Criminal Sentencing and Punishment


Doing Business Behind Bars

With its carpeted cubicles and computer terminals, Stillwater Data Processing Systems Inc. looks like any other modern, high-technology office. At 5 p.m....  Read story

Captive Company

Customer service, quality control, employee morale -- business is a whole different ball game when you're running a prison for profit  Read story

Hazardous Waste Threatens CEOs

Accelerating EPA small business prosecution the expense of compliance.  Read story

Bill Pits Prisons Against Small Businesses

A measure passed by the House would allow businesses to compete for contracts once reserved for prison labor.  Read story

Some Good Earners

Preparing prison inmates to start businesses upon their release  Read story

Prison Entrepreneurship Guide

These programs offer prisoners around the country an opportunity to start new lives through entrepreneurship.  Read story

'Spam King' Gets Four Years

The head of a marketing firm that sent millions of spam e-mails is convicted of mail fraud.  Read story

Dispatches from the Web Economy

Quick takes on the Web economy's impact on the business world.  Read story

Barring Prison Labor

Your top rival? He may well be a guy serving 10 to 20.  Read story

Do the Right Thing -- or Else

New federal ethics rules apply to all companies, regardless of size.  Read story

Holdup or Holdout

Louisiana State penitentiary inmates produce an award-winning publication.  Read story

Guilty Plea in SBA Loan Scam

A Detroit financier this week pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and making false statements in acquiring more than $70 million in fraudulent loans from t...  Read story

High Concept: The Pen and Automated Teller

A new network of ATM-like touch-screen kiosks automates routine probation interviews for convicted felons.  Read story

Carl Rupp: Self-Made in America

Carl Rupp lost it all when his drug addiction landed him in prison. Well, almost everything--he never lost his determination to be a successful entrepreneur....  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Anne-Marie Faiola

Showing up to work in the right outfit makes the Segway a necessity.  Read story

The Business Year That Was

As the earth completes yet another revolution around the sun, it's time for reflection. What did you learn about the state of the entrepreneurial union in 2003?  Read story

When Bad Management Becomes Criminal

What was once thought of as a "bad management decision" can now land executives in jail.  Read story

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Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money "Tell Ahu-kinum: Immediately after you left for the trip, Imgur-Sin arrived here and claimed: "He owes me one-third of...  Read story

Let's Make a Deal

Meet the IRS halfway when trouble's afoot Here's some comforting news if you're in hot water with the IRS: not all transgression...  Read story

Running Alabama Like A Business

He trained for his job by lifting his barbell company to $43 million in sales.  Read story

The Legislative Front

Because the federal government has been so slow to act, 21 states have passed their own computer crime legislation, most of it related to defining computer c...  Read story

The Return of Martha Stewart

August 30, 2005 --After five months in prison, and another five months of home detention, Martha Stewart will resume working fulltime on W...  Read story

House Of Corrections

Your correction on S corporations was classic! I'm sure we all learned a valuable lesson. Thanks. EDITOR-NOTE: In our September issue, you m...  Read story

The Privacy Time Bomb

You're sitting on a privacy time bomb. Here's how to defuse it.  Read story

Better Still

I started working with my dad at age 15. Now, at 34, I look back on those years and want to say thanks for believing in me and giving me your skills and ...  Read story

Ask Inc.

Q As a convicted felon, will I find it difficult to take out loans and start a business? When I get out of jail, I'd li...  Read story

Learning to Love Whistleblowers

Some businesses that once feared whistleblowers are now giving workers new ways to report wrongdoing.  Read story

House Of Corrections

Why not do a column with Forde, dealing with his insight into white-collar crime, his views on the criminal mind, his perspective of life on the outside a...  Read story

Guest Speaker: Worshiping at Work

Bringing religion into your company can be a test of faith--but not in the way you might expect.  Read story

The Trouble With "the Trouble With S Corporations"

IN THE PAST, WE HAVE OCCASION-ally published articles about the hazards of dealing with outside experts. Now we have another such saga to report. It con...  Read story

Better Still

Talk about reverse chauvinism. It's one thing to say that daughters are equal to sons in business but to say they are better is ridiculous. What it comes...  Read story

House Of Corrections

Hurrah! A magazine that admits a mistake. But while admitting to being conned (pun intended), I'm not too sure you shouldn't have praised Mr. Forde...  Read story

House Of Corrections

What's all the fuss about? I don't care who writes an article or what the writer has written before. I do care that the information is useful and correc...  Read story

Better Still

I applaud you for recognizing an up-and-coming trend in today's family business ("Why Daughters Are Better," August). I, too, am "daddy's little girl," n...  Read story

Better Still

It wasn't until I came "home" that I found the career path, commitment, and rewards for which I was searching. My son is my husband's and my most interes...  Read story

Long Wave, - Inc. Article

Long Wave Location: Oklahoma City 2002 Revenue: $2.1 million Growth (1...  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

Including headphones for inmates, a chair with vertebrae, and props for peeved workers.  Read story

Why have I been hearing so much about business ethics and corporate responsibility lately?

Ethics in Business mentor Jeffrey Seglin responds: More and more people are wrestling with these issues. The Internet has been great...  Read story

Collection;

If your company has a collection problem because people are writing bad checks, you probably don't live in Maricopa County, Ariz. There, a bounced check ...  Read story

Law;

Whether or not your business employs foreign-born workers, the new immigration law affects you. Under the law, all employers must verify the identify and...  Read story

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