Among instances of corporate malfeasance in the early twenty-first century, the scandal was the most shocking and economically damaging for employees and shareholders.
a. worldcom
b. enron
c. tyco international
d. american tobacco

Among instances of corporate malfeasance in the early twenty-first century, the "Enron" scandal was the most shocking and economically damaging for employees and shareholders, since it was thought that corporations that were so large could not fail.