Now that Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling have been found guilty of multiple charges in one of the most publicized United States business scandals, what will their sentences actually be? What’s next for corporate America and how has this scandal and others affected American business? What has happened to the Americans who not only lost their jobs after Enron’s demise, what about the pensions that were lost?

Hopefully, corporate leaders will cease and desist with deceptive practices. The truth is, they probably won’t. Have drug laws stopped illegal drugs in the United States? Exactly.

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