WorldCom Scandal Formerly known as WorldCom‚ now known as MCI‚ this U.S.-based telecommunications company was at one time the second-largest long distance phone company in the U.S. Today‚ it is perhaps best known for a massive accounting scandal that led to the company filing for bankruptcy protection in 2002. In 1998‚ the telecommunications industry began to slow down and WorldCom’s stock was declining. CEO Bernard Ebbers came under increasing pressure from banks to cover margin calls on
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The Xerox Corporation Fraud case (1997 – 2000) Xerox Corporation is a global document management company which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers‚ multifunction systems‚ photo copiers‚ digital production printing presses‚ and related consulting services and supplies. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk‚ Connecticut‚ though its largest population of employees is based in and around Rochester‚ New York‚ the area in which the company was founded. The history of
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Running Head: THE BRAZILIAN MILK FRAUD SCANDAL The Brazilian Milk Fraud Scandal Involving the Italian Food Conglomerate Parmalat. A Brief Case Study on a Transnational Corporation In Your Home Country Gabriel Ferreira International Public Relations – PUR6608 class University of Florida 1 THE BRAZILIAN MILK FRAUD SCANDAL 2 The Brazilian Dairy Market background. Over the last decade‚ the Brazilian dairy market has been one of the most fast growing dairy
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delegates the decision-making authority to the manager. The costs of divergent behaviour that arises as a result of the agency relationship are referred to as agency costs. Furthermore‚ Watts and Zimmerman (1978) developed the theory of positive accounting which is focused on the assumption that ‘all individual action is driven by self-interest and that individuals will act in an opportunistic manner to increase their wealth’. Based on Watts and Zimmerman’s theory‚ Deegan suggests that owners would
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Reporting Council (FRC) announced that Australia would adopt the accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) from 2005(Baxter 2005). After the first of July 2005‚ the new standards (IFRS) start to use across national border. companies would be required to report current results under IFRS and restate recent results. They will also have to report their latest results under the old accounting standard‚ which should make comparing results on a like-for-like basis
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Donna Sanders Financial Statement Fraud Week 12 There are many things that can motivate financial statement fraud. Taking a look at Donald Cressey’s hypotheses which is now known as the fraud triangle depicts the certain criteria for the mind frame of the fraudster. The fraud triangle is a theory that consists of perceived pressures‚ perceived opportunity‚ and rationalization. It gives us the different pressures placed on individuals that would make them consider “cooking the books.” It also
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Analyse the problem of accounting fraud in a listed company and evaluate possible solutions In 2001‚ Enron Corporation went into bankruptcy due to the disclosure of false information in its financial statements. Similarly‚ when Lehman Brothers collapsed there was no evidence that it had ever publicly disclosed certain detrimental accounting information. Cases of accounting fraud such as these have become increasingly serious. Accounting fraud can result in creditors and stockholders losing confidence
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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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Enron Summery of Enron case The Enron scandal has far-reaching political and financial implications. In just 15 years‚ Enron grew from nowhere to be America’s seventh largest company‚ employing 21‚000 staff in more than 40 countries. But the firm’s success turned out to have involved an elaborate scam. Enron lied about its profits and stands accused of a range of shady dealings‚ including concealing debts so they didn’t show up in the company’s accounts. As the depth of the deception
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businesses and their accounting practices came about because one corporation‚ Enron‚ took risks their company could not withstand without taking some rather extreme measures in its accounting to hide the risk. Tyco International went down a different path in that the CEO used corporate accounts as his personal bank account. He placed certain business associates on the Board of Directors to ensure his behavior would not be found out nor questioned. As corporate ethics goes‚ Enron and Tyco International
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