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| July 18, 2005 | Brown, Jeff | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jeff Brown

There's justice in the world _ though it may be small consolation to ordinary people who get stomped by the powerful.

Last week, a judge sentenced former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers to 25 years for his role in a corporate fraud that triggered the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

This didn't close the book on the Enron-era corporate scandals. In fact, the two men who led Enron when it collapsed have yet to go on trial. But the Ebbers sentencing provides a good moment to look at the changes in which WorldCom played a role.

Many were good, some were disappointing. American workers, for example, continue to pack their employer's…

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