Chapter 1 Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards Intermediate Accounting‚ 15th Edition Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ and Warfield 1 Financial Statements and Financial Reporting • Goals or purpose of (financial) accounting – Identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about – An economic entity to – Interested Parties (internal and external) • Creditors‚ managers‚ unions‚ government agencies Financial reports (statements) & notes 2 Financial Statements
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SUBJECT: Accounting fraud at WorldCom Problem Statement WorldCom penetrated the largest accounting fraud in U.S history by overstating its tax income between 1999 and 2002. The main players in WorldCom’s accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan‚ the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments‚ external auditor Arthur Andersen‚ and the board of directors. While individuals did have their own sins‚ employees cowardice and self-interested‚ the board passive and ineffective‚ external auditors
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Accounting Ethics Accounting Ethics‚ Second Edition. Ronald Duska‚ Brenda Shay Duska‚ and Julie Ragatz © 2011 John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. Published 2011 by John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-405-19613-0 Foundations of Business Ethics Series editors: W. Michael Hoffman and Robert E. Frederick Written by an assembly of the most distinguished figures in business ethics‚ the Foundations of Business Ethics series aims to explain and assess the fundamental issues that motivate interest in each of
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The Lucent Accounting Scandal Abstract The case discusses the accounting frauds committed at the US-based telecommunications giant‚ Lucent Technologies Inc. (Lucent) during early 2000. It provides an insight into the ways by which the financial statements were manipulated at Lucent. It examines the loopholes in the financial management of the company and the price it had to pay for circumventing the provisions of law. The case examines the allegations against Lucent and its officers with reference
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A. Summary In 1913‚ Arthur Andersen LLP was found in Chicago‚ developed to become one of the “big five” largest accounting firm in the US. In 2003‚ after 90 years of business‚ the Chicago-based accounting firm was forced to close its doors because of accounting scandal I. The advent of consulting In the 1950s‚ Andersen began providing consulting services and over the next 30 years‚ Andersen’s consulting business became more profitable. With quick development of consulting sector‚ in
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What Role Does Personal Ethics Play in an Organization In late 2001‚ the United States economy experienced a shock as Enron‚ the country’s 7th largest corporation‚ declared bankruptcy. Many people lost their jobs‚ and even more investors lost billions of stock dollars as shares collapsed. As the rubble was removed‚ many signs of unethical acts surfaced‚ and were found to be carried out by some of the principal parties in the company. This debacle not only affected the employees and investors
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The Bible & Accounting Fraud Liberty University Abstract Accounting is an information and measurement system used by mainly all businesses and organizations to provide relevant‚ reliable and comparable information about its business activities‚ (Wild‚ & Shaw‚ & Chiappetta‚ 2011‚ p.272). Accounting Information Systems is a fundamental part of determining the success of an organization. An effective information system provides Internal
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Ms. Hardgrove Financial Accounting 5 November 2013 Xerox’s Accounting Scandal Xerox Corporation is a multinational American document management corporation which sells and produces a wide variety of color and black-and-white printers‚ multifunction systems‚ photo copiers‚ scanners‚ fax‚ digital production printing presses‚ and related consulting services and supplies. Overall any type of printing equipment‚ more specifically office equipment. It is currently headquartered in Norwalk‚ Connecticut
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Running head: ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Organizational Ethics in Accounting: A Comparison of Utilitarianism and Christian Deontological Principles Katherine Y. Masten A Senior Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation in the Honors Program Liberty University Spring 2012 1 ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING Acceptance of Senior Honors Thesis This Senior Honors Thesis is accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from the Honors Program of Liberty University
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For as long as there have been companies and accounting standards there have been people who are trying to beat the system and divert some of the company’s profits and assets to their own pockets. In this report we will discuss an accounting scandal that surfaced in 2004 and it involved Hollinger International as well as Conrad Black who was the CEO at the time. History of Hollinger International Inc. The original Hollinger was discovered in 1909 by Benny Hollinger‚ it was a gold mine named Hollinger
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