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A Letter from Prison

By: Eugene F. Soltes
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:16
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Abstract

Stephen Richards, the former global head of sales at Computer Associates, Inc. (CA), is serving a seven-year prison sentence for financial fraud. In the case, Richards responds to a number of questions about managerial responsibility and the manipulation of financial performance in a letter written to a graduate student.

Keywords

Accounting; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Managerial Roles

Citation

Soltes, Eugene F. "A Letter from Prison." Harvard Business School Case 110-045, December 2009. (Revised March 2011.) (request a courtesy copy.)

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Eugene F. Soltes

Accounting and Management
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