Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower

"Outstanding! This page–turning account of the WorldCom fiasco reads like a suspense novel. I was on the edge of my seat to the last page. ...This book should be required reading for leaders everywhere."
—Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager
Available for the first time in paperback, Extraordinary Circumstances recounts Cooper′s journey from her close family upbringing in a small Mississippi town to being named one of Time′s 2002 Persons of the Year. She 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.
Extraordinary Circumstances makes it clear that the tone set at the top is critical to fostering an ethical environment in the workplace. 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.

Nota biograficzna:

Cynthia Cooper was one of Time′s 2002 Persons of the Year. She was the vice president of internal audit for WorldCom and subsequently MCI. Cynthia was featured as one of twenty–five influential working mothers in Working Mother magazine, and earned the distinction of being the first woman to receive the AAA Accounting Exemplar Award and to be inducted into the AICPA Business & Industry Hall of Fame. She resigned from MCI in 2004, following the company′s successful emergence from bankruptcy, and now shares the lessons she has learned through her experiences with professionals and students. She and her husband Lance reside in Mississippi with their two daughters.

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"Outstanding! This page–turning account of the WorldCom fiasco reads like a suspense novel. I was on the edge of my seat to the last page. ...This book should be required reading for leaders everywhere."
—K en Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager
Available for the first time in paperback, Extraordinary Circumstances recounts Cooper′s journey from her close family upbringing in a small Mississippi town to being named one of Time′s 2002 Persons of the Year. She 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.
Extraordinary Circumstances makes it clear that the tone set at the top is critical to fostering an ethical environment in the workplace. 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.