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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"...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Accounting and Corporate Effects of Business Failures

in accountants and the way accounts were prepared was being shaken. The entire financial basis of the stock markets requires tha...

Accounting Questions

rules and audits the accounts. When looking at the failure of Enron it is these accounting standards that appear to fail. In looki...

Negative Aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

not been given any authority greater than that which resides in with the Security and Exchanges Commission (SEC), which can cause ...

The Importance of Corporate Governance

the context of Walkers (2005) statements, the public arena is noted, but this idea can be applied to any organization. Fiscal resp...

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 ...

Are Accounting Reforms And Legislation Are The Only Means By Which The Accounting Profession Will be Able To Regain Public Trust And Re-Establish Its’ Credibility?

fraud, and it was with this we might argue there was the first loss of confidence in the auditors. This case limited the liability...

Accounting: Principles-Based Or Rules-Based?

and diligence and independence at the auditing level" (Anonymous, 2003). From a broader perspective, one of the main reason...

Enron, the Contribution of Masculine Culture to its Downfall

the epitome of stereotypical masculinity almost to the point of caricature. Skilling once said that he had thought about it a lot ...

Analysis of the Enron Dabhol Power Project

Technology advances in mediation software have increased the capability of companies to negotiate within a global business framewo...

THE ENRON IMPLOSION AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR THEORY

Enron International and Azurix Water, said Enron employees consisted of ex-military, Harvard Business School and ex-entrepreneurs ...