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Essays 91 - 120
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...
that other entity and realizes the accounting principle shift as discussed by Schmutte and Duncan (2005). The scope of variable i...
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 ...
principles of accounting in the U.S. (Larson et al, 2001). Since that time, a number of authoritative bodies have been instituted ...
In the financial markets are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The principal purpose of the SEC is to "pr...
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...
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...
not been given any authority greater than that which resides in with the Security and Exchanges Commission (SEC), which can cause ...
corporation. But to avoid conflict of interest, SPEs are supposed to be run by outsiders who have no involvement in the main compa...
their behavior. Along with this, Enron believed in its own publicity as the poster child of corporate culture for the "new economy...
timeline overview identifies who was involved and what was happening. Andrew Fastow was appointed finance executive in 1997 and sh...
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...
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...
a result of ending some of the companys more obscure partnerships (Leonard, 2001). And, it was these partnerships that severely h...
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...
in how organizations can categorize and classify their financial results, each organization is required to maintain uniform intern...
in accountants and the way accounts were prepared was being shaken. The entire financial basis of the stock markets requires tha...