I predict that in the years ahead Enron, not Sept. 11, will come to be seen as the greater turning point in U. S. society.
You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does. . . it's illegal.
The environment changed with Martha Stewart and Enron.
Enron and 911 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility.
Wouldn't it be great if all of Osama bin Laden's money was tied-up in Enron stock?
Are you familiar with 911? Building 7? You know what was in there? All the Enron stuff. I guess that building went down on its own.
George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected for a three-person commission investigating rules of war violation in the Gaza Strip. So tonight, her husband is getting a lifetime achievement award.
The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward greed.
In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.
Currently, we're finding that about 75 percent of potential jurors have anger or deep-seated hatred toward anyone associated with Enron.
When Enron collapsed, through court processes, thousands and thousands of emails came out that were internal, and it provided a window into how the whole company was managed. It was all the little decisions that supported the flagrant violations.
Bush began helping Enron in the eighties.
For business to survive over a long period, it needs to be contributing to society and people's well-being. Otherwise, who's going to want it? Otherwise you end up like Enron or some of these other companies.
Many Enron employees lost 70 percent to 90 percent of their retirement assets after the company indicated that it would re-state profit reports.
Because the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market in the West Coast starting in 2000.
But indeed a market like California is not good for Enron.
I take responsibility for what happened at Enron, both good and bad. But I cannot take responsibility for criminal conduct that I was unaware of.
I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.
The only beef Enron employees have with top management is that management did not inform employees of the collapse in time to allow them to get in on the swindle. If Enron executives had shouted, "Head for the hills!" the employees might have had time to sucker other Americans into buying wildly over-inflated Enron stock. Just because your boss is a criminal doesn't make you a hero.
