{"id":474,"date":"2011-10-23T13:53:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T20:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ideajones.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2011-10-23T13:53:34","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T20:53:34","slug":"exposing-fraud-is-unprofessional-corporate-hall-of-shame-award-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideajones.com\/?p=474","title":{"rendered":"Exposing Fraud is Unprofessional? – Corporate Hall of Shame Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Blissful Ignorance” Award for encouraging fraud: Southern California Edison<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to a story in the Sunday newspaper, Xavier Alvarez was strutting around claiming to be (among other things) a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Alvarez, a member of the Three Valleys Water District Board in Southern California (that part’s true), ran into Southern California Edison employee Melissa Anne Campbell in the course of their duties. Campbell, a Marine veteran, told the FBI she had doubts about Alvarez’s claim. So Cal Edison’s response? Campbell says she was told “that exposing Alvarez as a fraud was unprofessional.” The FBI disagreed, and Alvarez was charged under the Stolen Valor Act of 2006, which makes it a “federal crime to falsely claim to have been awarded a Medal of Honor or other congressionally authorized military decorations.”<\/p>\n

So Cal Edison did something about it, too — they fired Campbell. <\/p>\n

So Cal Edison’s priorities are clear. Fortunately for the rest of us, so are Campbell’s, who, after being dumped by So Cal Edison found work as a preschool teacher. (Alvarez pleaded guilty, while reserving his right to appeal, and was sentenced to probation, a fine, and 400 hours service in a veterans hospital.)<\/p>\n

Presumably, So Cal Edison didn’t use the outing of Alvarez as their official reason for canning Campbell. But if their stance is that revealing fraud is unprofessional, maybe somebody needs to take a closer look at their books.<\/p>\n

The Sacramento Bee, Oct. 23, 2011 – Pg A1, A14: When heroism is built upon lies, by Sam Stanton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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