Ramalinga Raju ’s shock resignation on 7 January 2009 in Hyderabad‚ India as chairman of Satyam Computer Services blew the Indian economy in general and its information technology sector in particular when he confessed fraud running into millions of dollars in a letter he wrote to the company’s board of directors (Ramachandran‚ 2009). This report is going to focus on‚ an overview of the events that happened in Satyam‚ its consequences on Satyam’s stakeholders‚ the auditors involved and their role in the
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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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Satyam Computer Services Limited. Introduction Satyam Computer Service Limited is a leading global business and information technology company‚ delivering consulting‚ systems integration‚ and outsourcing solutions to clients in over 20 industries. Incorporated on June 24 1987‚ Satyam has grown substantially to become one of the fastest growing companies in the IT services and BPO sector. It is one of the youngest IT services company to reach US $1 billion mark in annual revenues. The first fortune
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Values are basic convictions about what is right and wrong. Usually values would influence the attitudes and behaviors of business person for their decisions making. Values on the part of business are Operating philosophies or principles that guide an organization’s internal conduct as well as its relationship with the external world. Whereas attitudes are predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or negatively towards a certain idea‚ object‚ person‚ or situation. Attitude influences
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“The Feast of the Black Nazarene” Filipino Catholics are truly aware of the feast of the Black Nazarene‚ and it is really obvious that this is the time that the devotees are waiting for. This has become a part of the lives of many Filipinos‚ specially the Catholic‚ and even the non-Catholic. The procession lasted for almost eighteen hours with nine million devotees are indeed unbelievable. I decided to go to Quiapo not only because we were asked to‚ but also having the questions and curiosity
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possible to analyze the Satyam case under two main different perspectives. The first addresses the conditions that made possible‚ and eventually stimulated‚ the existence of the accounting fraud perpetrated from the company top management. The second one is about the issue of gaps in the company’s control framework‚ which failed miserably in identify and properly address the problems in company financial statements. Analyzing the first aspect listed above‚ seems that Satyam scandal originated‚ in
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WENT WRONG WITH SATYAM? PROFESSOR J. P. SHARMA J.P Sharma‚ Professor of Law & Corporate governance‚ Department of Commerce‚ Delhi School of Economics‚ University of Delhi WHAT WENT WRONG WITH SATYAM? INTRODUCTION Till about two decades ago corporate governance was relatively an unknown subject. The subject came into prominence in the late 80’s and early 90’s when the corporate sector in many countries was surrounded with problems of questionable corporate policies or unethical practices. Junk
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Issues December 16‚ 2008: Satyam board approved a 51% stake acquisition of Maytas Infra‚ a listed company in the Bombay Stock Exchange for US$1.3 billion and 100% stake in unlisted firm Maytas Properties for US$300 million. Both of these firms were in the construction and real estate business and Satyam’s chairman‚ Ramalinga Raju family held a 36% stake in Mayta’s Infra and 35% stake in Maytas Properties. Implication: The deal was seen as a way of diverting cash from Satyam’s shareholder to Satyam’s
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AFM 351: Audit Strategies Satyam Fraud: A case of India’s Enron 1. Describe the governance structure at Satyam. What was the “tone-at-the-top” at Satyam during the fraud period? • • • • • • • 2. In terms of the confirmation of cash balances‚ what deficiencies can you identify in terms of the procedures followed in the Satyam engagement? • • • • 3. Ramalinga Raju was the Chairman of the Board His brother‚ Rama Raju‚ was the Managing Director and CEO They both had direct operational
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Introduction to Satyam Computers Limited Satyam computers limited established as a private limited company by two brothers B. Rama Raju and B. Ramalinga Raju in 1987. It was converted to a public limited company in August 1991. By 2008‚ Satyam was established as a fourth largest Indian IT Company in India and US. It had grown upto 53000 employees‚ 600 plus customers including 185 fortune 500 companies. The company had annual revenues over $2 billion. The company was operated in more than 66 countries
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