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    enron scandal

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    Enron scandal Enron shocked the world from being “America’s most innovative company” to America’s biggest corporate bankruptcy at its time. At its peak‚ Enron was America’s seventh largest corporation.From the 1990’s until the fall of 2001‚ Enron was famous throughout the business world and was known as an innovator‚ technology powerhouse‚ and a corporation with no fear. The sudden fall of Enron in the end of 2001 shattered not just the business world but also the lives of their employees. Enron

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    Enron Scandal

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    Is it greed or simply ignorance which caused the Enron Scandal? Enron once was known as "America’s Most Innovative Company" and as of today‚ known as one of the most popular business bankruptcies and failures. Enron appeared to be doing really well‚ producing a lot of cash and new businesses‚ in October of 2001 that all changed. Enron reported a $618 million third-quarter loss and declares a $1.01 billion non-recurring charge against its balance sheet. Partially related to "structured finance" operations

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    with the law. However just because a business deal is in compliance with the law does not mean it is ethical. Enron is the largest bankruptcy reorganization in American history and also the biggest audit failure of that time. With the using of accounting loopholes‚ special purpose entities‚ and poor financial reporting‚ Enron was able to hide billions in debt from failed deals and projects. Many executives at Enron were indicted for a variety of charges and were later sentenced to prison. Employees

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    Satyam Scandal

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    SATYAM SCANDAL I. Analyze the case and respond to the following questions: (a) Discuss the earnings management techniques employed by the management of Satyam. In this case of Satyam‚ I can conclude that the obvious technique employed by the said management are: 1. “Big Bet on The Future”. When an acquisition occurs‚ the company acquiring the other is said to have made a big bet on the future. As refer to this case‚ Ramalingam Raju the Chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd

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    The Nkf Scandal

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    company address] Yi Theng Lim Organization Behavior & Design Case Ethical Analysis NKF Singapore: Anatomy of a Crisis 08 Fall Introduction In July 2005‚ Singapore was shaken by a scandal involving the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)‚ the nation’s largest charity. The scandal had surfaced many ethically controversial practices by NKF. In this paper‚ I will be focusing on the dilemmas surrounding NKF’S operations structure and evaluate them from various theoretical perspectives

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    Corporate Scandal

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    Running head: CORPORATE SCANDAL 1  Sheri Bardot Ashford University OMM 640 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Prof. Tricia Devin Corporate Scandal in America: Week 6 March 17‚ 2012 COROPORATE SCANDAL 2 The unethical business practices of Enron‚ Leman Brothers and

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    Madoff Scandal

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    Contents Introduction 2 Early Career 2 The Firm 3 Sales Strategy 4 Investment Strategy 5 The Scandal 7 He was not alone 9 The Markopolos Whistle 11 The collapse 13 Charges and Sentence 13 The Victims 14 2009 Ponzi Schemes 16 The SEC Failure 17 SEC post- Madoff 19 Hedge Fund Transparency 20 Conclusion 21 Bibliography 25 Tables Table 1: List of Madoff Clients (taken from the "The New York Times"‚ last updated June 24‚ 2009) 15 Table 2: 2009 Ponzi Scheme SEC Charges 17 Figures

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    Fortex Scandal

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    Assignment 1: Scandals in Auditing Fortex Introduction Fortex was regarded as one of New Zealand’s top companies. They used innovative technology to add value to their product. They won awards‚ looked after employees‚ and paid suppliers well. But when the company collapsed in March 1994 it was revealed that the success was all based on false accounting. The management team was able to fool a company of respected auditors as well as everybody else for more than three years. Thousands

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    Wedtech Scandal

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    Auditing failure is also a key factor contributing to the Wedtech scandal. It is presented as a result of independence of auditing reporting and confirmation.On the one hand‚ even if auditors complied with auditing process on the surface (Berg and barbanel‚ 1987)‚ they are not independent since they were bribed to forge auditing reports.In 1982‚ Wedtech employed the Main Hurdman to financially audit its financial statementswhen it went to Initial Public Offerings. One of the auditing partners‚ Richard

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    Clearstream Scandal

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    RUNNING HEADER: CLEARSTREAM CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY The situation that occurred within the Clearstream scandal is quite simple. Not only was the company illegally moving money around a variety of accounts‚ they also were involved with money laundering and tax evasion. Defendants were charged in appellate court. In June 2001‚ there were several inquires into suspicious bribes that were paid to French officials for the sale of six French frigates to Taiwan (in 1991

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