YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Learning Lessons from Enrons Bankruptcy
Essays 511 - 540
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...
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...
and employees. So, it becomes imperative that when considering the effective management of ethics structures to pay attention to...
(CNN Money, 2002). Further, David B. Duncan, the lead partner who was in charge of the Enron account, was fired (CNN, 2002). 6. An...
its current ratio is understandable. WorldComs values in these two ratios reflect its precarious operation position. Neith...
effect to such things, and these situations are no different. When people lose jobs, families suffer, economies suffer, communiti...
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...
of philosophy dealing with right and wrong and the morality of motives and ends" (Shaughnessy, 2002, p. 20). But questions of ethi...
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...
the context of Walkers (2005) statements, the public arena is noted, but this idea can be applied to any organization. Fiscal resp...
in accountants and the way accounts were prepared was being shaken. The entire financial basis of the stock markets requires tha...
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...
some time; keeping them off Enrons balance sheet avoided the situation in which Enron would have to list the debt without any prof...
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...
(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...
with several different players each able to avoid feeling personally responsible there was a lack of a real moral compass. ...
and diligence and independence at the auditing level" (Anonymous, 2003). From a broader perspective, one of the main reason...
In the financial markets are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The principal purpose of the SEC is to "pr...
collapse of the company. One can only conclude that these executives decided that it was worth the risk to take actions that were ...
corporate governance has become an issue of regulation as seen with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the US which indicate the in...
that other entity and realizes the accounting principle shift as discussed by Schmutte and Duncan (2005). The scope of variable i...
those codified into law ...and creating societal pressures for reform" (p. 167). Indeed, the world is changing and more attention...
The companys auditor employed by Andersen allowed the misrepresentations to go uncorrected. Hamilton and Leeds charged: "Andersen ...