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enron and worldcom -- how about worldcom ask if this companies had listened to whistleblowers insideeir organization, they could have righted the ship before these companies went belly up. if you're a smart ceo yo you are going to want to create a climate in which people feel comfortable telling you something needs to be fixed. that's hard to do. you have to be a pretty self-confident human to be able to take that kind of criticism, but there are leaders like that, and they are extraordinary. [inaudible] >> let them hear from you. i love hearing questions from chicago. i'm from chicago, so it makes me really happy to be -- i was born here is what i'm trying to say. i don't live here anymore. [inaudible] does this pertain to the #me too movement as well? if corporations had paid attention to some of this -- [inaudible] >> i think that's really true, and open the book by talking about that because there were whistleblowers in the #me too movement because let's face it, what was happening was everybody knows that's wrong. they're all these laws on the books but sometimes that powerful d

tell the world, worldcom is a massive fraud. it was a moment. bernie ebbers walking through his hometown unexpectedly when he joined us on that day wow, can it really possibly be 16-plus years ago? it seems hard to imagine, but i think it is. >> amazing >> right before that big blackout hit the northeast but, jim, you look at what he got. >> that incredibly long sentence. >> yes >> oh my god and an enron, you go got it. >> nobody. >> nobody. >> angelo ma zillow, maybe he's watching i mention him out of so many executives >> tom west who is now the general council of uber did his best but they went after the money. >>> coming up, we'll talk about the business of cannabis take a look at canopy growth jim mechanintioned it in his ma dash we'll have an interview with the ceo. "squawk on the street" will be right back as a principal i can tell you this. when one student gets left behind, we all get left behind. this is a problem that affects each and every one of us. together with ibm, we created a whole new kind of school called p-tech. within six y

[laughter] enron and worldcom.ifd those companies listened to whistleblowers inside of your wn organization, they could have righted the ship before the companies went belly up. if you are a smart ceo, you are going to want to create a climate in which people feel comfortable in telling you when something needs toth be fixed. that's hard to do. you've got to be pretty self-confident human to take that criticism but there are leaders like that and they are extraordinary. >> [inaudible] from you.et them hear i love hearing questions from chicago. i'm from chicago. i mean i was born here is what i was trying to say. >> does this move to the movement of the need to as well >> there were whistleblowers in the movement because let's face it, what was happening as everybody knows that's wrong. there's all these wall laws on e books but sometimes the powerful don't want to enforce their rules even if it is in their interest so they exposed the blind spots and get the society to confront the hypocrisy that is the gap betwee