Nor is that standard likely to be lowered as other cases are filed in a post-Enron world.

"It's the post-Enron, post-WorldCom world we live in," he said.

In the post-Enron world, public relations experts say, TV appearances are crucial for bolstering consumer and shareholder confidence.

In the post-Enron world, some skeptics wonder if any investment advice from an employer can be trusted.

The post-Enron world has given rise to a hot new legal specialty: the defense of companies accused of dubious accounting and worse.

In a post-Enron world, shareholders are becoming more adamant about demanding change.

But the intent was to deceive investors, and in the post-Enron world that is not permissible.

In this post-Enron world, the answers may not be as clear as they once were.

Can any energy project win financing from the private sector in a post-Enron world that has not been kind to energy projects?

In the post-Enron world, hard assets carry a lot of value.