GE and Westinghouse’s antitrust action in turbines; WalMart’s aggressive growth strategy and the loss of small town businesses; Wal-Mart and its labor and legal practices; and Wal-Mart with its “Buy America Program.” Now here comes Enron‚ Arthur Andersen‚ Global Crossing‚ Tyco‚ Martha Stewart‚ Disney (remember its privacy practices and guest safety issues)‚ Adelphia‚ Rite Aid‚ Nordstrom‚ the dot com bubble‚ Xerox and its large restatement of earnings‚ ditto Lucent‚ and who could forget Krispy Kream
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Columbia Law School The Center for Law and Economic Studies 435 West 116th St. New York‚ NY 10027-7201 Working Paper No. 207 Understanding Enron: It’s About the Gatekeepers‚ Stupid John C. Coffee‚ Jr. July 30‚ 2002 This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network electronic library at: http://ssrn.com/abstract_id=325240 An index to the working papers in the Columbia Law School Working Paper Series is located at: http://www.law.columbia.edu/law-economicstudies
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Standard Issues: AICPA The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has created a code of professional conduct that all certified public accountants must follow. This code of conduct lists the responsibilities CPAs have when working with a company ’s financial information. The AICPA also includes information regarding the integrity‚ objectivity‚ independence and due care that CPAs must use when working in the accounting industry. The AICPA offers an ethics course for accountants to refresh
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Earnings management is typically regarded as a bad thing. I will cover why it’s considered a bad thing‚ and what it entails. When an executive “cooks the books” it’s referring to them providing false information in order to deceive other important employees or shareholders. This act includes‚ but is not limited to: falsifying receipts‚ inventories‚ balance sheets‚ and/or cash flow statements. This is an important concept to familiarize yourself with because‚ if identified and stopped in time‚ could
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Corporate Scandal I. Olympus Updated: April 20‚ 2012 Olympus Corporation‚ founded in 1919‚ is a manufacturer of digital cameras and electronic equipment. Based in Tokyo‚ the multibillion-dollar company has operations worldwide. In mid-October 2011‚ Olympus was rocked by scandal when its former chief executive and president‚ Michael C. Woodford‚ who is British‚ was suddenly fired. The company’s chairman‚ Tsuyoshi Kikukawa‚ blamed a culture clash‚ but Mr. Woodford‚ a 30-year Olympus employee‚
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Ba (honors) in business & management Offered by Cardiff metropolitan university Strategic management Assignment 02 - Enron Submitted to: Mr. Shane De Silva M.F.M.M Fazlan ICBT/ BABM/07 Executive Summary This report is provides information the Enron scandal which is revealed in 2001. The main reasons for scandal have been described. There are many individuals as
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are decreasing year after year. Current business and regulatory environment have been affecting avoid from accounting fraud. 1.2 Before Enron scandal‚ organization was not allow to control relation between company and account firm. Arthur Andersen‚ is an accounting firm‚ winked at Enron accounting fraud. Thus the biggest accounting fraud was accrued in the history. (Kandemir‚ C.‚ & Kandemir‚ S.‚ 2012‚ p.106) Because of Enron fraud loss‚ according report of Association of Certified Fraud
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practice was uncovered by a financial analyst at investment firm Paine Webber‚ who downgraded the value of Sunbeam’s stock. Bill and hold isn’t illegal‚ but Sunbeam’s shareholders felt deceived and filed lawsuits. Sunbeam’s accounting firm‚ Arthur Andersen (later ruined by its involvement with Enron)‚ performed an audit and reported that Sunbeam’s books were accurate and in accordance with federal guidelines. However‚ the board was unsatisfied and hired Deloitte & Touche to review Arthur Andersen’s
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giant Enron Corporation was forced to file for bankruptcy in December 2001 amid allegations that the company’s financial statements were deliberately misleading and false. Enron’s bankruptcy not only destroyed that company‚ but its auditor Arthur Andersen as well. More recently‚ in late 2006‚ without admitting wrongdoing‚ Hewlett-Packard agreed to pay $14.5 million to California to settle the company’s “pretexting” scandal. The scandal began when a board member complained that confidential information
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examples. Waste Management Scandal (1998) Company: Houston-based publicly traded waste management company What happened: Reported $1.7 billion in fake earnings. Main players: Founder/CEO/Chairman Dean L. Buntrock and other top executives; Arthur Andersen Company (auditors) How they did it: The company allegedly falsely increased the depreciation time length for their property‚ plant and equipment on the balance sheets. How they got caught: A new CEO and management team went through the books. Penalties:
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