“An Analysis of Corporate Collapses” MPA751 Financial Reporting and Analysis Unit Chair: Dr. Wen Qu. Student Name: Andrew William Giblin Student Number: 211221042 Due Date: Monday 20th August 2012 I certify that the attached work is entirely my own‚ except where material quoted or paraphrased is acknowledged in the text. I also declare that it has not been submitted for assessment in any other unit or course. Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………4
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White Collar Crime White collar crime is prevalent and brought to our attention more and more by the media since the mid to late 1990s. With the downfall of companies such as Enron‚ Tyco Toys and WorldCom MCI white collar criminals are facing lengthy prison sentences. Greed and personal vendettas are what have led our country to understand and gain more knowledge about these corporations and the corrupt CEOs that have brought them to their demise. “White collar crime is defined as various crimes
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What Does Corporate Social Responsibility Mean? Corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for the company ’s effects on the environment and impact on social welfare. The term generally applies to company efforts that go beyond what may be required by regulators or environmental protection groups. Corporate social responsibility may also be referred to as "corporate citizenship" and can involve incurring short-term costs that do not provide an immediate financial benefit to the
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telecommunications company that was founded in 1983. The company starts their business under the name ’Long Distance Discount Services ’ (LDDS)‚ providing long distance telecommunication services. The venture was profitable right from the start. In 1985‚ Bernie Ebbers became the company ’s CEO. The company changes its name to WorldCom in 1995. During the 1990’s‚ the company starts to grow through series of successful acquisition and merger.
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Executive Compensation and the Dramatic Increase in Corporate Accounting Scandals According to one estimate‚ the total median CEO pay at the nation’s 350 largest publicly-owned firms grew from $2.7 million annually in 1995 to $6.8 million in 2005. The overall increase in CEO pay has outstripped inflation and the growth in non-managerial pay over the same period. Equally important is the trend in the composition of CEO performance-based pay which includes stock and stock option grants. Median
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MINI-CASE 1 Porsche Changes Tack In pursuing the interests of Porsche’s controlling families different from maximizing the returns to its public share owners? Obviously‚ it is clearly to see that in pursuing the interests of Porsche’s controlling families different from maximizing the returns to its public share owners. Porsche had three major vehicle platforms: the 911‚ Boxster roadster and the Cayenne. Sales of these can help Growing portfolio‚ profitable and sustainable business. This is
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it reached the pinnacle of corporate success reporting more than USD 39 billion in revenue and USD 150 million in MCAP (The WorldCom Accounting Scandal‚ 2002). In the process it became 42nd in the Fortune 500 list. Under the leadership of CEO Bernie Ebbers it grew rapidly by means of acquisitions and increased demand for telecom services farther fuelled the growth of WorldCom during the whole of 90s. However on June 25‚ 2002‚ WorldCom announced that it had overstated earnings in 2001 and the first
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CEO Bernard Ebbers was sentenced to twenty five years in prison due to increasing revenue the wrong way to increase earnings. This company had the largest bankruptcy filing in the United States. Today‚ the Worldcom accounting scandal is known as one of the worst corporate white collar crimes in history. What were some psychological factors that led to this crime? Financial Pressures from competitors and absolute greed are usually the main causes of white collar crime. Bernard Ebbers cooked the
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Study 1 Ebbers vs. Central Apartments Ltd. In this case Central Apartments Ltd has borrowed $800‚000 from exchange bank and secured the loan by a five year mortgage on the apartment building. Since the bank required additional security the president of the corporation at the time named Ebbers personally signed the guarantee. This makes Ebbers the guarantor and responsible for the debt if the principle debtor‚ Central Apartments Ltd‚ should default in the payment of their debt. Ebbers who was
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Mr. Ebbers‚ the CEO of WorldCom‚ was quoted as saying that writing a code of ethics for the company was a “colossal waste of time.” (Boatright‚ 2012‚ p. 44) Other companies have used a code of ethics as a guide for decision-making by all levels of the company
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