Cynthia Cooper

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Cynthia Cooper is an American accountant and whistleblower best known for exposing the WorldCom accounting fraud scandal.

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instanceOf American citizen
accountant
person
whistleblower
associatedWith WorldCom accounting scandal NERFINISHED
authorOf Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower NERFINISHED
awardReceived Time Person of the Year NERFINISHED
Time Person of the Year 2002 (as one of the whistleblowers) NERFINISHED
describedIn media coverage of corporate whistleblowers
educatedAt Mississippi State University NERFINISHED
University of Alabama NERFINISHED
employer WorldCom NERFINISHED
ethicsFocus corporate ethics
financial reporting integrity
fieldOfWork accounting
corporate governance
internal auditing
gender female
givenName Cynthia NERFINISHED
hasOccupationSpecialization Sarbanes–Oxley compliance
fraud detection
hasRole internal audit leader in uncovering WorldCom fraud
industry corporate accounting
telecommunications
influenced corporate whistleblowing practices in the United States
public perception of corporate fraud
knownFor WorldCom whistleblowing
exposing the WorldCom accounting fraud
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf WorldCom internal audit department NERFINISHED
name Cynthia Cooper NERFINISHED
nationality United States of America
surface form: United States
notableEvent exposed multi-billion-dollar accounting fraud at WorldCom
notableWork Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower NERFINISHED
occupation accountant
author
corporate executive
participatedIn investigation of WorldCom accounting fraud
placeOfBirth United States of America
surface form: United States
positionHeld Vice President of Internal Audit at WorldCom
spokeAt corporate governance conferences
ethics and compliance events
subjectOf articles about WorldCom scandal
business ethics case studies
workLocation Clinton, Mississippi NERFINISHED
Mississippi NERFINISHED

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Sherron Watkins coRecipientWith Cynthia Cooper