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AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION HEADQUARTERED IN DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, OHIO THAT MANUFACTURES A WIDE RANGE OF CONSUMER GOODS.
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, OBTAINED THE TELEPHONE RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES - WHO THE COMPANY SAID DISCLOSED TRADE SECRETS TO A REPORTER FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. FROM TWO ARTICLES THE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED .
REPORTS THAT B. JURGEN HINTZ, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE PROCTER & GAMBLE'S FOOD DIVISION, WAS BEING PRESSURED TO RESIGN.
SAYING THAT THE COMPANY MIGHT SELL SOME UNPROFITABLE OR LOW-PROFIT FOOD BRANDS, INCLUDING CITRUS HILL ORANGE JUICE AND CRISCO SHORTENINGS.
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES WERE SEEKING TO DISCOVER WHICH, IF ANY, CURRENT OR FORMER PROCTER & GAMBLE EMPLOYEES DISCLOSED INFORMATION THAT THEY REGARDED AS CONFIDENTIAL .
JOURNAL, CALLED THE INVESTIGATION "AN EFFORT TO INTIMIDATE CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES FROM TALKING TO REPORTERS.
THOSE WHO DISCLOSE INFORMATION IF THEY ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OTHER ROUTES.
HEAVY- HANDED INVESTIGATION DID NOT CITE ANY HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES BEYOND THE CHILLING EFFECT IT MIGHT HAVE HAD ON EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF PRESS .
NEWSWORTHY INFORMATION.
2) THE RIGHT OF ORDINARY CITIZENS NOT TO
AFTER EFFECTS
PROCTOR & GAMBLE CO., THE CORPORATE GIANT
AND OTHER INVOLVED PARTIES REMAIN ON CLEANUP DUTY, TRYING TO REPAIR RELATIONS WITH THE MEDIA.
MID-SEPTEMBER, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE COMPANY, AS WELL AS CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE, CO. AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, NEVER ANTICIPATED THE FIRESTORM CAUSED BY THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH P&G AND POLICE SAY DID NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO BRING ANY CHARGES.
MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES TO TIME TO ELECTRONIC MEDIA .
MOST DAILIES CONTINUED COVERAGE FOR
SEVERAL DAYS, SOME FOR WEEKS. AT MIDSEPTEMBER, LOCAL MEDIA WERE STILL FOLLOWING THE STORY.
TASK WAS CONVINCE THE MEDIA THAT THE COMPANY WAS NOT TRYING TO QUASH FIRST AMENDMENT OR PRIVACY RIGHTS, BUT SIMPLY HOPING TO IDENTIFY A LAWBREAKER.
THREE WEEKS INTO THE MESS, P&G CHAIRMAN
EDWIN L. ARTZT APOLOGIZED TO EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC FOR THE COMPANY'S "ERROR IN JUDGMENT."
POLICE INVESTIGATOR GARY ARMSTRONG HAD BEEN MOONLIGHTING AT ONE OF ITS RESEARCH FACILITIES SINCE 1977, IT RAISED ADDITIONAL CONCERNS ABOUT ABUSE OF CORPORATE POWER. FOR ASKING POLICE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT WAS ESSENTIALLY AN INTERNAL COMPANY PROBLEM.
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