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Value of Conventional Methods of Accounting

in how organizations can categorize and classify their financial results, each organization is required to maintain uniform intern...

Analysis of Enron

days, compared to how they would become (Braquet, 2002). Skilling focused Enrons core business, that of buying a commodity and sel...

Accounting Essays and Theories

what the literature has to say about accountants and whether or not theyre trained to determine if something might lead to a scand...

Failure of Internal Controls and The Impact on Stockholders

one responsible for approving purchase orders and adding new personnel to the payroll system, the opportunity for abuse is readily...

Corporate Debacle of Enron

Enron but when speculation about shady accounting practices hit the media, stock prices plummeted and Dynegy quashed the deal (200...

Enron and Ethics

point forward was the beginning of the end for Enron. Indeed, the history of Enrons empire is nothing if not prolific. The...

Investors, Scandal Warnings, and the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act

perception of the regulatory environment is one that inspires confidence that the results and basis of the valuation accurate and...

Enron and Can This Type of Corporate Scandal Happen Again?

the wake of Enron and SOA, however, experts have pointed out that if nothing else, auditing and auditing structures have been incr...

Today's Business and Business Ethics

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....

Enron and Ethics of the Media

see fit, in spite of how their selfish actions may cause harm or damage to others. Indeed, this is precisely the essence of socia...

The Aftermath of the Arthur Andersen Scandal

Chicago to suggest to Houstons firm partners that it was fine to shred documents and delete any e-mails related to the Enron case ...

Creative Accounting Incentives and Maintenance

share price performance. There are also the wider culture issues that encourage this and place an onerous duty on those who may be...

Individual Character and Ethics

and do this? This provides an example of a moral individual who is placed in a slightly unmoral situation. In this regard,...

Deceptive Reporting and Methodologies for Financial Accounting

is precisely what Enron did (Thomas, 2002). Because of this, Enron, before everything collapsed, boosted valuation estimates, with...

Enron and WorldCom Financial Statement Manipulation

processes (Chidi, 2002). Some of the accounting techniques used at WorldCom in order to supplement R&D write-offs included the use...

Leadership and Business Ethics

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

Improper Accounting Practices

derivative, why its typically used and how its typically used. Following that, we can go in depth into both Enron and Worldcom, an...

Accounting at Enron

aside through Enron stocks. The question here is, could an Enron have been avoided? What would a financial consultant (one...

Post Arthur Anderson and Enron Accounting Implications

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

What Could Have Been Done to Save Enron

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

WorldCom, Enron, and IAS

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

Ethics, Objectivity, and Values

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

Enron Management Planning And Ethics

collapse of the company. One can only conclude that these executives decided that it was worth the risk to take actions that were ...

Investment Questions; Regulation, Bonds and Risk

In the financial markets are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The principal purpose of the SEC is to "pr...

The Impact of the Enron Bankruptcy

to less than $1 (Explaining the Enron bankruptcy, 2002). The companys implosion cost thousands of employees their jobs as well as ...

Is the Criticism Against Auditors Justified in the Light of Business Collapses such as Enron?

an explanation or the auditors may, in extreme cases, may not feel able to certify that accounts as true and accurate. The...

Corporate Governance

not the least of which includes employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, stockholders, interest groups, legal and regulatory...

Industrial Psychology; Explaining Enron

with several different players each able to avoid feeling personally responsible there was a lack of a real moral compass. ...

An Evaluation of Sarbanes-Oxley

(Sun, 2006). The author remarks that internal auditors now have rock star status (Sun, 2006). Clearly, auditors are revered and ha...

Accounting Standards; Will Enron Happen Again?

the GEC directors took control of the company, and therefore the accounts this ?10 million profit turned into a $4.5 million loss ...