The world we live in - and no less importantly a clear demonstration that dishonesty or loss of integrity pays. Two examples.....
Example #1:
"Some members of the British Parliament felt News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch was not "fit" to lead his sprawling media company in the aftermath of the continuing phone-hacking scandal in London. But News Corp. directors felt differently, bestowing Murdoch with a $30-million compensation package in the company's 2012 fiscal year.
The amount, however, represented a nearly 10% decline -- or $3 million cut -- over Murdoch's fiscal 2011 compensation of $33.3 million, according to regulatory filings Tuesday.
In May, a divided committee of the British parliament investigating the phone-hacking scandal issued a stinging rebuke of the 81-year-old chief. In a report, the panel said Murdoch was "not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company." Murdoch has taken issue with the characterization, and remains at the helm of the global company.
More than 4,700 people had been identified as victims of illegal phone-hacking in Britain.
The media baron's 39-year-old son, James Murdoch, whose reputation was tarnished by his handling of the British phone-hacking scandal, did not suffer financially, according to the filing.
Example #2:
"In a bid to reshape his government halfway through its five-year term, Prime Minister David Cameron shook up his cabinet on Tuesday, but produced only one major surprise: the promotion of a Cameron insider, Jeremy Hunt, to health minister, despite his entanglement in a furor over ties between the prime minister’s inner circle and Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-tainted media empire.
The cabinet reshuffle had been billed by Cameron aides as a move to put a “reinvigorated face” on the government at a time when its political fortunes have been in the doldrums. In the face of political miscues and a recession-bound economy, political commentators have grown increasingly doubtful of the prospects for Mr. Cameron’s Conservative Party in a general election expected to be held in the spring of 2015."
Example #1:
"Some members of the British Parliament felt News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch was not "fit" to lead his sprawling media company in the aftermath of the continuing phone-hacking scandal in London. But News Corp. directors felt differently, bestowing Murdoch with a $30-million compensation package in the company's 2012 fiscal year.
The amount, however, represented a nearly 10% decline -- or $3 million cut -- over Murdoch's fiscal 2011 compensation of $33.3 million, according to regulatory filings Tuesday.
In May, a divided committee of the British parliament investigating the phone-hacking scandal issued a stinging rebuke of the 81-year-old chief. In a report, the panel said Murdoch was "not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company." Murdoch has taken issue with the characterization, and remains at the helm of the global company.
More than 4,700 people had been identified as victims of illegal phone-hacking in Britain.
The media baron's 39-year-old son, James Murdoch, whose reputation was tarnished by his handling of the British phone-hacking scandal, did not suffer financially, according to the filing.
Example #2:
"In a bid to reshape his government halfway through its five-year term, Prime Minister David Cameron shook up his cabinet on Tuesday, but produced only one major surprise: the promotion of a Cameron insider, Jeremy Hunt, to health minister, despite his entanglement in a furor over ties between the prime minister’s inner circle and Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-tainted media empire.
The cabinet reshuffle had been billed by Cameron aides as a move to put a “reinvigorated face” on the government at a time when its political fortunes have been in the doldrums. In the face of political miscues and a recession-bound economy, political commentators have grown increasingly doubtful of the prospects for Mr. Cameron’s Conservative Party in a general election expected to be held in the spring of 2015."
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