10/14/2004

martha & prison

Martha Stewart has plans on writing a prison diary during her 5 month stay in prison, a deal worth up to $5 million. Being the business women that she is, she has found a way to make even more money off of her inside trading scandals. If published the book could be out by August 2005. It seems as though some people can turn a criminal punishment into a monetary gain. Martha’s business antics has made her rich and infamous. Her business mal-practice has landed her in the penitentiary. Ethics in business as stated by many is lacking. The lack of ethics is causing ripples of confidence amongst consumers globally and Martha is continuing to make a mockery of the judicial and capital institution of America.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/14/news/newsmakers/martha_book/index.htm

3 comments:

Kristin and Scottie said...

There will always be more fame in people that do wrong with their lives rather than right. Martha Stewart will be towards the top of conversation until she gets out of prison. Once she goes back to her normal live, people will not care to hear about her anymore. I agree with stevepadilla2 that "people can turn a criminal punishment into a monetary gain." Books will always be written about what the accused did wrong. The majority of our society, today, is more interested in reality than anything else. It isn't an ethical issue but more of what sells.

Ernie said...

This is not just Martha's doing, the rest of the world is to blame as well. Why would people approach Martha to write a tell-all about her prison experience? The public has a voracious appetite for such things.

Dr. Tufte said...

Hmmm. I thought that it wasn't legal to sell prison memoirs for profit. Maybe I'm wrong. If I am, this will just prove that there is no bad publicity.