Category: Timeline Stories

The SEC announces a voluntary disclosure program, inviting companies to self-disclose prior bribery activities. Bob Dorsey resigns as CEO of ...

Gulf Oil submits a 300-page report to the SEC and the D.C. District Court outlining illegal activity, both in the ...

Federal judge John Pratt grants the SEC’s order to enforce a subpoena against Lockheed, unlocking a trove of new documents.

SEC Chairman Ray Garett resigns and is replaced by Roderick Hills.

President Gerald Ford and his Cabinet members during a meeting in 1975. To Ford's right is Secretary of State Henry ...

The Senate passes Resolution 265, undermining White House efforts to negotiate a multinational code of conduct for corporations in lieu ...

The SEC requests a subpoena of Lockheed to obtain information regarding payments made overseas.

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, chaired by Sen. William Proxmire, begins hearings into Lockheed. The State ...

Lockheed’s treasurer, Robert Waters, commits suicide, raising further suspicion of Lockheed's attempts at a cover-up. 

Sen. William Proxmire. Credit: United States Senate Historical Office Sen. Frank Church writes to Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.) in what ...

President Gerald Ford and members of the American delegation take a break at the first Conference on Security and Co-operation ...

Auditing firm Arthur Young refuses to certify Lockheed’s books and records because of bribery concerns, preventing the company from sending ...