A collection of articles by The Wall Street Journal staff in the category of Public Service uncovering abuses in the timing of stock option grants to company executives.

Few series have produced such broad and immediate results as The Wall Street Journal’s discovery of abuses in the timing of grants of stock options to company executives. Journal reporters applied tools of scientific research, using their own statistical-modeling technique, to find likely perpetrators of this long-hidden abuse. Gordon Crovitz  (Publisher, The Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America. (The Pulitzer Prize)

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Boardroom Abuse: How Some Executives Reaped Millions from Options Manipulation

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The Pulitzer Prize, pronounced /'pʊl.ɪt.sɚ/ ("PULL-it-ser"), is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. It is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

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