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Essays 121 - 150
for the scandal that ultimately occurred. "The contributions dwarfed what was at stake for Enron. In its energy trading in Calif...
life savings and retirement plans of countless employees who had worked hard to save their funds - but because of corporate greed,...
(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...
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...
as Gap and Nike (Mason, 2000). In some cases, the charges have been valid. Many Asian and other nations see no real...
done to rein them in. Even many business people felt that capitalism had to be saved from itself because it was an economic system...
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...
collapse of the company. One can only conclude that these executives decided that it was worth the risk to take actions that were ...
to less than $1 (Explaining the Enron bankruptcy, 2002). The companys implosion cost thousands of employees their jobs as well as ...
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...
corporate governance has become an issue of regulation as seen with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the US which indicate the in...
in how organizations can categorize and classify their financial results, each organization is required to maintain uniform intern...
some time; keeping them off Enrons balance sheet avoided the situation in which Enron would have to list the debt without any prof...
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...
the context of Walkers (2005) statements, the public arena is noted, but this idea can be applied to any organization. Fiscal resp...
(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...
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 ...
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...