Knowledge@wharton

On May 25 a federal jury convicted former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay and former Enron president Jeffrey Skilling on conspiracy and fraud charges with sentencing to be decided on September 11. As has been repeatedly noted in press coverage of this trial Enron is the incredible story of a once powerful company done in by a group of top executives whose greed and fraud was breathtaking even by post dot-com standards. But it is by no means the only high-profile criminal trial in recent days nor is it likely to be the last case brought by the government against CEOs who abuse their positions their stockholders their employees and the public trust. Thomas Dunfee chairman of Wharton’s legal studies and business ethics department and an expert on social contracts and the social responsibility of business talked to Knowledge at Wharton’s Mukul Pandya and Robbie Shell about the Enron verdict. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.