PART 22: The Work After the Scandal

By spring, Calder Meridian had established a new expense approval structure, independent reporting channels, and training for supervisors with disciplinary authority.

We also set limits on gifts between managers and people whose evaluations they controlled, and required annual disclosure of potential conflicts.

Those changes were not enough to erase past damage.

The audit committee continued pursuing appropriate recovery of unsupported spending, and a civil claim involving Brightline was resolved through a negotiated repayment agreement without anyone admitting criminal guilt.

I let the lawyers handle the details and concentrated on preventing another weak system from making abuse easy.