{"id":2469,"date":"2011-11-28T14:10:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T20:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2011-11-28T14:12:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T20:12:42","slug":"cyber-monday-deals-enron-10th-anniversary-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2011\/11\/28\/cyber-monday-deals-enron-10th-anniversary-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Monday Deals: Enron 10th Anniversary Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2471\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"The Enron Code of Ethics and Conduct of Business Affairs\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/ebay1.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2471\" title=\"ebay1\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/ebay1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/ebay1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/ebay1-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/ebay1-220x165.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/ebay1-138x103.jpg 138w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/ebay1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Photo by eBay user bmackz<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Enron Code of Ethics and Conduct of Business Affairs<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week marks the tenth anniversary of the Enron collapse. StateImpact Texas&#8217; local radio partner KUHF is <a href=\"http:\/\/app1.kuhf.org\/articles\/1322459613-Enron-Ten-Years-After-Part-I.html\">reporting a four-part series<\/a> on the aftermath, and the <em>Houston Chronicle<\/em> is <a href=\"http:\/\/fuelfix.com\/\">taking a look back<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>But for your own little piece of Enron history, you can head to eBay. <em>The Chronicle&#8217;s<\/em> Dan McGraw <a href=\"http:\/\/fuelfix.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/28\/what-you-can-find-from-enron-on-ebay\/\">found some gifts<\/a> for the collector in your family. Here&#8217;s a shopping list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can read about Enron&#8217;s self-espoused &#8220;Vision and Values,&#8221; circa 1998 and 2000, in their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/ENRON-Code-Ethics-Conduct-Business-Books-Directory-Legal-Policy-Issues-\/370550488512?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item564687bdc0#ht_4306wt_1263\">Code of Ethics and Conduct of Business Affairs<\/a> manuals. &#8220;Economic activities are better sorted out by markets than they are by governments,&#8221; the document says. The company also states that &#8220;our success is measured by the success of our customers.&#8221; There&#8217;s a &#8220;buy it now&#8221; option for $250.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/ENRON-STOCK-CERTIFICATE-KEN-LAY-SIGNATURE-\/180763146836?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item2a1652ba54#ht_500wt_1284\">stock certificate with Ken Lay&#8217;s signature<\/a>, that mysteriously has two bids for it at $299. The Chronicle notes that this stock is worthless. &#8220;Remember, Enron\u2019s stock peaked at $90 in 2000,&#8221; McGraw writes. &#8220;It certainly isn\u2019t worth three times that now.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Chronicle went looking for other Enron finds on eBay, and discovered an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Collectable-Rock-Enron-Says-Enron-And-Integrity-\/260902903444?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item3cbf065e94#ht_2251wt_1029\">Enron rock paperweight<\/a>\u00a0with &#8220;integrity&#8221; inscribed underneath (no bids yet, bidding starts at $39.99), and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/One-Kind-Enron-Building-Groundbreaking-Shovel-\/170737957376?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item27c0c67a00#ht_500wt_1284\">shovel used at the groundbreaking<\/a> of a kids center at Enron. &#8220;Own a piece of this history!&#8221; the ad states. &#8220;This is the ONLY one of its kind&#8230; anywhere!!!&#8221; (zero bids, starts at $1,299).<\/li>\n<li>We did some searching of our own and found plenty to keep an Enron fan warm, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Vintage-Enron-Windbreaker-Jacket-M-\/330639788535?pt=US_CSA_MC_Outerwear&amp;hash=item4cfbaac9f7#ht_500wt_1284\">windbreakers<\/a> to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Enron-T-Shirt-\/120815041528?pt=US_Mens_Tshirts&amp;var=&amp;hash=item61cd17a0f6#ht_725wt_901\"> t-shirts<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Enron-Polartec-Sweat-Shirt-Size-L-Nice-Jacket-Enron-CompanyEnron-Polart-\/390367205208?pt=US_CSA_MC_Outerwear&amp;hash=item5ae3b2d758#ht_500wt_1284\">fleeces<\/a>\u00a0(the latter holding potential for added irony). You could pair any of them with a tie and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/RARE-GOLD-ENRON-7-8-LAPEL-PIN-TIE-TACK-2000-Own-piece-History-\/310361184171?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item4842f7d7ab#ht_876wt_1029\">Enron tie tack<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week marks the tenth anniversary of the Enron collapse. StateImpact Texas&#8217; local radio partner KUHF is reporting a four-part series on the aftermath, and the Houston Chronicle is taking a look back as well. But for your own little piece of Enron history, you can head to eBay. The Chronicle&#8217;s Dan McGraw found some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":2471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[59],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}