re: "INTC and AMAT are amongst the worse."
i'd disagree, particularly about intel. i used to work there and can assure you top management doesn't candycoat the news to the troops. one may(and has)strongly disagreed w/some of their strategic decisions, but their quarterly reporting, forecasts and assessments have, on balance, been pretty straightforword. the subsequent media spin, however, is often stunningly tone deaf to the stated facts.
any comparisons w/actual criminal behavior from the usual list of well known perps is counterproductive and just plain wrong.
regards,
larry