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Russ Banham, CFO.com | US
September 3, 2003

Cool!!

Hey, nice article dude!!

Posted by Priyanka Chetiwal | Dec 28, 2007 1:49 AM ET

BPO and Enron

I read the article and found it generally useful. However I was surprised to note that in using the Enron in India example you failed to note that Enron paid massive bribes and sold a project that was based on very questionable ethics and value. This was blatant enough that the opposition party was able to use their ouster as a campaign platform item.

As a recent Economist survey confirmed the US is very popular in India - it is appreciated more there than in any other country other than the US itself. India values its relationship with the US very much.

In this case they reacted adversely to a corrupt US company (and yes - politics in India can be very corrupt and if we play into that in an indiscriminate manner there can always be consequences - and also by US law bribery is illegal - remember the Lockheed scandal of the 70s). Calling Indians xenophobic for this reason is irresponsible and unfair - frankly your magazine seems to be the xenophobic party in this instance.

I am disappointed that a highly credible publication like yours would be so hyperbolic and demonstrate very poor judgement for the sake of a soundbite.

Posted by Thuky Thukral | Jul 13, 2006 1:16 PM ET