Cynthia Cooper - Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower

Pages: 416, Hardcover, Wiley

A courageous narrative of one woman's victory over corporate wrongdoing Written in an autobiographic style, Extraordinary Circumstances takes the reader through the journey of Cynthia Cooper-former WorldCom employee and Time magazine's 2002 Person of the Year-and her compelling story in exposing the largest corporate fraud in history. Following Cooper from her early upbringing in Mississippi, to her high-level position in WorldCom, to the issues of fraud that she confronted, to the fall of WorldCom, Extraordinary Circumstances is an insider's guide to the decision-making process that led her to blow the whistle and the role her personal faith and ethics played during this challenging time. Cynthia Cooper (Brandon, MS) was named one of Time magazine's 2002 Persons of the Year, along with fellow whistleblowers Coleen Rowley and Sherron Watkins. Ms. Cooper was inducted to the 2004 AICPA Hall of Fame, and is the first woman to receive this distinction. Ms. Cooper is also the 2003 recipient of the Accounting ...