This is a great time to reinforce two things.
First, while records professionals can't always force a solid program, they
do need support from the highest levels of the company which I'm guessing
Worldcom may not have prioritized.
Second, records professionals are living in a new world where they must face
the challenge of electronic records and the challenge of strong
communication skills to alert their companies not just to the risks of poor
recordkeeping, but must communicate with the skill of a project manager the
benefits to the business of analyzing business processes and workflows so
company information is managed intentionally with integrity and efficiency
which can be demonstrated. Office politics can make you weary, but remember
Mark Langemo's encouragement that you CAN do it. The case is almost always
there.
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Worthington, Terrance
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:52 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [RM] Worldcom
Hi Gary,
I am ashamed to say, I was a Records Supervisor for Worldcom at those
timorous times.
You probably will not find anything that directly tired Records
Management with the bankruptcy. The Records Management Program Worldcom
had at the time, had no Records Liaisons, Records Committee or
Compliance oversight and was being managed by a records staff of only 4
people.
In my opinion, Records Management was by-product of the countless SEC
violations.
Terrance
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Link, Gary M.
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:53 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
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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