Case 1a: Satyam Accounting Scandal Mahindra Satyam is an IT company in India that recently perpetrated a large accounting scandal. To complete this assignment‚ you should first conduct research using the Internet to better understand Satyam and its fraud. Second‚ use the Internet and your understanding of class material to answer the following questions. Questions: 1. (a) In general‚ what is the role of information asymmetry in accounting scandals? Information asymmetry generally
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| | | | 4 | 2 | Corporate Governance-An Academic Review | | | 5 | | 2.1 | Corporate Governance Mechanisms | | | 5 | | 2.2 | Overview of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance. | 6 | | 2.3 | Corporate Governance in India | | | | 7 | 3 | Satyam Computer Services Limited - Overview | | | 9 | | 3.1 | The Satyam Scandal | | | | | 10 | | 3.2 | Satyam’s Corporate Governance Issues | | | 12 | 4 | Corporate Governance Recommendations-Satyam Compute Services Ltd. | 14 |
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Ethics Case Satyam Computer Services – The Enron of India Founded in 1987‚ Satyam Computer Services Ltd. was founded by B. Ramalinga Raju. Operating globally in 66 countries‚ Satyam had a growth of 53‚000 employees from just 200 employees. By 2009‚ it was India’s fourth largest information technology company. Services included customer service and outsourcing of accounting and finance. 185 companies of those listed‚ as the Fortune 500 including Nestle‚ General Motors and General Electric were
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In early 2009 the chairman of Satyam Computer Services admitted publicly to a fraud taking place in the company. Satyam reported in the financial statements billions of dollars in profits and cash assets that never existed. The public auditor’s responsible for auditing the financial statements of Satyam Computer Services at the time was PW India‚ an affiliate of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. The Securities and Exchange Commission determined that Satyam was able to commit the financial statement fraud
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The Satyam Computer Services scandal was a corporate scandal that occurred in India in 2009 where chairman Ramalinga Raju confessed that the company’s accounts had been falsified. The Global corporate community was shocked and scandalised when the chairman of Satyam‚ Ramalinga Raju resigned on 7 January 2009 and confessed that he had manipulated the accounts by US$1.47-Billion. Contents [hide] 1 Role of Auditors 2 Aftermath 3 New CEO and special advisors 4 Acquisition by Mahindra Group 5
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ETHICS & GOVERNANCE Case Study: The Satyam Fiasco July 7 2014 Submitted to: Prof. Dr. Syed Abdul Hamid AlJunaid Submission Deadline: July 18th‚ 2014 This Project Paper is a Second partial fulfillment of Module IE-2002 of part II of Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) INCEIF – The Global University of Islamic Finance - January 2014 Case Study: Satyam Fiasco Describe India’s environment that investors should consider while investing in companies like Satyam? Investors
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Corporate Governance at SATYAM | | Submitted to-Prof. Rajan Mani | Submitted by- Khushbu Gumber | Shivi Singh | Siddharth Talokar Vikrant Shinde | 9/26/2011 | | Table of Contents Content | Pg. No. | Company Background
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On Report On | Satyam Scandal | | March 04‚ 2013 | | Satyam Scandal | | March 04‚ 2013 | Abstract The purpose of this report is to highlight the ethical issues involved‚ wrongdoings by the top management of the Satyam Computer services‚ and some ways adopted by government
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SATYAM SCANDAL I. Analyze the case and respond to the following questions: (a) Discuss the earnings management techniques employed by the management of Satyam. In this case of Satyam‚ I can conclude that the obvious technique employed by the said management are: 1. “Big Bet on The Future”. When an acquisition occurs‚ the company acquiring the other is said to have made a big bet on the future. As refer to this case‚ Ramalingam Raju the Chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd
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Satyam scam Satyam Computers services limited was a consulting and an Information Technology (IT) services company founded by Mr. Ramalingam Raju in 1988. The company offers information technology (IT) services spanning various sectors‚ and is listed on NSE‚ BSE‚ the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext. It was India’s fourth largest company in India’s IT industry‚ offering a variety of IT services to many types of businesses. Its’ networks spanned from 46 countries‚ across 6 continents and employing
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