Extraordinary Circumstances, Custom Edition
1st Edition
Published on 4. May 2009
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-470-52830-3 (ISBN)
Description
Praise for Extraordinary Circumstances
"Outstanding! This page-turning account of the WorldCom fiasco reads like a suspense novel. I was on the edge of my seat to the last page. This book should be required reading for leaders everywhere."
-Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager
"Cooper's willingness to reveal her innermost thoughts as she dug makes for gripping reading."
-BusinessWeek
"Extraordinary Circumstances is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the dynamics of an accounting fraud."
-Bloomberg.com
"Readers.will find it easy to identify with both the employees who manipulated the telecommunications giant's financial statements and those who caught them."
-Reuters.com
"After reading the first few paragraphs of this compelling book, readers are motivated to set aside other tasks and continue to read the entire book.a compelling present-tense narrative that would actually make a good work of fiction.One of the biggest advantages of this storytelling style is that the action keeps moving."
-ScienceDirect, The International Journal of Accounting
"Extraordinary Circumstances is a terrific read.I highly recommend it."
-Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, founder and Chairman, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
"For executives, Cooper's experiences.offer lessons that are as fresh today as when the scandal first broke."
-CFO magazine
".trumps other WorldCom accounts with a perspective available only from a business-smart insider."
-Publishers Weekly
"Outstanding! This page-turning account of the WorldCom fiasco reads like a suspense novel. I was on the edge of my seat to the last page. This book should be required reading for leaders everywhere."
-Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager
"Cooper's willingness to reveal her innermost thoughts as she dug makes for gripping reading."
-BusinessWeek
"Extraordinary Circumstances is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the dynamics of an accounting fraud."
-Bloomberg.com
"Readers.will find it easy to identify with both the employees who manipulated the telecommunications giant's financial statements and those who caught them."
-Reuters.com
"After reading the first few paragraphs of this compelling book, readers are motivated to set aside other tasks and continue to read the entire book.a compelling present-tense narrative that would actually make a good work of fiction.One of the biggest advantages of this storytelling style is that the action keeps moving."
-ScienceDirect, The International Journal of Accounting
"Extraordinary Circumstances is a terrific read.I highly recommend it."
-Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, founder and Chairman, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
"For executives, Cooper's experiences.offer lessons that are as fresh today as when the scandal first broke."
-CFO magazine
".trumps other WorldCom accounts with a perspective available only from a business-smart insider."
-Publishers Weekly
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-52830-3 (9780470528303)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Cynthia Cooper was one of Time's 2002 Persons of the Year. She was the vice president of internal audit for WorldCom and subsequently MCI. Cynthia was featured as one of twenty-five influential working mothers in Working Mother, and earned the distinction of being the first woman to receive the AAA Accounting Exemplar Award and to be inducted into the AICPA Business & Industry Hall of Fame. Cooper resigned from MCI in 2004, following the company's successful emergence from bankruptcy, and now shares the lessons she has learned through her experiences with professionals and students. She and her husband Lance reside in Mississippi with their two daughters.
Content
Dedication.
Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
CHAPTER 1 A Dark Cloud.
CHAPTER 2 Graduation Day.
CHAPTER 3 New Beginnings.
CHAPTER 4 Hotlanta.
CHAPTER 5 The Turnaround.
CHAPTER 6 Coming Home.
CHAPTER 7 Building A New Life.
CHAPTER 8 King of the Resellers.
CHAPTER 9 The Hottest Company in Town.
CHAPTER 10 Nowhere to Go But Up.
CHAPTER 11 A New Era.
CHAPTER 12 The Glass Sieve.
CHAPTER 13 The Tide Comes In.
CHAPTER 14 The Minnow Swallows the Whale.
CHAPTER 15 Finding Balance.
CHAPTER 16 Top of the Mountain.
CHAPTER 17 A Double-Edged Sword.
CHAPTER 18 A Titan Stumbles.
CHAPTER 19 The Rule of Ten.
CHAPTER 20 What is Prepaid Capacity?
CHAPTER 21 Growing Suspicions.
CHAPTER 22 A Surprise Visit.
CHAPTER 23 The Confrontation.
CHAPTER 24 A Desperate Search For Counsel.
CHAPTER 25 Washington Attorneys Visit the Deep South.
CHAPTER 26 Navigating the Storm.
CHAPTER 27 A Visit to Federal Court.
CHAPTER 28 The United States Versus Bernard J. Ebbers.
CHAPTER 29 The Judgment.
EPILOGUE.
NOTES.
INDEX.
Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
CHAPTER 1 A Dark Cloud.
CHAPTER 2 Graduation Day.
CHAPTER 3 New Beginnings.
CHAPTER 4 Hotlanta.
CHAPTER 5 The Turnaround.
CHAPTER 6 Coming Home.
CHAPTER 7 Building A New Life.
CHAPTER 8 King of the Resellers.
CHAPTER 9 The Hottest Company in Town.
CHAPTER 10 Nowhere to Go But Up.
CHAPTER 11 A New Era.
CHAPTER 12 The Glass Sieve.
CHAPTER 13 The Tide Comes In.
CHAPTER 14 The Minnow Swallows the Whale.
CHAPTER 15 Finding Balance.
CHAPTER 16 Top of the Mountain.
CHAPTER 17 A Double-Edged Sword.
CHAPTER 18 A Titan Stumbles.
CHAPTER 19 The Rule of Ten.
CHAPTER 20 What is Prepaid Capacity?
CHAPTER 21 Growing Suspicions.
CHAPTER 22 A Surprise Visit.
CHAPTER 23 The Confrontation.
CHAPTER 24 A Desperate Search For Counsel.
CHAPTER 25 Washington Attorneys Visit the Deep South.
CHAPTER 26 Navigating the Storm.
CHAPTER 27 A Visit to Federal Court.
CHAPTER 28 The United States Versus Bernard J. Ebbers.
CHAPTER 29 The Judgment.
EPILOGUE.
NOTES.
INDEX.