Case Analysis Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices ●Introduction Arthur Andersen LLP‚ which is over a span of nearly 90 years‚ would become one of the "Big five" largest accounting firms in the United States. Moreover‚ the accounting firm seen as the symbol of trust‚ integrity and ethic. The good reputation is derived from the advent of consulting business‚ which was developed by Leonard Spack. However‚ with the growth of consulting services‚ many accounting firms viewed it as a
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Business Should Always Be Ethically and Socially Responsible Introduction Corporate scandals in business world have been more and more common‚ which damages the interest and profits of stakeholders‚ employers‚ community or society. The corporate scandals pull the public to focus on the ethic of managers and the firm itself. Comparing to the past‚ customers are focusing more and more on the reputation of the firms and they prefer to select the brands that are environmentally friendly and socially
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B2B Marketing Assignment 3 Connecting Business Marketing Research & Practice: Innovative product concept Tata Motors: The Tata Ace For our topic of innovative product concept we chose a case study of Tata Motors from Harvard Business Review‚ Jan. 2008. It will be simply referred to as ‘the case study’. By that time the company was introducing its new innovative product – the Tata Ace and thus creating a new segment on the car market in India. We included additional information (web site
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Enron’s Questionable Transactions 1. The special purpose entities (SPEs) got Enron into trouble. 2. It is debatable whether Enron’s directors knew how profits were being made through the SPEs. Speculation is that they did have knowledge‚ but did not question the questionable procedures. Evidence that indicates the directors knew how profits were being made includes the following: • Andrew Fastow’s role in establishing the SPEs and falsely creating 3% independent investors in
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Enron Questionable Transactions Question 1 The question which segment of its operations got Enron into difficulties is simple to answer‚ everything. Almost every all segments of their operation were improper. First of all‚ they practice unethical and dishonest practices which victimized workers‚ consumers‚ taxpayers and stockholders. Enron created partnerships within their own organization which led to them creating new financial instruments‚ called SPE’s (special purpose entities) which was
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believed that there are not any ethical implications that would require and employee to dedicate long hours and extensive travel time to their careers. When someone pursues a job it is their responsibility to gather the appropriate information by doing research on the company they want to pursue a career with. If they truly intend to become and employee they need to figure out and get familiar with all the requirements of the job they want to get. Some of the requirements that should be researched are
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Morally: Since rationalism is based on using our mind to make reasonable judgment‚ I think what has happened about the leaking of information about the NSA program of recording information is morally acceptable. As John Locke’s philosophy about “natural law”‚ which included moral equity and nature freedom‚ citizens have the rights to not be watched. What Snowden did was based on a personal point of view that represented the moral aspects of the culture‚ which is freedom. From this‚ I can understand
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Accounting is one of the five business disciplines that we have talked about in business 101 and I think that is the major that I am going to pursue. “Accounting is the measurement‚ statement‚ or provision of assurance about financial information primarily used by lenders‚ managers‚ investors‚ tax authorities and other decision makers to make resource allocation decisions between and within companies‚ organizations‚ and public agencies” (Wikipedia). Accounting is a key business discipline underpinning
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The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Leadership is not about personality or popularity and also about not age; it’s all about behaviour. The five practices of leadership are available to anyone who is up for the leadership challenge. Leadership takes people places they have never been and doing stuff that has never been done. The five practices of leadership have passed the test of time. The fire practice is Model the way- your work title does not mean a lot when you don’t have the respect
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Jason Professor English 1020-52 14 October 2004 Questionable Immigration Myths David Cole’s "Five Myths about Immigration‚" while not a persuasive argument‚ is obviously a personal issue for the author who believes Americans treat immigrants poorly. He introduces the reader to "Know Nothings‚" or "Native Americans‚" who blame every problem in America on the immigrants (Cole 189-90). In the introductory paragraph‚ Cole attempts to obtain the reader’s sympathetic feelings as he writes
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