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Business Ethics: Remember When Enron was Overpriced?

Business ethics was a primary emphasis during my business education at Xavier University and Bowling Green State University . Among the sad stories of corruption over the last 20 years was the rise and fall of Enron. A number of officials at Enron managed to establish the energy/utilities company among a multitude of ambitious technology companies during the dot com boom and bust of the late 1990s/early 2000s. While I missed the opportunity to see Sherron Watkins speak at Xavier in 2003 , I did get to learn much more about Enron during MBA 583 class (now called MBA 5830) at BGSU in 2008 . The lessons learned remain with me today as I strive to be an ethical business professional and look to avoid the greed and deception that destroyed Enron. For reference, here is an article I wrote about Enron on Suite101.com . (As a side note, Suite101 has since changed its focus and no longer publishes articles like this.)