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Jeff Salett: From the Top, Sort Of (A)

Gentile, Mary

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Jeff Salett: From the Top, Sort Of (A)

Gentile, Mary

OB-1113 | Published February 28, 2010 | 2 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Jeff Salett, poised to assume the role of corporate controller at his company, faced a “defining moment in his career.” His felt significant pressure from several executives in charge of the company’s businesses to record restructuring charges that would present a more favorable (and Salett believed, distorted) picture of its performance.