Arthur Andersen was one of the ’Big 5 ’ accounting firms‚ the others being PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)‚ Deloitte Touche‚ Ernst and Young‚ and KPMG. Throughout the 1980 ’s and 1990 ’s‚ these five companies provided auditing and tax services to most of the west ’s major companies. However‚ in 2002 Arthur Andersen ’s licences to practice as Certified Public Accountants (CPA ’s) in the US were voluntarily surrendered by the company in the wake of criminal charges relating to the Enron scandal. Although
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found in the fantastic story King Arthur‚ an old British legend. It is palpable that the society presented in King Arthur places significant emphasis on honour‚ made apparent when looking at the battles fought in the story‚ Sir Lancelot’s heroic and noble deeds‚ and the final siege of Lancelot’s castle. One can distinctly see the emphasis King Arthur’s society invests on honour when looking at the battles fought in the myth‚ particularly those fought by King Arthur. During his altercation with Sir
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1.Arthur Andersen contributed to the Enron disaster by shredding documents‚ which was obstruction of justice‚ by allowing the person in charge of the Enron account to overrule the quality control partner‚ by being revenue focused and by not standing up to its clients‚ and by not changing their internal control policies. 3. The prime motivation behind the decisions of Arthur Andersen’s audit partners on the Enron audits was not for the public interest but for profit and fear of losing clients.
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AND ITS ROLE IN THE DOWNFALL Corporate Culture and its Role in the Downfall Of Arthur Anderson LLC and Sunbeam Corporation Darrell V. Davis Grand Canyon University Bus 604 Business Ethics July 5‚ 2009 Abstract Corporate culture plays an extremely important role in the development of a company. Whether explicitly stated or not‚ the culture of a company reveals its attitude‚ motivation‚ and intentions. Arthur Andersen’s and Sunbeam’s cultures revealed that they were on the hunt for huge profits
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Sir Arthur Evans Essay How has the work of Sir Arthur Evans contributed to our understanding of the past? The work of Arthur Evans in exploring Ancient Minoan civilisation on the island of Crete has significantly contributed to our understanding of the past. In examining his work‚ three observations may be made about Evans archaeological examinations. The interpretation and reconstruction of a site should not be influenced by archaeologist’s preconceived ideas‚ in investigating the past it is important
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1. For many years‚ strategy and environment of Arthur Andersen changed especially with regards to the materials. The management of Andersen’s businesses reacted to the changing environment by making the related changes to the organizational architectures such as performance evaluation‚ decision right and reward systems. In the book‚ it is revealed that poorly designed organizations architecture in response to the changing environment in term of material can result into company’s underperformance
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literature. The grail started out as a literary creation by Chretien De Troyes for his story Perceval and has expanded to other tales such as Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival and The Quest for the Holy Grail‚ which can be found in The Romance of Arthur. Although there is somewhat a consistency revolving around the grail in these stories‚ each piece has a different perspective of the grail and how it is portrayed. After analyzing all three stories stated above‚ it has come to my attention that the
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In some depictions of the British warrior‚ known as King Arthur‚ he was a brilliant military strategist. One piece of evidence that points to this is the Saxon invasion of Britain during the 5th to 6th century‚ as the British forces were led by an unnamed military mind (“King Arthur”). This evidence gives a historical invasion that led to one depiction of an Arthur. The next piece of evidence is that Britain prevailed in the Saxon invasion under the leadership of a warrior that excelled in military
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Research Paper 1 – The Legend of Arthur (question 10) The legend of Arthur and his knights has caught the minds of people for the last 1500 years. The mythical monarch defended the British from Saxon invaders between the 5th and 6th centuries‚ and he is important in a level that even our generation thinks of him as a legend all around the world. King Arthur‚ Guinevere‚ and Sir Lancelot make a gallant image of knights in shining armor in a world of honor and romance and‚ combines with the need
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The name King Arthur appears throughout a countless amount of literature‚ stories‚ cinema‚ and legend. King Arthur has always been a long-standing icon of heroism‚ and heroism is a theme mankind takes pleasure in romanticizing. Arthurian Romance is the classic example of good versus evil‚ knights in shining armor‚ forbidden love‚ and sorcery; the basic elements of a romanticized tale. And in a dark time where religion clashed‚ empires fought in epic battles‚ and the people of Britain suffered from
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