my only crime is that i'm leona helmsley. >> no matter how many white collar thieves get sent away, no matter how long they are locked up, the public will still be paying for this long after they are out. >> so what did the '80s add up to? we put that question to a fair number of people and more than 95% of them said simply it was the decade of greed. >> we learned that greed may be good. but too much greed is bad. and that sometimes people on wall street get little too greedy but they learn their lesson and they would never do it again. >> some argue that today's bright spotlight on unethical behavior has exaggerated the problem. but there's no denying the problem is real. and if we excuse unethical conduct by saying, well, everyone does it, or it's really okay unless you get caught or it's not against the law, we miss the point why we don't do it, period. the point may be survival. if we let lying, cheating, and stealing become an accepted way of life, it's not just a few dollars that will be lost, but the spirit of the country that will be lost. the decision is ours. -- captions by
