E-mail a friendApril 15, 2008
Former WorldCom VP, Cynthia Cooper, describes the personal toll of being a whistle-blower and what it's like to face your boss in a courtroom. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges explains the title of his recent book, I Don't Believe in Atheists.
Cynthia Cooper
Cynthia Cooper
Former WorldCom VP describes the personal toll of being a whistle-blower. Full interview. (11:45)
Known for her role in uncovering corporate fraud at WorldCom, Cynthia Cooper was named one of three "People of the Year" by Time magazine in '02. She was previously the company's VP of internal audit, and her whistle-blowing resulted in the imprisonment of five execs, including the CEO. Now helming her own firm, she offers corporate ethics advice to corporations and business schools. Cooper tells the tale of the largest corporate fraud in history in her book, Extraordinary Circumstances.
Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges
Working for such publications as The Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges has spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He's also the best-selling author of such books as American Fascists, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning and, his latest, I Don't Believe in Atheists. Hedges holds a master's degree from Harvard Divinity School and is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute.