Dennis kozlowski never quite basked in the worship Americans reserve for their most hallowed corporate gods. But by turning an obscure New England electronics maker called Tyco into a high-powered conglomerate, he did secure minor-deity status. Lately, Tyco's shareholders have discovered that Mr Kozlow-ski may, after all, be human―rather too human, as it turns out. On June 4th a string of management blunders drew to a fitting close with Mr Kozlowski's indictment on a grubby tax-evasion charge. Robert Morgenthau, New York's district attorney, must still prove his case. But Tyco's board has not waited for the verdict. Mr Kozlowski has been booted out. His employment contract, says a company spokesman, is void. Once hailed as the next Jack Welch, his reputation is in ruins.
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