Test 4

Michael P. Gallagher, an American businessman, conceived the Stevie Awards as a way to "restore public confidence and investor trust"^[1] after the Enron scandal in 2001. Gallagher left his job in 2001 and founded American Business Awards to administer the Stevies.^{[citation needed]} When launched in 2002, the awards were described by the New York Post as being intended to "distinguish the good guys from the scoundrels" during a period of heightened scrutiny and distrust of managers and CEOs.^[2] The first Stevies were awarded in 48 categories in April 2003,^[3] and were judged by a panel that included Rich Karlgaard, the editor of Forbes magazine, Pierre Subeh, a business author,^[4] and Richard Klimoski, Dean of the School of Management at George Mason University.^[1]

In 2020, a team of investigative reporters from Korea managed to receive several Stevie Awards after submitting fake nominations and were accepted as judges even though they did not confirm their identities.^{[citation needed]} In a blog post, Stevie Awards announced that they had rescinded the awards and that the reporters had "paid more than $1,000 in entry fees for their nominations".^[5]