| Cooking the books: Does it happen in the laboratory? |
| Written by James O. Westgard, PhD, FACB | |||
Enron, Arthur Andersen,Worldcom, the list goes on and on. Corporate scandals have swept the nation. Executives have been cooking the books and playing with the numbers. Are we in the laboratory immune? Or have we been playing with our numbers, too? Dr. Westgard examines some of the current laboratory practices, including guidelines recently published, to see if the numbers add up. (Preview)
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