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while the media is referring to what Enron officers did as "off-balance-sheet" partnerships -- "those hundreds of Enron entities t...

sources will be cited using APA style. Chronology of the Enron Collapse Before analyzing what, exactly, caused Enrons coll...

because they are in such demand, the owners are able to command a premium price. In an acquisition, the biggest problem both compa...

is not right. What is the history of this now controversial company? II. History Enron began in 1985 as the combination of two...

except that a certain financier over extended himself and caused several banks to fail that had extended him credit. This particul...

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

to be on a continuing growth streak. Enron did not use proper or prudent caution in their diversification strategies. There did ...

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...

those who were relying on the company for pensions, directly or indirectly, those who worked for them, and those who worked for co...

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...

as consumers have an increased awareness of less tangible aspects, such as corporate governance and ethical and moral responsibili...

Johnson pulled all Tylenol products off the shelf at great cost in order to ensure the safety of consumers. The Company did this,...

these contributions finds one incorporating the interests of ethics and morality within the corporate structure, essential concept...

corresponding functional interest in them * The interests of all stakeholders are of intrinsic value (Donaldson et al, 1995, pp. 6...

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...

its current ratio is understandable. WorldComs values in these two ratios reflect its precarious operation position. Neith...

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...

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

problems were already apparent. In the annual accounts, debts had been understated and profits had been overstated to the amount o...

business, but it has "confused some employees spiritually -- a side often overlooked by vitally important to an ethical workplace"...

the financial statements. This sent investors scrambling. Nancy Temple was viewed as the culprit (by both the courts and observers...

Enron, a publicly held company, was once a top provider of electricity but ended up in Chapter 11 bankruptcy ("Enron," 2002). Pr...

principles of accounting in the U.S. (Larson et al, 2001). Since that time, a number of authoritative bodies have been instituted ...

Businesses must maintain integrity and they do this "within a framework of the law and ethics" (2000, p.17). Some firms have imple...

done to rein them in. Even many business people felt that capitalism had to be saved from itself because it was an economic system...