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Could It Have Prevented Enron Debacle?


Dedham, Mass.—January 23, 2002—
In the wake of the government's investigation into the collapse of Enron, Integrity Interactive Corporation announced a new web-based corporate compliance course that teaches employees about the serious consequences of a cover-up and the key strategies for stopping cover-ups before they start.

Integrity Interactive, an industry leader in delivering web-based compliance training solutions, has released "Cover-Up," the latest addition to its highly regarded lineup of corporate compliance courses.

"The manner in which a company and its employees respond to a problem is often as important—or even more important—than the problem itself," said Carl Nelson, president of Integrity Interactive. "Recent news accounts are dominated by suggestions that employees at both Enron and Arthur Andersen engaged in a cover-up of fraudulent accounting practices and other questionable conduct. This course illustrates that while problems occur in every business, dealing correctly with these problems is an important part of everyone's job. If an employee hides a problem—or 'covers it up'—it may actually be a crime."

Integrity Interactive applies the power of Internet learning technology to the challenge of teaching corporate employees how to comply with the various laws, regulations and policies that impact the workplace. Using an effective, story-based approach, "Cover Up" outlines the painful consequences of a cover-up and presents important strategies for putting a stop to one before it takes off.

The course reduces a company's legal exposure to cover-ups by ensuring that employees actually get trained in how to prevent a cover-up before one ever gets started. An electronic news bulletin regarding the seriousness of cover-ups and other information about how to prevent them from happening can be downloaded for free at www.integrity-interactive.com.

According to Kirk Jordan, vice president of compliance services at Integrity Interactive, there are four central lessons in the new course:
  • Don't Cover Up Product Problems;
  • Don't Cover Up Financial Problems;
  • Don't Lie To Investigators; and
  • Don't Destroy Evidence.
"In light of the recent front-page news events involving Enron and Andersen, this course is especially timely for companies to administer to their employees," said Jordan.

Integrity Interactive Corp. provides web-based compliance training and communications solutions to Fortune 1000 corporations. In addition to Cover Up, Integrity currently offers online training in more than 130 compliance topics, covering Antitrust, Insider Trading, Export Regulations, Earnings Management, FCPA, and Conflicts of Interest. The courses are designed by nationally recognized legal experts in corporate compliance and business ethics including the company's Compliance Services team of Joe Murphy, Kirk Jordan and Win Swenson.



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