AFM 201 – Part 1 Auditing Fall 2007 Group Assignment 2 Publicized Cases of Alleged Audit Failures Involving Large Public Companies 1) Ten Publicized Audit Failures i. Parmalat (2003) - Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu /Grant Thornton Misleading investors with “Brazen Fraud” was what the United States (US) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had sued Parmalat for in 2003. It all began when Parmalat defaulted on a bond payment worth $185 million. This raised a flag for auditors and banks
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Bluebells of Scotland “Bluebells of Scotland” is a piece written and composed in the late romantic era around 1899 by Arthur Pryor. The piece was composed from a traditional Scottish folk song for the trombone and orchestral accompaniment. In the late 1800s the trombone was not viewed as an instrument that could perform particularly difficult pieces. Compelled by society’s negative opinion of the trombone‚ Pryor composed “Bluebells of Scotland” in order to display the capabilities of the trombone
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Arthur Miller’s Tragedy and the Common Man sets out to define tragedy and give basic guidelines that many if not all tragedies follow. In this essay I will be comparing the essay Tragedy and the common man to Arthur Miller’s death of a salesman to see if he adhered to his own rules which writing his tragedy. The first guideline in Arthur Miller’s Tragedy and the Common Man is every tragedy must have a character ready to lay down their life to “gain their rightful position in society”. This first
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Unit one stories of heroes Lesson 6 the death or Arthur How does Mordred manage to have himself crowned the king of England? Answer) He lies and says Arthur is dead. (Sir Mordred tells the public that Arthur has died while fighting Sir Lancelot in France Why is the treaty between Arthur and sir Mordred broken so quickly? Answer) A snake bites a knight; and the knight draws his sword to kill the snake‚ which sparks the battle (such unfortunate twists of fate are common in medieval legends.
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timing. "Accenture started life as the consulting arm of accounting firm Arthur Anderson In 1989‚ Anderson Consulting separated from Arthur Anderson in order to position itself against its IT services competitors" (Keller & Kotler‚ 1994/2006‚ 366). Accenture was able to take advantage of its large parent company and use its massive support to concentrate on becoming an efficient and popular name in the consulting market. Leaving Arthur Anderson before the corruption with Enron became public may have saved
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The Knights of the Round Table Everyone has heard of The Knights of the Round Table‚ but not very many people know a whole lot about these honorable knights of King Arthur. Whether one has just heard one of these famous knight’s story‚ or all of them‚ there is still so much more you could learn. Maybe one wonders how they got started. Maybe one asks who were the members and why their part of the story was so important. Heck‚ maybe one even ask about the battles they fought through and how the end
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As Arthur lay dying from a head wound‚ he commands Sir Bedivere to throw his sword‚ Arthur’s magical and trademark object‚ into the lake knowing something would happen. The Lady of the Lake ends up catching it and shaking it three times before pulling it down into the water. According to the University of Michigan’s Dictionary of Symbolism‚ swords are often associated with things that are representative of Arthur such as: power‚ protection‚ authority‚ strength‚ and courage (Portas). Of course swords
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Franklin D. Roosevelt once said‚ “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. In other words‚ Roosevelt may be saying that the only thing to be worried of is the feelings or actions that follow that scared feeling. This allegory and play written by Arthur Miller fits this quotation perfectly. Throughout The Crucible‚ Abigail and Mary Warren‚ grow an internal conflict that later turns into the plays external conflict. Abigail is a young girl who uses her imagination and intimidating power to install
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different centuries. Chrétien De Troyes wrote about Guinevere in the Middle Ages throughout Arthurian Romances where she is punished for comitting adultrous treason. She was also written about by Norma Lorre Goodrich in modern times throughout King Arthur which explains Guinevere’s abduction and how this led to her infidelity. Therefore‚ because of differing time periods both Chrétien De Troyes and Norma Lorre Goodrich’s stories‚ although they are in regards to the same character‚ are both
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The book begins with contractors arriving at Arthur Dent’s house‚ in order to demolish it to make way for a bypass. His friend‚ Ford Prefect‚ arrives while Arthur is lying in front of the bulldozers‚ to keep them from demolishing it. He tries to explain to Arthur that the Earth is about to be demolished. The Vogons‚ an alien race‚ intend to destroy Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass. The two escape by hitching a lift on one of the Vogon demolition ships. This is‚ however‚ against Vogon
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