Martha Stewart - guilty or not?
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Martha Stewart - guilty or not?
| Sun, 03-07-2004 - 11:53am |
Martha Stewart - guilty or not?
- She is guilty, jail time is fair
- She is guilty, but jail time is too much
- She is not guilty, all should be forgotten
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>"who was drunk, speeding & ran a stop sign and killed a man"<
Link to article about sentence..........
http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail9.cfm?Id=22,29923
Our link.........
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-elinthenews/message.asp?webtag=iv-elinthenews&msg=5305.1
Thank you for the links!
I am sick of hearing her hollywood friends say "what she did didn't hurt anyone." That goes to prove how incredibly ignorant they are. All of the people that bough her shares of stock in Imclone that she sold were hurt pretty badly, wouldn't you agree????
I think the problem is still the fact that the primary reason they are going after her is because of her celebrity status.
James
janderson_ny@yahoo.com
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I think it should have been a mandatory 10 years.
If this was done purely because she is a celebrity (which is possible) then it is not entirely the right message to send out.
I think that this was done to show that no matter if you are a very big fish or a small fish, if you break the law, there are consequences....if that is the message that is received as a result, then it will be a good thing.
Martha Stewart isn't the "big fish" in this scenario, Haliburton, Enron, those are the "big fish" that these guys can't ever seem to get any results against.
James
janderson_ny@yahoo.com
CL Ask A Guy
Haliburton does need to clean up their act, but they have not cooked the books. One of the reasons why they are in the mess that they are in is because they are larger than any other company in the world, and in fact larger than all of their competitors combined in the field that they specialize in (I heard this on CNBC one evening, but wouldnt even know where to look to back this up).
The head of Tyco is going to probably see some jail time. The heads of Adelphia will probably go to jail, the head of Worldcomm, (Bernie Evers I think it is) is going to most likely see some jail time....so it looks like the Dept of Justice is at leat trying to get some things done, but with the way the laws are written, it is difficult to do more than they currently are.
I think we need an overhaul on corporate regulations, holding executive officers personally accountable (meaning in situations such as Enron, Imclone, Adelphia, Worldcomm, etc) they personal assets are not safe from being attached in the event of a guilty verdict. (I hope you understand what I am trying to say with this)
Things are being done, my DH is currently working on putting this in place in his co. from an IT perspective.
Securities and Exchange Commission | Mar 12, 2004
SEC Votes To Adopt Additional 8-K Requirements and To Propose Amendments to Form 20-F and Fund Manager Disclosure Requirements
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted to publish for comment proposed amendments to Form 20-F, to adopt additional reporting requirements on Form 8-K and to publish for comment proposed disclosure requirements for portfolio managers of mutual funds and other registered management investment companies......
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http://www.sarbanes-oxley.com/displaythread.php?message_id=3044&forum=news
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http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1136494
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