Arthur Andersen was one of the ’Big 5 ’ accounting firms‚ the others being PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)‚ Deloitte Touche‚ Ernst and Young‚ and KPMG. Throughout the 1980 ’s and 1990 ’s‚ these five companies provided auditing and tax services to most of the west ’s major companies. However‚ in 2002 Arthur Andersen ’s licences to practice as Certified Public Accountants (CPA ’s) in the US were voluntarily surrendered by the company in the wake of criminal charges relating to the Enron scandal. Although
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ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES Lecturer: DR SITI ZELEHA ABDUL RASHID Prepared by: SAMIRA ALVANDI SHAHRZAD KARIMI HAMED KHAZAEI 1 ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES 2 ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES Table of content: Abstract……………………………………………………………………………..…...4 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………..……5 2. Literature review ………………………………………………………………
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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 the decisions of Arthur Andersen’s
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There were several internal control issues with Arthur Andersen (AA) that contributed to the Enron disaster. Firstly‚ AA gave Enron nonaudit services as well as audit services‚ meaning that AA could advise the structuring of transactions for desired disclosure outcomes and other work and later give an audit opinion on these transactions. This resulted in a blatant conflict of interest issue that many audit professionals did not recognize. Secondly‚ the “tone at the top” of AA did not encourage ethics
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was a vast number of ethical issues raised in the movie “Enron-the Smartest Guys in the Room” but the four I am going to focus on are listed below. Art Anderson‚ Ken Lay and all of the other executives did a number of unethical things which ultimately brought down Enron and affected thousands of employees and their futures. The bottom line was that each and every one of them acted out of greed for the almighty dollar. 1- Encouraging employees to invest and buy stock in Enron when they knew the
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Enron Corporation and Andersen‚ LLP Accounting Fraud and Auditor Legal Liability 1 - What were the business risks Enron faced‚ and how did those risks increase the likelihood of material misstatements in Enron’s financial statements? The business risks that Enron faced included foreign currency risks and price instability‚ which is common for the energy industry. In addition‚ Enron faced pressure to perform well so that the stock price would rise. These risks increased
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AND ITS ROLE IN THE DOWNFALL Corporate Culture and its Role in the Downfall Of Arthur Anderson LLC and Sunbeam Corporation Darrell V. Davis Grand Canyon University Bus 604 Business Ethics July 5‚ 2009 Abstract Corporate culture plays an extremely important role in the development of a company. Whether explicitly stated or not‚ the culture of a company reveals its attitude‚ motivation‚ and intentions. Arthur Andersen’s and Sunbeam’s cultures revealed that they were on the hunt for huge profits
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if outdated. At the organization‚ new trends of the market and new competitors were not going to change any of the company. "Don’t question it. That’s the way it’s always been done". They had no desire to change their archaic practices. When Anderson realized that they could not survive with the current‚ traditional business approach and their competitive edge was dwindling‚ they switched from a "pillar of integrity" company to one that focused solely on keeping clients at any cost. Andersen
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management within Arthur Andersen. Specifically‚ the paper will discuss at least one legal‚ ethical‚ and social responsibility issue that impacts Arthur Andersen. Additionally‚ this paper will analyze the impact these factors have on Arthur Andersen’s management planning. Finally‚ this paper will analyze at least three factors that influence Arthur Andersen’s strategic‚ tactical‚ operational‚ and contingency planning. The firm of Arthur Andersen LLP was founded in 1913 by Arthur Andersen and
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Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties The largest bankruptcy of a non-profit organization‚the investors of Baptist Foundation of Arizona sued Andersen which served as the auditor for $217 million for issuing false and misleading approvals of BFA financial statements and also lost $570 million donor funds. BFA management allegedly took money from other investors to pay off the current investors which the court held
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