Stock options backdating in Silicon Valley

October 24, 2006, 6:19pm PDT | Length: 00:01:48
How did backdating stock options become such a pervasive problem? Are business schools teaching ethics? Richard Schmalensee, dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management, recently spoke with CNET News.com's Jim Kerstetter about today's business problems and innovation in Silicon Valley.
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