Enron Flashcards
Lawyer
“I could explain to you how it works but, I don’t have the time and you don’t have the money”
Roe - post sex
‘she tosses the kleenex away deliberately casually and confidently strides from the office
Lay
‘I believe in God, I believe in democracy and I believe in the company
Roe - moral turning point
you need smart people around. To disagree with you.’
Skimming - enron is a lie
“I don’t mind taking losses. But I can’t report taking losses”
Skilling - corrupt
’Doesn’t matter how you win - as long as you win!’
Rees
‘About the demise and collapse of power’
Skilling, innocence
being innocent makes me innocent, right?
Skilling, power
‘I am enron’
Lucy prebble
“I think the audience will be shocked by the hubris that was Enron”
Lawyer, truth
“Sell it to you as the truth”
Ken Lay, post fall of Enron
“Once you bury a dead dog you don’t dig it up to smell it”
Bethany Maclean
‘the power of self delusion and how people rationalise and deceive themselves’
Prebble - right wing
‘I am drawn to exploring the right wing’
Billington
‘Prebble’s overwhelming point is that nothing has been learned’
