Comments on: 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics (2007) http://ethisphere.com/influential/ Essential reading for Directors, CEOs and General Counsel who see opportunity in ethical leadership Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:07:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sylvester Orbin http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-2237 Sylvester Orbin Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:56:44 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-2237 I am sure everyone love free review. I wonder if I am in your review ? I am sure everyone love free review. I wonder if I am in your review ?

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]]> By: anamericancynic http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-985 anamericancynic Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:51:47 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-985 Wow, was I disappointed to see this list. I mean how can you take any of it serious when you see likes of CEO's of Walmart and Waste Management in this list. What is your definition of corrupt? Mine usually includes steeling from the government to pay for your employees healthcare. Or not allowing in unions. Lets see, trying to get their fleet of trucks to go green, thats great, but how far have they actually gotten with that? First most of the fleet is still diesel based. And if they ever start to see a cost reduction in that pipe dream where is that savings going to go? Will it go to improving the salaries of employees to above minimum wage, doubtful, how about giving them healthcare, even more doubtful. Maybe you should have a checklist of 100 items or so for people to be considered ethical. It might pare down this list, but at least you wouldn't look like such a sell-out. Wow, was I disappointed to see this list. I mean how can you take any of it serious when you see likes of CEO’s of Walmart and Waste Management in this list. What is your definition of corrupt? Mine usually includes steeling from the government to pay for your employees healthcare. Or not allowing in unions. Lets see, trying to get their fleet of trucks to go green, thats great, but how far have they actually gotten with that? First most of the fleet is still diesel based. And if they ever start to see a cost reduction in that pipe dream where is that savings going to go? Will it go to improving the salaries of employees to above minimum wage, doubtful, how about giving them healthcare, even more doubtful. Maybe you should have a checklist of 100 items or so for people to be considered ethical. It might pare down this list, but at least you wouldn’t look like such a sell-out.

]]> By: networkmarketingaffiliateprogram http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-688 networkmarketingaffiliateprogram Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:47:31 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-688 Thank you very much for lending me your hand. Thank you very much for lending me your hand.

]]> By: Nina Shahin http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Nina Shahin Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:34:37 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-454 I have read today in the Wilmington newspaper The News Journal that the Delaware Supreme COurt Justice Myron Steel was named by your magazine the 9th in corporate ethics. This is a joke. At the moment my Petition for Writ of Certiorari has been docketed at the Supreme Court of the US under # 08-676. In that Petition the Petitioners (I and my husband) made charges of 'racketeerting activities' of Delaware judges and attorneys (as defined under the 18 U.S.C. section 1961 (1)). The Supreme Court Justice Myron Steel is involved in cover-up of the "racketeering activites" of the judge of the Superior Court Robert B. Young who committed offences of 'obstruction of justice' as defined in 18 U.S.C. sec. 1506, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1985(2) and 18 U.S.C. sec. 1513(e first). I filed a $ 9,000,000 lawsuit against 9 DE judges in federal court for the district of Delaware including Myron Steel for violation of my constitutional rights and inability to enforce the federal laws adopted by the US Congress to protect the rights of consumers (Regulations BB, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and Consumer Credit Protection Act.) The lawsuit has been docketed in the federal court under # 08-295 GMS. At the moment I filed Motions for sanctions against all attorneys in this case including the Deputy Attorney General of the State of DE. There is a mafia of judges and attorneys in the state of Delaware that prevent enforcement any laws protecting consumer in the state of Delaware and Honorable Myron Steel is presiding over that mafia. Your ranking is slap in the face of that fact and a complete mickery of the basic principles of ethics because no ethical rules could be enforced in the state of DE against judges or attorneys because there are no any meaningful structures or mechanisms for enforcing the ethics rules prmulgated by professional societies. The Supreme Court of DE presides over those procedures and I was unable to enforce any of the ethical rules, I have read today in the Wilmington newspaper The News Journal that the Delaware Supreme COurt Justice Myron Steel was named by your magazine the 9th in corporate ethics. This is a joke. At the moment my Petition for Writ of Certiorari has been docketed at the Supreme Court of the US under # 08-676. In that Petition the Petitioners (I and my husband) made charges of ‘racketeerting activities’ of Delaware judges and attorneys (as defined under the 18 U.S.C. section 1961 (1)). The Supreme Court Justice Myron Steel is involved in cover-up of the “racketeering activites” of the judge of the Superior Court Robert B. Young who committed offences of ‘obstruction of justice’ as defined in 18 U.S.C. sec. 1506, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1985(2) and 18 U.S.C. sec. 1513(e first). I filed a $ 9,000,000 lawsuit against 9 DE judges in federal court for the district of Delaware including Myron Steel for violation of my constitutional rights and inability to enforce the federal laws adopted by the US Congress to protect the rights of consumers (Regulations BB, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and Consumer Credit Protection Act.) The lawsuit has been docketed in the federal court under # 08-295 GMS. At the moment I filed Motions for sanctions against all attorneys in this case including the Deputy Attorney General of the State of DE. There is a mafia of judges and attorneys in the state of Delaware that prevent enforcement any laws protecting consumer in the state of Delaware and Honorable Myron Steel is presiding over that mafia. Your ranking is slap in the face of that fact and a complete mickery of the basic principles of ethics because no ethical rules could be enforced in the state of DE against judges or attorneys because there are no any meaningful structures or mechanisms for enforcing the ethics rules prmulgated by professional societies. The Supreme Court of DE presides over those procedures and I was unable to enforce any of the ethical rules,

]]> By: B-Mac http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-413 B-Mac Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:00:37 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-413 Wal Mart urges es me to be mad because they lie bout there prices and therefore im going broker!!!!!!!!! Wal Mart urges es me to be mad because they lie bout there prices and therefore im going broker!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Anthony http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-343 Anthony Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:08:50 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-343 How could this be called Global list. almost 90% of the people on the list are from either Europe or America. If you actually searched deep, you might have found some other people from either Asia or Africa that should be on there. How could this be called Global list. almost 90% of the people on the list are from either Europe or America. If you actually searched deep, you might have found some other people from either Asia or Africa that should be on there.

]]> By: glen http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-209 glen Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:45:11 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-209 nice topic and i learned many things in this blog i appreciate who make this blog thanks _______________________________________________________ glen A team of successful entrepreneurs credited for www.SelectWealthSystem.com A new home-based-business marketing system that provides the strategic high ground for internet marketing. Pro Team Marketing uses an automated marketing system that is currently promoting a cutting-edge young company, entering the early growth stage, that targets the largest consumer base in the United States with their financial educational products. http://www.SelectWealthSystem.com __________________________________________________________- glen <a href="http://www.SelectWealthSystem.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.SelectWealthSystem.com</a> nice topic and i learned many things in this blog i appreciate who make this blog thanks
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]]> By: Dr Haluk F GURSEL http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Dr Haluk F GURSEL Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:24:04 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-182 Gentlemen, I would like to send you my CV to judge whether I should be among 100 Most Influential in Business Ethics. I am currently Chief Compliance Enhancement in a UN organization. Here is my biodata: Dr. Haluk Ferden Gursel, MA, CFE, CPA, CGFM, CFS Chief Compliance, UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL PROGRAMME ON AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Haluk F. Gursel has been Senior Internal Auditor with the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO) internal audit office in Geneva, Switzerland since 1980. He also served as the investigative team leader of various fraud or suspected fraud cases. Dr. Gursel’s duties have taken him to a great number of WHO’s member countries for investigation, evaluation, and audit tasks, including Cuba and North Korea. In addition to regular audits, he has performed special investigative assignments of great sensitivity at the request of senior management. Dr. Gursel’s previous positions include general inspector of finance, government auditor, and bank auditor in Turkey (1967-1980). His responsibilities included a leadership role in the negotiation of the IMF’s rescue package for the country in the late 1970s. As part of his inspector tasks, he planned and performed evaluations and audits on various non-governmental institutions including the country’s Central Bank and Central Intelligence Agency, as well as private companies. He also performed investigations and expert witness tasks concerning fraud-related cases to the penal courts. Dr. Gursel has published six books on financial and accounting issues and nearly 100 articles and contributed to numerous publications. He is a regular speaker at workshops and seminars. In addition, he is adjunct Professor at Webster University in Geneva. Recently, he taught the ACFE Higher Education Initiative courses “Fraud Detection and Examination in Today’s Business Environment” and "Fraud Prevention". Currently, he is the coordinator of the Webster University Certificate Programme on Fraud Prevention, Detection and Investigation. Dr. Gursel is the President Emeritus of the ACFE’s Chapter in Geneva, Switzerland and past Training Director of the Central European Chapter in Germany and has been instrumental in setting up several European Chapters and institutions against fraud. He is also the holder of the 2004 ACFE Outstanding Achievement Award in Anti-Fraud Education. In 2005, Dr. Gursel has been recognized as the Person of the Year Abroad by the Turkish newspaper ‘Hurriyet', a large media publication company with around a million newspapers in print daily. He is also past President and founding member of the Swiss Council on Occupational Fraud. In 2005, he has completed the work with the United Nations as adviser for the UN Fraud Prevention and Anti-Corruption Framework and when retired was working on the accountability framework in his workplace. Following his work to upgrade the Pan American Health Organization Oversight Department and establish an Audit Committee, currently he is Chief Compliance Enhancement, UNAIDS. His contact e-mails: halukgursel@hotmail.com and hgursel@gmail.com Best regards. Gentlemen,
I would like to send you my CV to judge whether I should be among 100 Most Influential in Business Ethics. I am currently Chief Compliance Enhancement in a UN organization.
Here is my biodata:
Dr. Haluk Ferden Gursel, MA, CFE, CPA, CGFM, CFS
Chief Compliance,
UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL PROGRAMME ON AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Haluk F. Gursel has been Senior Internal Auditor with the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO) internal audit office in Geneva, Switzerland since 1980. He also served as the investigative team leader of various fraud or suspected fraud cases.

Dr. Gursel’s duties have taken him to a great number of WHO’s member countries for investigation, evaluation, and audit tasks, including Cuba and North Korea. In addition to regular audits, he has performed special investigative assignments of great sensitivity at the request of senior management.

Dr. Gursel’s previous positions include general inspector of finance, government auditor, and bank auditor in Turkey (1967-1980). His responsibilities included a leadership role in the negotiation of the IMF’s rescue package for the country in the late 1970s. As part of his inspector tasks, he planned and performed evaluations and audits on various non-governmental institutions including the country’s Central Bank and Central Intelligence Agency, as well as private companies. He also performed investigations and expert witness tasks concerning fraud-related cases to the penal courts.

Dr. Gursel has published six books on financial and accounting issues and nearly 100 articles and contributed to numerous publications. He is a regular speaker at workshops and seminars. In addition, he is adjunct Professor at Webster University in Geneva. Recently, he taught the ACFE Higher Education Initiative courses “Fraud Detection and Examination in Today’s Business Environment” and “Fraud Prevention”. Currently, he is the coordinator of the Webster University Certificate Programme on Fraud Prevention, Detection and Investigation.
Dr. Gursel is the President Emeritus of the ACFE’s Chapter in Geneva, Switzerland and past Training Director of the Central European Chapter in Germany and has been instrumental in setting up several European Chapters and institutions against fraud. He is also the holder of the 2004 ACFE Outstanding Achievement Award in Anti-Fraud Education. In 2005, Dr. Gursel has been recognized as the Person of the Year Abroad by the Turkish newspaper ‘Hurriyet’, a large media publication company with around a million newspapers in print daily. He is also past President and founding member of the Swiss Council on Occupational Fraud. In 2005, he has completed the work with the United Nations as adviser for the UN Fraud Prevention and Anti-Corruption Framework and when retired was working on the accountability framework in his workplace. Following his work to upgrade the Pan American Health Organization Oversight Department and establish an Audit Committee, currently he is Chief Compliance Enhancement, UNAIDS.
His contact e-mails: halukgursel@hotmail.com and hgursel@gmail.com

Best regards.

]]> By: Alex http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Alex Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:52:21 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-170 I have to agree with what several other posters have said - Wal-Mart's environmental promises have only served to cover up the company's other, equally damaging practices. Not only has the company done little to achieve the environmental goals you praise (which, as an aside, don't even address all of the environmental problems with Wal-Mart's business model), it's also failed to address the numerous other ethical concerns lobbied against it. Why aren't employees' wages, health care, use of sweatshops and the economic impact on small communities part of your "ethical" considerations? I have to agree with what several other posters have said – Wal-Mart’s environmental promises have only served to cover up the company’s other, equally damaging practices. Not only has the company done little to achieve the environmental goals you praise (which, as an aside, don’t even address all of the environmental problems with Wal-Mart’s business model), it’s also failed to address the numerous other ethical concerns lobbied against it. Why aren’t employees’ wages, health care, use of sweatshops and the economic impact on small communities part of your “ethical” considerations?

]]> By: Dialethik http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Dialethik Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:49:32 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-168 You broke down all of the winners into nine core categories, it's a good idea. But i don't understand why there is no organizational communication categorie. Communication and especially dialogical communication is one of the most important part of business ethics. www.dialethik.com You broke down all of the winners into nine core categories, it’s a good idea. But i don’t understand why there is no organizational communication categorie. Communication and especially dialogical communication is one of the most important part of business ethics.

http://www.dialethik.com

]]> By: Dialethic http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Dialethic Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:43:48 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-167 Your business ethics award is a brilliant idea. But I don't understand why there is no organizational communication award. One of the most important thing for ethic is normally communication especially dialogical communication?. www.dialethik.com Your business ethics award is a brilliant idea. But I don’t understand why there is no organizational communication award.
One of the most important thing for ethic is normally communication especially dialogical communication?.

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]]> By: Thad Wilson http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Thad Wilson Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:18:33 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-165 Once again, you guys have found yet another way to trivialize the entire professional ethics field, and all those who labor in it. I note that you also didn't bother to disclose that you have working relationships with several of the people on this list. Some of them are even CLIENTS of yours. You people have no understanding of the field, no love of the cause, and a endless thirst for sensationalism. You have no shame. <strong><em>Ethisphere Response:</em></strong> <strong>Possibly you are referring to a few of our keystone partners who made the list. We’d like to point out that they are on the list for the same reason we work with them: their excellent work within the business ethics community. Ethisphere doesn’t have ‘clients’ as you mention, but members of the Ethisphere Council – a group of businesses interested in furthering ethical business practices – did make it on our list. These companies did not provide input into deciding how the list was constructed.</strong> Once again, you guys have found yet another way to trivialize the entire professional ethics field, and all those who labor in it. I note that you also didn’t bother to disclose that you have working relationships with several of the people on this list. Some of them are even CLIENTS of yours. You people have no understanding of the field, no love of the cause, and a endless thirst for sensationalism. You have no shame.

Ethisphere Response:

Possibly you are referring to a few of our keystone partners who made the list. We’d like to point out that they are on the list for the same reason we work with them: their excellent work within the business ethics community. Ethisphere doesn’t have ‘clients’ as you mention, but members of the Ethisphere Council – a group of businesses interested in furthering ethical business practices – did make it on our list. These companies did not provide input into deciding how the list was constructed.

]]> By: Debra http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Debra Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:25:32 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-164 Remember, this list is the most INFLUENTIAL people in business ethics, not the most ethical! Read the prologue to the results! Many of those listed did unethical things that got their stakeholders and the public talking about ethics! That's noteworthy. Remember, this list is the most INFLUENTIAL people in business ethics, not the most ethical! Read the prologue to the results! Many of those listed did unethical things that got their stakeholders and the public talking about ethics! That’s noteworthy.

]]> By: John Hiatt http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-161 John Hiatt Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:04:12 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-161 I'd like to know how in the world the CEo of Wal-Mart ranked #4 on this list. They are being sued for millions over labor law violations and have a miserable reputation for sharp business practices when it comes to dealing with their suppliers. Hardly a model organization, and if this guy is ethically tops then so much for the concept of "setting the tone at the top." I’d like to know how in the world the CEo of Wal-Mart ranked #4 on this list. They are being sued for millions over labor law violations and have a miserable reputation for sharp business practices when it comes to dealing with their suppliers. Hardly a model organization, and if this guy is ethically tops then so much for the concept of “setting the tone at the top.”

]]> By: Michael DeKort http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Michael DeKort Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:43:11 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-151 #41 Maryanne Lavan - You did not do your homework Check the lead article in Corporate Counsel this month – Attention Must Be Paid - as well as the text from the House Transportation Committee Coast Guard Deepwater hearings April 18th of last year. A hearing she was under subpoena to testify at. She was there to tell the committee why she didn't do what she should have in her previous role as VP of Ethics for Lockheed Martin. I know this because I am the whistleblower the article mentions. More can be found searching on my name and "Deepwater" #41 Maryanne Lavan – You did not do your homework
Check the lead article in Corporate Counsel this month – Attention Must Be Paid – as well as the text from the House Transportation Committee Coast Guard Deepwater hearings April 18th of last year. A hearing she was under subpoena to testify at. She was there to tell the committee why she didn’t do what she should have in her previous role as VP of Ethics for Lockheed Martin. I know this because I am the whistleblower the article mentions. More can be found searching on my name and “Deepwater”

]]> By: Michael DeKort http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Michael DeKort Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:30:33 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-149 You didn't do your homework on #41 http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1198058690626 http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=143 http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3294549&C=america Search on my name and Deepwater and you will see much more Feel free to contact me to discuss You didn’t do your homework on #41
http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1198058690626

http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=143

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3294549&C=america
Search on my name and Deepwater and you will see much more

Feel free to contact me to discuss

]]> By: Jeff http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Jeff Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:53:34 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-145 You obviously didn't do any research You obviously didn’t do any research

]]> By: Ryan http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Ryan Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:16:50 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-142 Kirk Hanson is alive. Thus, he deserves second place. If we forget about Wharton for a second, perhaps even first. Kirk Hanson is alive. Thus, he deserves second place. If we forget about Wharton for a second, perhaps even first.

]]> By: barbara h. http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-141 barbara h. Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:11:40 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-141 Is your 100 ethics list for real? The mistress of the Chinese who? the unamed employee? GAVEN Newsome, good grief! AND, Arnold Schwartzenager...whatever, in California. This is a joke. Right? :) Is your 100 ethics list for real? The mistress of the Chinese who? the unamed employee? GAVEN Newsome, good grief! AND, Arnold Schwartzenager…whatever, in California. This is a joke. Right? :)

]]> By: Anahita http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Anahita Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:51:07 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-139 How come yr list has very few thought leaders from Asia or Africa? Like most publications coming out of developed countires, you have looked at people about whom information is readily avalible to you ... why dont you dig a little deeper and go beyond the obvious? How come yr list has very few thought leaders from Asia or Africa? Like most publications coming out of developed countires, you have looked at people about whom information is readily avalible to you … why dont you dig a little deeper and go beyond the obvious?

]]> By: Colleen http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Colleen Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:13:08 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-138 Definition of ethics: the discipline dealing with what is good & bad and with moral duty and obligation. What's ethical (or moral)about mandatory extra shift work and NOT paying overtime because the employee had a holiday or vacation day in the TWO WEEK reporting period? Anne Mulcahy was VP of Human Resources at XEROX for some time. Something is wrong with the investigations and conclusions of these decisions. Of any corporation, where there is a CEO that spent time in any Human Resource dept., I would expect an ethical, moral watchful eye over human rights and the simple abuses of management over subordinates. The Xerox Service organization has some blatant issues that are not getting fixed. Employees are afraid of retaliation. Definition of ethics: the discipline dealing with what is good & bad and with moral duty and obligation. What’s ethical (or moral)about mandatory extra shift work and NOT paying overtime because the employee had a holiday or vacation day in the TWO WEEK reporting period? Anne Mulcahy was VP of Human Resources at XEROX for some time. Something is wrong with the investigations and conclusions of these decisions. Of any corporation, where there is a CEO that spent time in any Human Resource dept., I would expect an ethical, moral watchful eye over human rights and the simple abuses of management over subordinates. The Xerox Service organization has some blatant issues that are not getting fixed. Employees are afraid of retaliation.

]]> By: Michael http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Michael Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:40:00 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-137 I'm not sure I understand (or agree) with the default connection between environmentalism and ethical corporate governance. One does not necessarily lead to or promote the other. As ethics is the central purpose of Ethisphere, if you think the environmental work is important, then have a separate list. But I see names on this list that are ostensibly being rewarded for promoting ethics that have made no apparent contribution to that end; rather they have moved their companies to be more "green". I’m not sure I understand (or agree) with the default connection between environmentalism and ethical corporate governance. One does not necessarily lead to or promote the other. As ethics is the central purpose of Ethisphere, if you think the environmental work is important, then have a separate list. But I see names on this list that are ostensibly being rewarded for promoting ethics that have made no apparent contribution to that end; rather they have moved their companies to be more “green”.

]]> By: Jim O'Hara http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Jim O'Hara Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:27:44 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-136 You put Nacchio on the reviled list because he refused to break the law and give US citizen's phone records to the NSA without a warrant? In fact he was the *only* telcom CEO with the ethical backbone to stand up to the NSA. He stood his ground even though the retribution was the NSA canceling their contract with Quest, which lowered profits, and that caused the stock price to drop. That drop in stock price allowed the government to bring him up on insider trading charges because he sold stock before the contracts were canceled. Now the administration is trying to get a law passed giving retroactive immunity to the telcoms that did break the law and cooperate with the NSA. I think your view of Nacchio is completely wrong. He should be at the top of the ethics list. He refused to break the law when pressured by the NSA to do so. You put Nacchio on the reviled list because he refused to break the law and give US citizen’s phone records to the NSA without a warrant? In fact he was the *only* telcom CEO with the ethical backbone to stand up to the NSA. He stood his ground even though the retribution was the NSA canceling their contract with Quest, which lowered profits, and that caused the stock price to drop. That drop in stock price allowed the government to bring him up on insider trading charges because he sold stock before the contracts were canceled.

Now the administration is trying to get a law passed giving retroactive immunity to the telcoms that did break the law and cooperate with the NSA.

I think your view of Nacchio is completely wrong. He should be at the top of the ethics list. He refused to break the law when pressured by the NSA to do so.

]]> By: Roger http://ethisphere.com/influential/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Roger Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:47:02 +0000 http://ethisphere.com/influential/#comment-132 They are influential for them ,they need to do something great for the society .That would really make them influential . They are influential for them ,they need to do something great for the society .That would really make them influential .

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