Chapter 12 - The Boardroom Convenes an Emergency Session Back Home
At the multinational corporation's Manhattan headquarters, the glass boardroom was bathed in the red glow of sunset.
The remaining eleven executive board members sat around the massive mahogany conference table in stunned silence.
The corporate seal gleamed proudly on the wall behind the empty CEO chair where Richard once sat in judgment.
“The federal audit teams have already secured the primary servers and financial archives,” the chief legal counsel reported.
“Are there any hidden liabilities or offshore accounts linked directly to Richard's personal code?” the interim chairman asked.
“We found three subsidiary shell accounts transferring funds improperly, but we are freezing them now,” counsel confirmed.
The board voted unanimously to issue a public apology to Maria and donate one million dollars to her favorite charity.
“We must signal to the public and our shareholders that our corporate culture has fundamentally changed,” a director urged.
“Integrity is no longer an optional guideline; it is the mandatory standard for every employee at this firm,” the chairman declared.
The news release was drafted, proofread, and published to wire services within forty-five minutes.
Wall Street analysts praised the swift, decisive action taken by the board to purge toxic leadership.
The corporation's stock rebounded sharply, proving that ethical accountability is good for business.
Back in his detention holding cell, Richard was denied bail due to extreme flight risk concerns.
His former colleagues didn't even mention his name during the board meeting, treating him like a ghost.
He had become a cautionary tale taught in business schools across the country as an example of what not to do.
The glass skyscraper he once ruled felt like a towering monument to his own spectacular failure.
True power belongs to those who serve others with humility, not those who terrorize them from above.
The corporate machine marched forward without missing a single beat, leaving him far behind in the dust.
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His name was scrubbed from company letterheads, directories, and historical plaques before midnight.
The era of corporate tyranny at the firm was dead and buried forever.
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