Enron was an energy company based in Huston‚ Texas. It was one of the innovative and also one of the seven largest company in the United States in 1990s. It had about 20‚000 employees at that time. The company was making profit from supplying natural gas and electricity until the late 1980s‚ but after that it expanded its operation to the trading of energy related financial products such as derivatives. Enron looked like a great company that makes a lot of profit however‚ in 2001‚ after the firm’s
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handling the phone-hacking scandal. Do you believe it was adequate? What should the Board have done to prevent an escalation of the scandal? Composition of members of the Board left much to be desired. The most important positions were occupied by Murdoch family members. In addition‚ a minority of the other members were people who had never dealt with the media industry. It could have huge impact on decreasing credibility of the Board during the investigation of the scandal. Considering the behavior
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Waste Management Scandal Dean Buntrock established Waste Management‚ Inc. in 1968. Its main purpose is to pick recycling and garbage up from residential housing and businesses. WM also disposes of the garbage in landfills. It has grown to be the largest garbage disposal company in the U.S. today. This company has managed to survive “one of the most egregious accounting frauds we have seen” said Thomas C. Newkirk of the SEC. This accounting scandal lasted from 1992 to 1997 and was the result
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Trust and Support 11 Effect on China’s Image 12 Western Perception Toward Asian Countries 12 Lesson Learn From Scandal 13 Bibliography INTRODUCTION The case discusses the tainted milk scandal that was unearthed in China in 2008. The milk scandal became public in August 2008‚ after it was disclosed that the baby formula produced by the Chinese dairy products company‚ Sanlu Group was contaminated with melamine‚ which caused kidney failure of many children‚ resulting in death in some
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The WorldCom Accounting Scandal WorldCom was started in Mississippi as a long distance telephone service provider in 1983 (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). Over the next decade and a half‚ the company expanded to offer a whole range of telecommunication services through a series of mergers and acquisitions (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). At its height‚ WorldCom was the largest long distance phone company in the United States and was one of the leading companies in the telecommunication market in the world‚ providing
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Notable outcomesThe Enron scandal turned in the indictment and criminal conviction of one of the Big Five auditor Arthur Andersen on June 15‚ 2002. Although the conviction was overturned on May 31‚ 2005 by the Supreme Court of the United States‚ the firm ceased performing audits and is currently unwinding its business operations. On July 9‚ 2002 George W. Bush gave a speech about recent accounting scandals that had been uncovered. In spite of its stern tone‚ the speech did not focus on establishing
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monetary and land grants from the government in order to complete the transcontinental railroad. The company took part in complex arrangements in which a several of the partners contracted with themselves for the construction of the railroad. As a result of this scandal‚ Credit Mobilier stocks paid dividends of three-hundred and forty-eight percent in the first year (Hoops 59). The real scandal took place not in the west‚ but in the House of Representatives‚ where Oakes Ames "sold" stock at par
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statement includes “A commitment to premium ingredients‚ signature recipes‚ and family-friendly dining experiences is what has defined our brand for more than 50 successful years” (BK‚ 2013). BURGER KING® did not release the report of this scandal to the public. This scandal surfaced on January 15‚ 2013‚ when the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) first published the findings of a targeted study examining the authenticity of a number of beef burger‚ beef meal and salami products. The study which tested
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suppliers found to be involved in the horsemeat scandal are some big names including Iceland‚ Lidl‚ Dunnes Stores‚ ASDA‚ Aldi etc. Later‚ it was discovered the beef products containing horsemeat were not only being sold in UK and Ireland‚ but all over the Europe and after investigation the suspected beef products are withdrawn from the market. The following will be focusing on recent case study‚ Tesco’s horsemeat scandal. Tesco’s horsemeat scandal chronology After the announcement of the FSAI
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The accounting scandal at Enron which occurred early during the last decade involved the manipulation of accounting rules in order to enrich the company’s executive leadership. Hence‚ while accounting techniques facilitated the Enron scandal it is more of a tale that is related to the hubris of the firm’s top executives and their deep-seated greed. Evidence that hubris and greed was more of the driving force than the actual manipulation of accounting rules for the Enron scandal is evident in the
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