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Frontline pbs.org Here you'll find links to past segments of the fine PBS documentary series. Archives are neatly organized by topic, so you can easily find highlights like the interview with Jeffrey Skilling during Enron's glory days...
...Enron. Arthur Andersen. Dynegy. ImClone. Global Crossing. A lot hashappened in the business world since we last checked in with Dilbert. The beleaguered, bespectacled office worker was oppressed during the downsizing era. He "was feeling his oats a little bit" during the dotcom boom and "became a little more insolent and sarcastic at work," in the words of his creator, Scott Adams. Now, says Adams, Dilbert has "reached a depth of cynicism." That cynicism is on full display in the first new Dilbert book to appear in four years: Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel, about to be published...
...attacking, among other things, Gekas' support for NAFTA. Democrats, having some fun with Gekas' 1998 sponsorship of a measure allowing bankrupt property owners in five states, including Texas, to shield the full value of their homes from creditors, produced a flyer that features a shot of former Enron ceoKen Lay, who owns a multimillion-dollar Houston penthouse...
...find this troubling because...Enron has found its 'integrated audit' arrangement to be more efficient and cost-effective than the more traditional roles of separate internal and external auditing functions." --KENNETH LAY, former chairman and CEO of Enron...
Recently, Harvard, with all of us who live, work and study here, has been tainted—not only by the conflicts of interest of Harvard employees in HIID, but also by the University’s involvement in Enron and, earlier, in the Harken Energy Company. And these cases may well be just the tip of the iceberg—visible only when the company connected to Harvard attracts public attention...