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audit functions were in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), hiding debt in dummy corporations, as wel...
benefit from various government subsidies, it also cheated millions of shareholders using questionable accounting practices design...
At the time, the SEC had examined the reports of many publicly-held companies and had required more than 100 to restate their resu...
a result of ending some of the companys more obscure partnerships (Leonard, 2001). And, it was these partnerships that severely h...
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...
effect to such things, and these situations are no different. When people lose jobs, families suffer, economies suffer, communiti...
and do this? This provides an example of a moral individual who is placed in a slightly unmoral situation. In this regard,...
is precisely what Enron did (Thomas, 2002). Because of this, Enron, before everything collapsed, boosted valuation estimates, with...
share price performance. There are also the wider culture issues that encourage this and place an onerous duty on those who may be...
principles of accounting in the U.S. (Larson et al, 2001). Since that time, a number of authoritative bodies have been instituted ...
(Sun, 2006). The author remarks that internal auditors now have rock star status (Sun, 2006). Clearly, auditors are revered and ha...
the GEC directors took control of the company, and therefore the accounts this ?10 million profit turned into a $4.5 million loss ...
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...
with several different players each able to avoid feeling personally responsible there was a lack of a real moral compass. ...
to less than $1 (Explaining the Enron bankruptcy, 2002). The companys implosion cost thousands of employees their jobs as well as ...
collapse of the company. One can only conclude that these executives decided that it was worth the risk to take actions that were ...
corporate governance has become an issue of regulation as seen with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the US which indicate the in...
the epitome of stereotypical masculinity almost to the point of caricature. Skilling once said that he had thought about it a lot ...
merger of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth in 1985. It was initially a gas pipeline operator and a national gas commodities trad...
the wake of Enron and SOA, however, experts have pointed out that if nothing else, auditing and auditing structures have been incr...
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....
see fit, in spite of how their selfish actions may cause harm or damage to others. Indeed, this is precisely the essence of socia...
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...
as individual isolated actors, but they acted as part of a group reflecting loyalties to colleagues and their commitments which we...
Mention the word "Enron" and what is likely to come to mind is "accounting scandal." Though the period between 2000-2002 brought i...
Company Description Active in the Utilities sector of the economy, Enrons industry officially is Natural Gas Utilities. Th...
With the fall of the company the investments that were in the retirement fund have plummeted due to the high level of investment i...