Worldcom was an accounting scandal, not strictly speaking a RM scandal. It
was however one of the scandals that led to Sarbanes-Oxley in the US. 

See e.g. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldCom#Accounting_scandals

Cheers, 

Jesse Wilkins
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Link, Gary M.
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 6:53 AM
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Subject: Worldcom

Okay, I give up. I've been searching the list archives and Googling articles
and cannot find what I'm looking for. I'm preparing a presentation and I
just want to know what exactly the Worldcom bankruptcy had to do with
records management. I find countless articles with oblique references to how
the Worldcom scandal helped turn the spotlight on records management
practices, but in all those articles I do not find a mention of what exactly
was the records management mistake they made.

I'm not asking anyone to do any searching for me (Peter), partly because I
have read enough articles arleady. But if anyone happens to know off hand
the records management mistake Worldcom made, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Gary

Gary Link, CRM
Corporate Records Manager
Astorino
227 Fort Pitt Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA  15222
(412) 765-1700
www.Astorino.com


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