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Oct. 1, 2006

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The options scandal may be spreading to the advisors and directors who permitted backdating to happen. By Thomas Brom

By Thomas Brom
     
      Bad Timing
      Where do corporate scandals come from?" to paraphrase Chairman Mao. "Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the minds of executives? No. They come from social practice."
      In the case of backdated stock options, they apparently come from lots of practice. The discovery by acade...

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