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Unethical Practices

merger of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth in 1985. It was initially a gas pipeline operator and a national gas commodities trad...

ENRON, FRAUD AND CONSEQUENCES

Mention the word "Enron" and what is likely to come to mind is "accounting scandal." Though the period between 2000-2002 brought i...

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 ...

ENRON: ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, CULTURES AND IRREGULARITIES

corporation. But to avoid conflict of interest, SPEs are supposed to be run by outsiders who have no involvement in the main compa...

Accounting Standards and External Auditing

businesses subtract the fair value of those stock options from revenue, considering them as proper expenses, others are content to...

AUDIT COMMITTEES, DUE DILIGENCE AND DUE CARE

enough overview and study of a situation to ensure its operating correctly. Due diligence is typically conducted before a major pu...

Auditing Inventory and Accounts Payable

The writer discusses the potential ways that auditor may prepare and undertake auditing procedures for a supermarket. The approach...

Revenue in Ottawa City Accounts 2005 - 2009

originating. We have a net tax revenue on the revenue statement of 1,286,044, however the taxation received is actually greater th...

IT Auditing and Internal Controls: Personal Experiences

it is secure, and companies that fail to secure vital information are at risk for a data breach. Studies show that data breaches a...

HEWLETT-PACKARD: AN AUDIT

There are also software products that include enterprise IT management, information management, business intelligence and communic...

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS -- ANALYSIS

plan then does a formal communications program. Finally, a communications assessment isnt just a one-time scenario. Rather...

MEMO FOR SAS 112 - TO AUDITORS

take responsibility for their own mistakes and potential misstatements. Its understood here that not every company is an Enron or ...

Auditor Ethics in the Case of ZZZZ Best

auditor can avoid temptations and the possibility of litigation. In the case of Ernst and Whinney, it is said that ZZZZ Best repre...

Financial Questions - the Four Accounting Statements and Use of Accounting Information

company in terms of the level of equity belonging to the shareholders (Elliott and Elliott, 2008). The statement of retained ear...

Testing Inventory and Cash Process in an Audit

a secure location, but observations may indicate this is not always the case. In addition to this observation, such as the scannin...

The Organizational Structure of the Accountancy Firm

is focused on those who have the knowledge as well as the ability to bring in and retain clients. Internally there is a rather com...

Are Marketing Plans and Audits Really Needed?

it is undertaken and its importance in a changing environment that is to be assessed. 2. Marketing The aim of marketing ad the ...

Human Resource Management Aspects

as the time take to grill a burger and to dress a bun, as well as standards regarding quality. This is a simple example, but demon...

The Master's Prepared Nurse: Competencies in Health Care

"benefits and burdens of... treatment", helping patients to "understand their prognosis", and emphasizing the importance of patien...

Evaluation Forms and the Assessment of Competencies

is the best way to evaluate competencies and to provide necessary feedback to supervisors and staff. Supervisor Competencies Eval...

Organizational Audit Planning

and can not arbitrarily accept any offer they receive from an organization. Instead, auditors must conduct careful analyses in ord...

Fraud in the Court

Inspector generals investigate and audit departments or agencies to detect and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption. This p...

Internal Control and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

demands by the federal government to comply with the internal control systems which were really designed with the larger publicly ...

Auditing Risk Scenarios

is the risk that certain transaction types or an account balance may be misstated, either due to individual transactions or as the...

Australian Corporations Act of 2001 and Public Company Directors

that this move was constitutional (Lexis, 2004). The idea may have been to increase protection for shareholders and develop unifor...

United Kingdom Business and Environmental Issues

demand for development and the protection of the environment" As such this can be seen as an attempt to regulate and bring togethe...

8 Points of a Productivity Audit

take form. During necessary organizational strategy revisions, the mission statement is one of the first documents addressed; by ...

Strategic Audit Analysis of Wal Mart

and grocery stores and 540 Sams Club warehouse stores (Biesada, 2004). Despite the sluggish economy, Wal-Mart realized a 4.8 perce...

Project Process and Stages of Time Estimates and Attendance

and documentation to be given to owner, review each requirement against finished product. Project acceptance criteria review betwe...

Increased Corporate Governance Effects Assessment

the long term. A third hypothesis is that these sustainably-minded organizations outperform non-Index firms over the long t...