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In the middle of this document is a reference to Joseph Nacchio who appears to be a rare CEO who was punished for respecting his customers' civil rights. Up until that moment he was lauded as a go-getter CEO.

I remember my impression of him at the time was that he was simply a tough CEO who could also be a bit of a jerk to his team. But he refused a government request to break the law and shortly thereafter was arrested. I don't know the merits of the government's case, but it was suspicious that nobody else in his notoriously corrupt industry ever got into trouble for their quite blatant corruption.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio



He’s out of jail now. I have always wanted to interview him.




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