the federal government will tolerate less contractor compliance, the current environment indicates that it is much more likely that the government will pursue allegations of non-compliance, fraud, waste and abuse with even greater vigor.
CFO June 1, 2009 Edward Teach	"I Should Have Said No." A CFO who confessed to fraud wants business students to learn from his mistakes. An interview with Aaron Beam, former CFO, HealthSouth Corp.
InternetNews August 11, 2006 Michael Hickins	Feds Hit Former Brocade Execs With New Charges The Department of Justice has filed new securities-related fraud charges against former Brocade officials already under indictment for violating securities laws.
National Defense July 2007 Manik K. Rath	Mergers, Acquisitions Call for Added Scrutiny When acquiring or merging with any government contractor, reviewing ethics policies, compliance programs, and all recent voluntary disclosures will provide a wealth of invaluable information.
National Defense November 2007 Hickey & Connolly	Ethical Lapses Provide Valuable Training Tool A recently proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulations would call upon all government contractors to have a written code of ethics and business conduct.
Inc. August 2005 Amy Gunderson	Can't Find an Accountant? Sarbanes-Oxley has so overwhelmed accountants that companies are having trouble getting their books audited.