Date: July 3, 2008
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Government officials told the company there would "no liability for past conduct" and no "conclusion on continuing the payments," according to a summary of the case filed by the prosecution.
“It’s hard to believe, but this all could lead to impeachment…” So says a high-level political appointee in the administration of Eliot Spitzer, Governor of the State of New York. Once the poster boy for corporate ethics, Spitzer is struggling to overcome a scandal that has already done huge damage to his fledgling administration.
What Would You Do? A real-life case study.
By Shel Horowitz
It wasn’t a story Roger Harris relished seeing on the front page of the local paper. As communications director for a nonprofit group of hospitals that prided itself on serving charity cases, he winced as he read. Elaine Peters, an 82-year-old living on Social Security, had seen half her monthly income vanish without her permission -- garnished from her checking account by the hospital’s collection agency.
If she donated $1,000 for a school to buy products, she would hit her million-dollar goal.