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Facing Prison, Seifert Delivers Ad Code of Conduct

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Shona Seifert, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay a $125,000 fine for her role in the Ogilvy & Mather scheme to over bill the government on its national anti-drug ad account, has delivered the code of conduct for the advertising industry that the judge ordered her to write, AdAge reports (via MediaBuyerPlanner).

Seifert's proposed code is part motivational speech aimed at "frontliners everywhere," and part call for more vigilance in timekeeping and billing practices - the lack of which led to her conviction, and upcoming jail time.

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