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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 ...

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...

Saddam Hussein's Life and Downfall

more general and objective look at the man. If the only sources used, for example, were from United States publications with right...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Contributing to the World Through Creative Independence

than to go the same direction as everyone else. As such, the student may want to add, it is one of my greatest and...

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 Ethics

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

Rise and Fall of Enron

Timeline, 2004). Jeffrey Skilling took over as CEO but resigned six months later; Lay returned to the post of CEO (FOX News Networ...

Accounting at Enron

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

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...

Ethics, Objectivity, and Values

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

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...

Millennium Dome's Downfall

In eight pages this paper applies a PEST analysis to support the argument that the Millennium Dome mistakenly positioned its targe...

King Lear, Beowulf, the Concepts of Kingship and Hero's Downfall

In five pages these literary characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their deaths with the concept of kingship and what...

Mayan Civilization Downfall

In ten pages the causes of the collapse of the Mayan civilization is examined in terms of causes with drought and warfare receivin...

Self Destructive Downfall of Czarist Russia

In five pages this paper argues that in 1917 the Russian Empire disintegration was the result of its own collapse rather than an o...

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...

Contributing to Student Affairs Administration

ethnic or racial origin that is out of the mainstream, European-descended American culture and can therefore offer a diverse stude...

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 Questions

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

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...