Request comes as criminal charges still hang over the head of former HP chairman and others in connection with spying campaign. Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News.

Especially since the collapse of Enron, business colleges require courses in ethics. Scholars write treatises and lectures. Executives attend conferences and seminars. Consultants are paid fortunes.

An investigation's method of scrutinizing board members and journalists was "wrong" and has left the company red-faced. Full coverage: HP's boardroom drama Hurd memo: We will take the necessary action ...

Webster’s defines the term “pretext” as “that which is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; the misleading appearance or behavior assumed with this intention.” ...

"Some are suggesting there are ambiguities in the law," said Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat. "This is absolutely absurd." Members stated that HP's defense was unbelievable and former Board Chair ...

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Investigations weighs in on the Hewlett-Packard scandal with a hearing on the use of deceptive measures to obtain personal information, a practice called ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission today said it has asked a federal court in Florida to permanently ban telephone “pretexting” — the practice of obtaining phone records under false pretenses.

California prosecutors agreed today to a plea deal in the Hewlett-Packard Co. “pretexting” scandal, reducing a series of felony charges to a misdemeanor for Patricia Dunn, HP’s former chairwoman and ...