Thinking About Women by Margaret Andersen. The social construction of gender is thought to be the multiple different approaches in which the expectancy of being a girl‚ whom later becomes a woman‚ and being a boy‚ whom later becomes a man‚ is passed on through the society. Society differences are said to be the basis of gender identity in today’s society preferably more than the sex or biological differences are. All throughout chapter two of Thinking About Women‚ Andersen discusses the multiple ways
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Root problems of the Enron Scandal The main problem of the Enron scandal was that they committed business fraud. This is what the root problem of the company was. The sad thing about the Enron scandal was that approximately 22‚000 men and women lost their jobs. Not only did it affect the people who worked for the company but the problem was that it also affected other accounting firms that worked directly with Enron‚ for example the company Arthur Anderson went under because of the Enron scandal
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Performance Investment Product Corporation (PIPC) In 2007 there was a scandal involving a foreign exchange firm Performance Investment Product Corporation wherein the owner of the company‚ Michael H.K. Liew a Singaporean National fled the country taking with him fund’s of the investors amounting to US$140 million to US$250 million. (James‚ PIPC investors lose money as Michael Liew disappears‚ 2007) The firm was established in the Philippine as an online Forex trading service in 1998. (James‚ Updates
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ACC/260 Page 113: Questions 1‚ 3‚ and 4 1. Arthur Anderson’s audit partners’ sole concern was how much revenue could be generated‚ so the employees of Arthur Anderson paid little mind to the quality of the audits they did as long as they were making money. They turned their heads when generally accepted accounting principles were not being followed and hid the fact that Enron’s policies and internal controls were not good enough to protect its shareholders. 3. The prime motivation behind
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Just before the turn of the century and shortly afterward‚ the financial world saw some of the biggest corporate accounting scandals of all time. Corporate giants like Waste Management (1998)‚ Enron (2001)‚ and Tyco (2002) were all caught in the unethical practice of generating fictitious financial statements. All these companies did this buy using fraudulent accounting entries. Assets were inflated‚ sales numbers were inflated and huge debts were omitted from balance sheets. Another company that
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charitable affairs‚ which will give them a lot of respect and power. Opportunities: during the 1990s‚ approximately 14 employees who play either key financial or accounting positions are former employees of the company’s long-time auditor‚ Arthur Andersen. This management structure gave Waste Management a great opportunity to manipulate their financial performance because we can infer that Waste Management maintained a good relationship with its auditor. Attitudes/Rationalization: it was a time when
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Running Title: Full Disclosure Principle Full Disclosure Principle Full Disclosure Principle Full disclosure plays an important role in the preparation of a company or business financial statements. Full disclosure benefits the user‚ company‚ or business. This principle tries to prevent companies or businesses from provided their user with false or over stated financial information about the company or business financial position. This essay will discuss
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Do some research on the Internet about what has happened with Enron. Now apply the three questions used to test the merits of a winning strategy (text p13) to Enron. Describe the strategic management failure in Enron that led it into its demise? Enron was formed in 1986 from the merger of natural gas pipeline companies Houston Natural Gas and Internorth. At the time of filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection in December 2001‚ Enron had a portfolio of diversified activities ranging from the
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Some of the reasons for the Red Cross ethical dilemmas come from their executive turnover rate. The frequent turnover rate of CEOs has greatly weakened the organization’s ability to put controls into place. The President and CEO during the 9/11 attack‚ Bernadine Hartley was forced to resign due to mismanagement of response time. President and CEO Mark Evans was fired after the handling of Hurricane Katrina. During a brief time in 2007 when Mark Everson was President and CEO‚ he resigned due to
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Effects of the Enron Scandal (Kassie) The Enron scandal had a great effect on the United States‚ with an impact on individuals from the consumer level to those running the company as well as the stock market and investors. Throughout the scandal‚ 4‚500 employees lost their jobs and investors lost approximately $60 billion dollars within a few days. The loss of such a large sum of money meant the loss of old-age and retirement security for many of the investors who put their money and faith in the
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