from two perspectives. a. From the clients’ side The last straw which led to the demise of these two CPA firm were PTL club to L&H and Enron to Anderson. PTL Club had a very weak internal control. As it is pointed out in the case‚ whenever Jim Bakker needed money‚ he could just simply make a board member introduce a resolution for a bonus. Auditors could not find necessary documents to support expenses and revenue. Compensation was excessive far beyond the regulation of IRS. (Louwers‚ 867-872)
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audit reports be used to solicit investments‚ credit‚ or sales in a manner similar to Jim Bakker’s? How can a CPA firm prevent such behavior? Audit reports should not be used to solicit investments‚ credits or sales. The SEC states that the purpose of an audit is to “provide the public with additional assurance — beyond managements’ own assertions — that a company’s financial statements can be relied upon.” Bakker used the audit
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Neil Postman ’s Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse in The Age Of Show Business. Chapter 8 Pages 114-117. There is an evangelical preacher on television that goes by the name of Reverend Terry. She appears to be in her early fifties‚ and features a coiffure of which it has been said that it cannot be mussed‚ only broken. Reverend Terry is energetic and folksy‚ and uses a style of preaching modeled on early Miltion Berle. When her audiences are shown in reaction shots‚ they are almost
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Case # 1 Andersen: An Obstruction of Justice? P. C1 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Look up the term corrupt in the dictionary. What is its definition? Was corrupt appropriately applied to the actions of Arthur Andersen? 2. The issues that overturned the Andersen verdict were based on faulty jury instructions‚ not on whether Andersen was in fact guilty or innocent. Based on the information in this case and other information you know‚ do you believe Andersen violated the law? 3. Do you believe that the
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JIM HENSON Jim Henson was born on September 24‚ 1936‚ in Greenville‚ Mississippi. He moved to Maryland in fifth grade and throughout his childhood had a strong interest in both art and television. His grandmother was very supportive of his interests and constantly encouraged him to use his imagination. In 1954 Jim started in television performing puppets on a local channel ’s Saturday morning program. The next year‚ while studying at the University of Maryland‚ he was given a five-minute show called
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of the picaresque rogue in Jim Dixon. Jim perpetrates a succession of practical jokes‚ tricks‚ and deceptions on other characters in the novel‚ especially those who offend his democratic sensibility. He has a talent for "pulling faces" and projecting voices gestures Amis uses to enhance Jim’s social commentary. He is sometimes aided and abetted in his roguery by his fellow boarder‚ the salesman Bill Atkinson. On campus‚ in addition to Welch‚ Johns‚ and Margaret‚ Jim is seen interacting with
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The youngest of four children born to Percy (an accountant and aspiring jazz saxophonist) and Kathleen‚ Jim Carrey was an incurable extrovert from day one. As a child he performed constantly‚ for anyone who would watch‚ and even mailed his résumé to "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967) at age 10. In junior high he was granted a few precious minutes at the end of each school day to do stand-up routines for his classmates (provided‚ of course‚ that he kept a lid on it the rest of the day). Carrey ’s early
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” In his literary masterpiece‚ Lord Jim‚ Joseph Conrad’s theme development is complex but mirrors Fay Weldon’s statement. Dealing with the paradox of whether a human being is capable of both good and evil the moral focus of the novel is the degree of the central characters guilt‚ his related attempts at self-justification‚ and in the end‚ whether or not good works can make up for one bad act. As will be supported in the following paragraphs‚ Lord Jim is a story of guilt‚ punishment‚ obsession
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early life. When Jim started primary school‚ he hated it because of the discipline. "The government believed that the only way to break in Indians to white culture was through a strict regime" (Richards 21). The discipline was used if Indians used Indian language‚ were caught roughhousing‚ came late to meals or had a sloppy appearance (Richards 24). Those years were not fun for him. He only enjoyed the game of baseball. Jim and his twin brother Charlie‚ who died of pneumonia when Jim was nine years
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that‚ although it was sold as a Christian religious group‚ Jim Jones was leading a political‚ more specifically socialist-based‚ movement.”(Peschman). Jim Jones was a man who took advantage of those who were poverty- stricken and spiritually lost by creating this idea of a utopian society of “total equality a society where all people own all things in common where there is no rich or poor‚ where there are no races” where everyone was equal
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