standards. An attempt is made to examine and analyze in-depth the Satyam Computer’s “creative-accounting” scandal‚ which brought to limelight the importance of ‘ethics’ and corporate ‘governance’. The fraud committed by the founders of Satyam in 2009 is a testament to the fact that “the science of conduct is swayed in large by human greed‚ ambition‚ and hunger for power‚ money‚ fame and glory.” Scandals from Enron to the recent financial crisis have‚ time and again proved‚ that “there is an urgent need
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current business and regulatory environment is conducive to ethical behavior. Cases leading to regulatory changes through scandalous financial reporting include Enron‚ Worldcom‚ Tyco‚ HealthSouth and others (Enofe‚ 2010‚ p.54). Since the barrage of scandals in the early 2000’s‚ regulatory bodies like the Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ and law reform like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 have worked to improve the standards and principles used in accounting
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ENRON Principles of Accounting Enron Key Players KENNETH LAY Former Enron chairman JEFFREY SKILLING Former Enron CEO DAVID DUNCAN Former Andersen partner NANCY TEMPLE Andersen lawyer THOMAS WHITE Secretary of the Army SHERRON WATKINS Enron vice president Enron started about 29 years ago in July 1985 in Houston‚ Texas.. A energy economist named Kenneth Lay became the CEO of Enron. Mr. Lay was a very optimistic
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Ali Due to the outbreak of financial scandals involving Bursa Malaysia listed companies Transmile and Megan Media‚ it may be argued that 2007 was a “challenging” year for the auditing profession in Malaysia. The “ripple” effect of the scandals caused turbulence in the auditing industry which spilled over to 2008 when the auditing profession was once again in the limelight‚ in the case of Oilcorp Berhad. he negative publicity connected with these financial scandals could very easily damage the essence
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(McKenna‚ 2012) As seen above‚ US Securities and Exchange Commission statistics‚ accounting frauds are decreasing year after year. Current business and regulatory environment have been affecting avoid from accounting fraud. 1.2 Before Enron scandal‚ organization was not allow to control relation between company and account firm. Arthur Andersen‚ is an accounting firm‚ winked at Enron accounting fraud. Thus the biggest accounting fraud was accrued in the history. (Kandemir‚ C.‚ & Kandemir‚ S
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Sean Russi The Case of Phar-Mor Inc ACCT-525 October 31‚ 2012 Case Summary The case of Phar-Mor Inc was one of the biggest pre-Enron frauds that have been uncovered. Phar-Mor Inc established in 1982 Phar-Mor was a small little known discount drugstore. Phar-Mor became well known for offering medications at a 25-40% discount rate compared to your normal pharmacy store prices. Phar-Mor’s first six years of existence seemingly were
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Andersen and the WorldCom scandal. Both of these companies were involved in unethical accounting practices. While Enron was accused of a vast number of shady dealings that included concealing debts in order keep them from being reflected on the company’s accounts‚ WorldCom’s accounting practices were so fraudulent that the company was led into the largest bankruptcy in history. Unethical accounting practices and scandals of the caliber of the Enron / Andersen and the WorldCom scandals is what led the U
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Performance Investment Product Corporation (PIPC) In 2007 there was a scandal involving a foreign exchange firm Performance Investment Product Corporation wherein the owner of the company‚ Michael H.K. Liew a Singaporean National fled the country taking with him fund’s of the investors amounting to US$140 million to US$250 million. (James‚ PIPC investors lose money as Michael Liew disappears‚ 2007) The firm was established in the Philippine as an online Forex trading service in 1998. (James‚ Updates
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J.J. and Warfield‚ T.D.‚ (2006). Intermediate Financial Accounting (12th ed.). New York: Wiley Raver‚ E.‚ (2006). The Enron Scandal: the Crime‚ Scandal‚ Tragedy‚ and Controversy of the Century. Retrieved January 9‚ 2010 from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/100479/the_enron_scandal_the_crime_scandal--pg2.html?cat=3 Patsuris‚ P.‚ (2002)‚ The Corporate Scandal Sheet. Forbes. Retrieved January 9‚ 2010 from http://www.forbes.com/2002/07/25/accountingtracker.html
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relating to the Enron scandal. Although Arthur Andersen still technically exists as a company‚ and despite the verdict in relation to the criminal charges being overturned by the US Supreme Court‚ Arthur Andersen has arguably suffered too great a level of damage to its reputation to immediately return to its former position. Most analysts now speak of a ’Big 4 ’ following the troubles that hit Arthur Andersen. Arthur Andersen was essentially brought down by the Enron scandal‚ which erupted in 2001
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