TITLE

ENRON, GLOBAL CROSSING, AND BEYOND: IMPLICATIONS FOR WORKERS

AUTHOR(S)

Stabile, Susan J.

PUB. DATE

September 2002

SOURCE

St. John's Law Review;Fall2002, Vol. 76 Issue 4, p815

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Discusses the correlation between the pay structure of executives and the type of behavior that led to the collapse of companies like Enron. Background on the pay structure for executives in the U.S.; Impact of executive misbehavior on employees; Provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act related to the protection of employees against executive misbehavior.

ACCESSION #

9177722

Tags: EXECUTIVE compensation;  EMPLOYEES;  ENRON Corp.

 

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