Essays 91 - 120
explained that controlling has no relationship to authoritarian leadership styles, it is about controlling things such as resource...
All managers must control certain things. Finances must be controlled, for example, so that the organization operates both efficie...
its only when they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar, so to speak, that suddenly there is the desire to become better....
Chicago to suggest to Houstons firm partners that it was fine to shred documents and delete any e-mails related to the Enron case ...
what the literature has to say about accountants and whether or not theyre trained to determine if something might lead to a scand...
in how organizations can categorize and classify their financial results, each organization is required to maintain uniform intern...
rules and audits the accounts. When looking at the failure of Enron it is these accounting standards that appear to fail. In looki...
the context of Walkers (2005) statements, the public arena is noted, but this idea can be applied to any organization. Fiscal resp...
(Sun, 2006). The author remarks that internal auditors now have rock star status (Sun, 2006). Clearly, auditors are revered and ha...
fraud, and it was with this we might argue there was the first loss of confidence in the auditors. This case limited the liability...
and diligence and independence at the auditing level" (Anonymous, 2003). From a broader perspective, one of the main reason...
not the least of which includes employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, stockholders, interest groups, legal and regulatory...
In the financial markets are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The principal purpose of the SEC is to "pr...
corporate governance has become an issue of regulation as seen with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the US which indicate the in...
because they are in such demand, the owners are able to command a premium price. In an acquisition, the biggest problem both compa...
except that a certain financier over extended himself and caused several banks to fail that had extended him credit. This particul...
while the media is referring to what Enron officers did as "off-balance-sheet" partnerships -- "those hundreds of Enron entities t...
sort through the shards of Enrons collapse, the concept of corporate governance can make a difference in many areas as it enhances...
of international standards. It is only if there are international standards that international stakeholders may be able to see acc...
evident that much fraud can be discovered before it is too late. While this was not true in the case of Enron, the evidence has s...
life savings and retirement plans of countless employees who had worked hard to save their funds - but because of corporate greed,...
does believe that: "most SPEs serve valid business purposes, such as isolating assets or activities to protect the interests of c...
and employees. So, it becomes imperative that when considering the effective management of ethics structures to pay attention to...
of philosophy dealing with right and wrong and the morality of motives and ends" (Shaughnessy, 2002, p. 20). But questions of ethi...
effect to such things, and these situations are no different. When people lose jobs, families suffer, economies suffer, communiti...
corresponding functional interest in them * The interests of all stakeholders are of intrinsic value (Donaldson et al, 1995, pp. 6...
these contributions finds one incorporating the interests of ethics and morality within the corporate structure, essential concept...
At the time, the SEC had examined the reports of many publicly-held companies and had required more than 100 to restate their resu...
Johnson pulled all Tylenol products off the shelf at great cost in order to ensure the safety of consumers. The Company did this,...
as consumers have an increased awareness of less tangible aspects, such as corporate governance and ethical and moral responsibili...