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Article: Swanson OK ... but watching his step.(Business)
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- The Boston Herald
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- May 8, 2006
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Byline: JAY FITZGERALD
Raytheon's William Swanson endured a furor that no chief executive ever wants to go through - charges of plagiarism, attacks on his integrity and ultimately a public rebuke last week from his own board.
The two-week firestorm has died down, at least for now, and the 57-year-old Swanson will undoubtedly strive to regain the trust of his board, shareholders, customers and 80,000 employees at the Waltham-based defense contractor, starting this week.
But industry experts warn that the soft-spoken Swanson will remain on a sort of unofficial probation for a while more in the wake of revelations that his folksy, image-burnishing ...