{"product_id":"extraordinary-circumstances-isbn-9780470443316","title":"Extraordinary Circumstances","description":"The longer WorldCom Chief Audit Executive Cynthia Cooper stares at the entries in front of her, the more sinister they seem. But the CFO is badgering her to delay her team's audit of the company's books and directing others to block Cooper's efforts. Still, something in the pit of her stomach tells her to keep digging. Cooper takes readers behind the scenes on a riveting, real-time journey as she and her team work at night and behind closed doors to expose the largest fraud in corporate history. Whom can they trust? Could she lose her job? Should she fear for her physical safety?  \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Circumstances\u003c\/i\u003e, she recounts for the first time her journey from her close family upbringing in a small Mississippi town, to working motherhood and corporate success, to the pressures of becoming a whistleblower, to being named one of Time's 2002 Persons of the Year. She also provides a rare insider's glimpse into the spectacular rise and fall of WorldCom, a telecom titan, the darling of Wall Street, and a Cinderella story for Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith remarkable candor, Cooper discusses her struggle to overcome these challenges, and how she has found healing through sharing the lessons learned with the next generation. This book reminds us all that ethical decision-making is not forged at the crossroads of major events but starts in childhood, \"decision by decision and brick by brick.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt a time when corporate dishonesty is dominating public attention, \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Circumstances\u003c\/i\u003e makes it clear that the tone set at the top is critical to fostering an ethical environment in the work-place. Provocative, moving, and intensely personal, Extraordinary Circumstances is a wake-up call to corporate leaders and an intimate glimpse at a scandal that shook the business world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDedication vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1 A Dark Cloud 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2 Graduation Day 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3 New Beginnings 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4 Hotlanta 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5 The Turnaround 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6 Coming Home 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 7 Building A New Life 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 8 King of the Resellers 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 9 The Hottest Company in Town 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 10 Nowhere to Go But Up 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 11 A New Era 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 12 The Glass Sieve 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 13 The Tide Comes In 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 14 The Minnow Swallows the Whale 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 15 Finding Balance 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 16 Top of the Mountain 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 17 A Double-Edged Sword 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 18 A Titan Stumbles 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 19 The Rule of Ten 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 20 What is Prepaid Capacity? 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 21 Growing Suspicions 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 22 A Surprise Visit 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 23 The Confrontation 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 24 A Desperate Search For Counsel 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 25 Washington Attorneys Visit the Deep South 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 26 Navigating the Storm 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 27 A Visit to Federal Court 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 28 The United States Versus Bernard J. Ebbers 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 29 The Judgment 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEPILOGUE 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNOTES 368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINDEX 395\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCYNTHIA COOPER\u003c\/b\u003e was one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e'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 \u003ci\u003eWorking Mother\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and earned the distinction of being the first woman  to receive the AAA Accounting Exemplar Award and to be inducted into the AICPA Business \u0026amp;  Industry Hall of Fame. She 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.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Ken Blanchard,\u003c\/b\u003e coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe One Minute Manager  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time in paperback, \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Circumstances \u003c\/i\u003erecounts Cooper's journey from her close family upbringing in a small  Mississippi town to being named one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's 2002 Persons of the Year. She provides a rare insider's glimpse into the spectacular rise and fall  of WorldCom, a telecom titan, the darling of Wall Street, and a Cinderella story for Mississippi.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Circumstances\u003c\/i\u003e makes it clear that the tone set at the top is critical  to fostering an ethical environment in the workplace.  Provocative, moving, and  intensely personal, \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Circumstances \u003c\/i\u003eis a wake-up call to corporate  leaders and an intimate glimpse at  a scandal that shook the business world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989191278821,"sku":"NP9780470443316","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470443316.jpg?v=1761783149","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/extraordinary-circumstances-isbn-9780470443316","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}