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Essays 61 - 90
perception of the regulatory environment is one that inspires confidence that the results and basis of the valuation accurate and...
one responsible for approving purchase orders and adding new personnel to the payroll system, the opportunity for abuse is readily...
In the financial markets are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The principal purpose of the SEC is to "pr...
processes (Chidi, 2002). Some of the accounting techniques used at WorldCom in order to supplement R&D write-offs included the use...
Businesses must maintain integrity and they do this "within a framework of the law and ethics" (2000, p.17). Some firms have imple...
(2003) commented that the sweeping criminal provisions in the act apply to everyone, including nonprofit organizations. For exampl...
fraud when accounting (Miller & Bahnson, 2005). In addition to the GAAP standards, some businesses, especially those outside the U...
benefit from various government subsidies, it also cheated millions of shareholders using questionable accounting practices design...
(Thomas). Employees who didnt do deals to post earnings ended up with higher score. The higher the score, the more likely the empl...
(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...
the GEC directors took control of the company, and therefore the accounts this ?10 million profit turned into a $4.5 million loss ...
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. ...
an explanation or the auditors may, in extreme cases, may not feel able to certify that accounts as true and accurate. The...
not the least of which includes employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, stockholders, interest groups, legal and regulatory...
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...
for bankruptcy due to its inability to hide such tremendous losses any longer. It took a matter of three month for the company to...
and employees. So, it becomes imperative that when considering the effective management of ethics structures to pay attention to...
life savings and retirement plans of countless employees who had worked hard to save their funds - but because of corporate greed,...
for the scandal that ultimately occurred. "The contributions dwarfed what was at stake for Enron. In its energy trading in Calif...
known as the going concern concept1. In looking at the viability of the business the potential creditors are seeking to ensure tha...
(CNN Money, 2002). Further, David B. Duncan, the lead partner who was in charge of the Enron account, was fired (CNN, 2002). 6. An...
This approach was legal and acceptable under FASB rules at the time. The Enron-specific problem arose when Enron did not consolid...
does believe that: "most SPEs serve valid business purposes, such as isolating assets or activities to protect the interests of c...
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...
a result of ending some of the companys more obscure partnerships (Leonard, 2001). And, it was these partnerships that severely h...
audit functions were in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), hiding debt in dummy corporations, as wel...
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...