The Wall Street Journal reported that Juniper Networks, Inc.—a maker of company network equipment—plans to offer its more than 1,000 employees the opportunity to reprice their stock options. Juniper’s announcement comes at a time when its stock price is down 90 percent, leaving many employees’ stock options worthless. How do you think Juniper’s CEO justified repricing the employees’ stock options to the shareholders

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