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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...
to be on a continuing growth streak. Enron did not use proper or prudent caution in their diversification strategies. There did ...
corresponding functional interest in them * The interests of all stakeholders are of intrinsic value (Donaldson et al, 1995, pp. 6...
life savings and retirement plans of countless employees who had worked hard to save their funds - but because of corporate greed,...
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...
of international standards. It is only if there are international standards that international stakeholders may be able to see acc...
(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...
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...
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...
and employees. So, it becomes imperative that when considering the effective management of ethics structures to pay attention to...
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...
does believe that: "most SPEs serve valid business purposes, such as isolating assets or activities to protect the interests of c...
a result of ending some of the companys more obscure partnerships (Leonard, 2001). And, it was these partnerships that severely h...
At the time, the SEC had examined the reports of many publicly-held companies and had required more than 100 to restate their resu...
audit functions were in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), hiding debt in dummy corporations, as wel...
the wake of Enron and SOA, however, experts have pointed out that if nothing else, auditing and auditing structures have been incr...
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 CEO and Chairman on February 4, 2002; Jeffrey K. Skilling, former CEO and Director; Andrew S. Fastow, former chief financial of...
days, compared to how they would become (Braquet, 2002). Skilling focused Enrons core business, that of buying a commodity and sel...
As well see below, Maxwell is not highly in favor of so-called "ethical behavior," because he believes that ethics is very simply ...
In five pages this paper examines the business use of principle based ethics and its value with globalization and environmental is...
In eight pages this paper discusses corporate ethics in an examination of how to improve the business climate in the aftermath of ...
illegal activity. Most agree that there is a definite distinction between "cracking" and "hacking". Although the term "cracking" ...
all or any of these factors, and, in some cases may purely be a marketing ploy. Chevron probably spent five times the cost of its ...
First Amendments rights for free speech seem to always be in the news. There are cases when this issue is confusing-exactly what i...