Global corporate shenanigans

There has been no shortage of ugly stories in the corporate world lately, with the resignation of EADS CEO and his managing director of Airbus departing on short notice being the latest. After some suspicious big sales of stock shortly before public announcements regarding late deliver of the new Airbus double-decker beast, which of course, sent the stock diving, the CEO and his Airbus executive could no longer stand the heat. Meanwhile in the US, there has been a steady stream of stories about stock option deals that have been flagged by the SEC for violations and a few have already resigned over those deals.

With all of this activity, is it the system working or are these people just working the system more?