| Description |
xiii, 402 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-394) and index. |
| Contents |
A dark cloud -- Graduation day -- New beginnings -- Hotlanta -- The turnaround -- Coming home -- Building a new life -- King of the resellers -- The hottest company in town -- Nowhere to go but up -- A new era -- The glass sieve -- The tide comes in -- The minnow swallows the whale -- Finding balance -- Top of the mountain -- A double-edged sword -- A titan stumbles -- The rule of ten -- What is prepaid capacity? -- Growing suspicions -- A surprise visit -- The confrontation -- A desperate search for counsel -- Washington attorneys visit the deep South -- Navigating the storm -- A visit to federal court -- The United States versus Bernard J. Ebbers -- The judgment. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Cooper, Cynthia, 1964-
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Accountants -- United States -- Biography.
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Whistle blowing -- United States.
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WorldCom (Firm) -- Corrupt practices.
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| ISBN |
9780470124291 cloth |
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0470124296 cloth |
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