Knowledge discovery in corporate email : the compliance bot meets Enron

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2006.

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Main Author: Waterman, K. Krasnow
Other Authors: John van Maanen.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37574
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spelling mit-1721.1/375742019-04-10T19:10:48Z Knowledge discovery in corporate email : the compliance bot meets Enron Waterman, K. Krasnow John van Maanen. Sloan School of Management. Sloan School of Management. Sloan School of Management. Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-107). I propose the creation of a real-time compliance "bot" - software to momentarily pause each employee's email at the moment of sending and to electronically assess whether that email is likely to create liability or unanticipated expense for the corporation. My thesis describes the confluence of historical events making such a product necessary and desirable - increase in corporate regulation, explosive growth of email, acceptance of email as evidence in litigation. The cautionary tale of Enron provides the backdrop for the thesis. The government released hundreds of thousands of Enron management emails and they have become research fodder for those interested in "Knowledge Discovery," a computer science discipline that gleans meaningful information from data otherwise indecipherable due to its sheer size. CEO's and other C-level corporate managers are my intended audience, so I have attempted to counter the weightiness of the technical topics by focusing on the search for readily understandable management headaches such as the loss of productivity due to high participation in the fantasy football pool or the potential for dirty jokes to become evidence in an employment law claim. by K. Krasnow Waterman. M.B.A. 2007-05-16T19:01:58Z 2007-05-16T19:01:58Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37574 85813548 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 107 leaves application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Knowledge discovery in corporate email : the compliance bot meets Enron
title Knowledge discovery in corporate email : the compliance bot meets Enron
title_full Knowledge discovery in corporate email : the compliance bot meets Enron
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topic Sloan School of Management.
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