Early in December 2001‚ one of the biggest companies in the world went bankrupt. Enron was a world leader in natural gas and oil‚ or so the investors thought. What seemed to be a booming company in a booming economy turned out to be one of the biggest financial scandals in the history of the world. Executives at Enron misled investors into thinking they were continuously growing‚ when the real numbers insured that they were losing money every quarter. Enron‚ founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985‚ became
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Study Assignment: Fraud at WorldCom 1. Who were the major characters in WorldCom? There are a couple of major characters that played their roles in the downfall of WorldCom. Mr. Bernard J. (Bernie) Ebbers‚ one of the founders of the original small long-distance carrier‚ was asked to take charge of the company during its early struggles. It was under his tenure that WorldCom began its expanding pursuits and aggressive acquisitions. Although Mr. Ebbers was he head of the company‚ their CFO‚ Scott
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commit fraud? Erica Miller Southern Technical College Table of Content Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Definition of Terms 5 Methodology 5 Results 6 References 8 Abstract When people who hear about executives that commit fraud the thing that first comes to mind may be: “They must have really hated their job or company to do such a thing”. That may not always be the case. In some cases it is the CEO or even the founder of the company that committed the fraud. The
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major energy company Enron over‚ he contributed to the hiring and development of an entire corporation with a crooked staff whom were corrupt all the way from the bottom employees to the top executives. Top executives “cooked the books” through a certain structured finance including accounting ambiguities‚ special purpose entities‚ and poor financial reporting. They were able to hide billions of dollars in debt from failed deals and projects. CFO‚ Andrew Fastow and other executives not only mislead
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Have you ever stopped to consider‚ outside of annual performance review time‚ if you are meeting your boss’s expectations? Do you even know what those expectations are? Here are 7 ways to ensure you meet and exceed your boss’s expectations: 1. Are you clear about what your boss expects of you? Understanding your job accountabilities and objectives‚ and especially the key drivers of success‚ are table stakes. Do you understand your boss’s informal unspoken expectations? Sometimes it’s as simple
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the reason the fast growing company Walgreen and the significantly slower growing company Wrigley‚ Between 1968 and 2007 had nearly the same shareholder return? For example‚ earnings growth alone can’t explain why investors in drugstore chain Walgreens‚ with sales of $54 billion in 2007‚ and global chewinggum maker Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company‚ with sales of $5 billion the same year‚ earned similar shareholder returns between 1968 and 2007.3 These two successful companies had very different growth rates
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ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM Kenneth “Ken” Lay‚ the founder of Enron Corporation grew up from a poor family. His father was a Baptist ministry. Ken Lay works many jobs at the same time. He was aiming to make wealth for himself and for his family. From his childhood‚ he learned the value of hard work to earn a living and to achieve his ultimate goal (to be rich). He actually did work so hard‚ been working with different companies and upgraded his skills and education in obtaining Ph.D. degree
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MEMORANDUM TO: John Smith CEO FROM: Alex Klein‚ Chairperson of Partnership Development Committee AK SUBJECT: Recommendation for a Job Shadowing Program DATE: March 30‚ 2013 RECOMMENDATION The Partnership Development Committee recommends that UT Federal Credit Union initiate a job-shadowing program for two students majoring in Business Management at Pellissippi State Community College in order to fulfill the Board of Director’s strategic goal to “develop strong
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criminalize assistance for terrorist activities‚ deny financial support and safe haven to terrorist and share information about groups planning terrorist attacks. The 15-member Counter-Terrorism Committee was established at the same time to monitor implementation of the resolution. While the ultimate aim of the Committee is to increase the ability of States to fight terrorism‚ it is not a sanctions body nor does it maintain a list of terrorist organizations or individuals.[1] The body has been effective
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Review Questions: 2-3 and 3-6 Discussion Issues: 2-4 and 3-8 Review 2-3: Sales skimming schemes leave a victims organization’s books in balance because an employee will make a sale or a service to a customer‚ collect the payment at the point of sale‚ but will make no record of the transaction. The employee will then pocket the money received instead of turning it over to the employer. Discussion 2-4: In order to prevent this scheme from happening again in the future without having to hire
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