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Essays 271 - 300

Values and Business Ethics

of philosophy dealing with right and wrong and the morality of motives and ends" (Shaughnessy, 2002, p. 20). But questions of ethi...

Enron Scandal and Ethics

some time; keeping them off Enrons balance sheet avoided the situation in which Enron would have to list the debt without any prof...

Accounting Questions

rules and audits the accounts. When looking at the failure of Enron it is these accounting standards that appear to fail. In looki...

Enron Scandal Analysis

books. The charges against Lay are that "he knew his company was failing in 2001 when he sold millions of dollars in stock and ur...

Examination of Enron

for the scandal that ultimately occurred. "The contributions dwarfed what was at stake for Enron. In its energy trading in Calif...

WorldCom, Enron, and the Application of Business Failure Prediction Models

known as the going concern concept1. In looking at the viability of the business the potential creditors are seeking to ensure tha...

Corporate America and Manipulation of Revenue

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...

Aftermath of the Enron Fallout

own stock, upon which they are relying for retirement, in a pension fund. This has raised alarm bells, as other companies can also...

Corporate Greed and its Psychosocial Effects

life savings and retirement plans of countless employees who had worked hard to save their funds - but because of corporate greed,...

Performance of the Stock Market and the Effects of WorldCom and Enron Failures

This demand is impacted by information regarding that share as well as market conditions. In the case of Enron and WorldCom the we...

Failure of Enron

may have severe problems, but it is in the interests of all parties for the company to gain some portion from creditors to allow i...

WorldCom and Enron

for bankruptcy due to its inability to hide such tremendous losses any longer. It took a matter of three month for the company to...

Hannah Arendt's The Banality of Evil and Modern Bureaucracy

and employees. So, it becomes imperative that when considering the effective management of ethics structures to pay attention to...

Dabhol, India Enron Project

the development of the local economy and create jobs (Vachani, 1995). If we look at the situation in India, there is a need for m...

George Packer/Assassin’s Gate

war of ideas,"" as sums up the "thinking of the intellectuals and government para-intellectals who supported the war."v The bulk ...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...

Analysis of FedEx

Sales (FedEx, 2007). During the operations of this firm Smith noted problems delivering any packages within a couple of days, the ...

British Airways

property at the deemed cost after allowing for the 31st March 1995 revaluations. This could result in an assessment of the company...

Enron & WorldCom: Who Blew The Whistle?

agreement -- why should the whistle blowers? This is precisely how the handful of individuals felt when they learned their corpor...

The Work of Nations by Robert Reich and the PBS Frontline Telecast Bigger Than Enron

in 1993, which allowed corporations to avoid recording stock options on their balance sheets. According to a Merrill Lynch study, ...

Review of C. William Thomas' April 2002 Article 'The Rise and Fall of Enron'

starts out by indicating that the reason was simple enough - terming it "collective greed born in an atmosphere of corporate arrog...

Protecting the Public Following Enron and Arthur Andersen Corporate Debacles

who led others astray" (Booth and Fowler 52). Enron spiraled into bankruptcy because Arthur Anderson notified Enrons offic...

Post Enron and WorldCom and Investor Confidence Strengthening

The companys auditor employed by Andersen allowed the misrepresentations to go uncorrected. Hamilton and Leeds charged: "Andersen ...

The Enron and Martha Stewart Cases Compared

those codified into law ...and creating societal pressures for reform" (p. 167). Indeed, the world is changing and more attention...

How We Live & How We Feel About Dying

that she does not want to see him to go his death "not owning up to the part" that he played in death of his victim (Prejean 179)....

Investment Assessment Paper

management. This may also be referred to as the return on investment (ROI). The traditional way of calculating the return on capit...

Is Maria Teresa Tula's Thinking Still Relevant?

Cuba, sending Diego Vel?zquez to begin colonization in 1511. Vel?zquez founded Baracoa Vel?zquez first, followed by Santiago de C...

Segment Accounting Example

give a cost per unit to the firm for different products. Segment profitability may be seen as similar to activity based costing,...

Terrorism and the Accounting Industry

also the impact of terrorism in terms of the security aspect, both physical and virtual security to protect the business assets. A...

Accounting Cases; Costing and Sunk Costs

This 8 page paper looks at two case studies supplied by the student and discusses the different accounting concepts presented in t...