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    Review of Accounting Ethics – Worldcom ACC557 Financial Accounting Cornelia H. Brown Strayer University Review of Accounting Ethics - Worldcom In a business world pressured to meet organizational objectives such as high revenue growth it is not alarming that conduct by decision makers may be deemed as questionable practices. These practices within the past two decades have resulted in a number of organizations finding themselves confronted with ethical dilemmas and the aftermath

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    Worldcom Failure

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    WorldCom Failure in relation to its Organizational Behavior LDR/531 - Organizational Leadership October 7‚ 2010 WorldCom Failure in relation to its Organizational Behavior INTRODUCTION Year 2002 saw an unprecedented number of corporate scandals: Enron‚ Tyco‚ Global Crossing‚ etc. In many ways‚ WorldCom is just another case of failed corporate governance‚ accounting abuses‚ and outright greed. Many people may question if there is a secret to operating a successful business in modern times.

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    the actions taken by WorldCom managers not detected earlier? What processes or systems should be in place to prevent or detect quickly the types of actions that occurred in WorldCom? The first reason is that both internal audit and external audit of WorldCom were not performing their role as intended. Generally‚ internal audit mainly focus on the reliability of financial reporting and the effectiveness of operations‚ and reports directly to the Board of Directors. In WorldCom‚ however‚ internal audit

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    WorldCom Notes

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    [1] What business was WorldCom in? WorldCom was in the business of telecommunications. Where was WorldCom located? WorldCom was located in Clinton‚ Mississippi. Who was the CEO? The CEO was Bernie Ebbers. Who was the CFO? The CFO was Scott Sullivan. What are the names of the two members of the internal audit staff who worked with Cynthia on their secret investigation? Gene Morse and Glyn Smith What made the internal auditors think that possibly there was a need to investigate WorldCom’s

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    Worldcom Scandal

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    WorldCom Scandal A summary of WorldCom fraud would include having to describe the greed that would eventually destroy one of the largest communications companies in the United States and world. A humble motel owner‚ Bernard Ebbers took a small long distance company in 1983 and turned it into one of the most successful businesses in the country. It was not so much the business operations that caused the company to grow but the aggressive acquisitions that made the company grow. In its day‚ CEO Bernard

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    sox compliance

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    SOX Compliance The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (passed on 30 July 2002) is a federal law of United States that has established new and improved regulations for all the US companies in reaction to the growing financial statement frauds‚ which resulted in huge losses to investors. So it was an attempt by US congress to reinforce corporate governance and restore the faith of the investors in the US financial reporting system. It made extensive changes in the freedom and productiveness of the auditors

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    Black Sox

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    Series of 1919‚ two teams‚ The Chicago White Sox‚ and the Cincinnati Reds made a bit of history. The White Sox realized they were desperate to win. So desperate that they decided they would bribe some of the Reds players with $100‚000‚ to throw the game. These actions‚ in the end result‚ banned 8 players‚ and crushed thousands of fans. In the World Series of 1919‚ two teams‚ The Chicago White Sox‚ and the Cincinnati Reds made a bit of history. The White Sox realized they were desperate to win. So desperate

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    Sox Act

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    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Name Tutor Institution Course Date Introduction The numerous scandals that involved corporate and investors in the year 2002 such as EnronWorldCom and Tyco came as shock to many investors in the United States. Many investors lost their money to fraudulent activities by accountability corporate making them loose confidence in financial statements provided. Such loses created concern within the government prompting them to overhaul all the

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    Enron

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    collapse of Enron had substantial and far-reaching ramifications throughout the financial investment field‚ tax compliance professions and the accounting profession. Intense Congressional scrutiny resulted in a new era of transparency in financial reporting‚ stricter reporting standards as provided in Sarbanes-Oxley and substantial penalties for failure to comply with new financial reporting and tax compliance standards in the Internal Revenue Code (Bottiglieri et. al.‚ 2009) Enron Assignment

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    enron scandal

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    The Enron scandal A brief on Enron’s history  Enron was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay after merging Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth.  In the early 1990s‚ he helped to initiate the selling of electricity at market prices‚ The resulting markets made it possible for traders such as Enron to sell energy at higher prices‚ thereby significantly increasing its revenue.  As Enron became the largest seller of natural gas in North America by 1992‚ Enron pursued a diversification strategy

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