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Corporate Accountability

The Death and Rebirth of Accountability

Tom Morris | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, Responsibility, Corporate Accountability, Accountability, Recession, Business Ethics, Politics News
Tom Morris

How can there be a general ethos of solid and pervasive moral standards once more? We need good laws, and effective regulation. We need to restore an overall moral culture of accountability.

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Dear Mr. President: About Those Bonuses...

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: President Obama, Economic Collapse, Wall Street, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuse, Handing Out Bonuses, Economy, Recession Bonuses, Financial Crisis, Corporate Accountability, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

We in the business community are behind you 100% in your efforts to save our economy. But as you go, please be sensitive to the human cost that you may exact from those who can least afford to bear it.

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The Real Shame of Wall Street Bonuses

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Corporate Accountability, Wall Street Bonuses, Wall Street Still Gave Out Bonuses, Recession Bonuses, Handing Out Bonuses, Economy, Financial Crisis, Business News
Mark Winston Griffith

Obama's calling Wall Street bonuses "shameful" and citing Wall Street's actions as the "height of irresponsibility" may signal a significant shift in the government's tone towards corporate culture.

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Show Me the Money

Mark Winston Griffith | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Banks, Financial Crisis, Financial Bailout, Corporate Accountability, TARP Money, Economy, Business News
Mark Winston Griffith

The fact that no banks receiving TARP funds provided the Associated Press with specific answers on what they spent the money on is a giant middle finger to the American taxpayer.

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Bush Administration Made Complete Immunity for Negligent Corporations a Top Priority

Les Weisbrod | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Toys, Diana Levine, Supreme Court, Recalls, Lead, Les Weisbrod, US Supreme Court, Regulatory Agencies, Cpsc, Drugs, Pet Food, Corporate Accountability, Wyeth, American Association for Justice, Bush Administration, Fda, Attorneys General, Trial Lawyer, Pharma, Politics News
Les Weisbrod

In the past three years federal agencies, have engaged in a campaign to hand corporations a 'get-out-of jail-free' pass when their products have harmed consumers.

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Crime, Punishment and ExxonMobil

Robert Weissman | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Tort, Civil Justice, Lawsuits, Climate Change, Corporate Crime, Corporate Accountability, Global Warming, Exxon Valdez, Business News
Robert Weissman

The direct precedential value of the Exxon decision will cast an ominous shadow over state and federal court decisions on punitive damages for years to come.

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