Shredding is Good

In response to reports of illegal shredding of documents related to the Enron collapse, the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) (yes, it's a real organization) has issued a news release which says that "the overwhelming majority of document destruction that takes place on a daily basis is done so quite appropriately and for the cause of good." NAID, whose member companies are in the business of document destruction, characterizes the behavior of employees at Enron and Arthur Andersen as "unfortunate," but says that "the proper destruction and disposal of documents is a necessary and responsible business practice" because of the "inherent need to maintain confidentiality when dealing with records that contain personal or proprietary information."