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    Case 1.1 Enron

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    1. The Enron executive team including Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ Andrew Fastow and other executives‚ were the key players in the crisis. The business practices they used when creating hundreds of SPE’s and diverting large amounts of liabilities to those off-balance sheet entities. Enron was aware of the minimal accounting guidelines for SPE’s and used them to their advantage. To create such a complex “paper” structure‚ the executives had to have coordinate their plans with the accountants

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    The Failed Corporate Culture of Enron High risk accounting‚ inappropriate conflicts of interest‚ extensive undisclosed off-the-books activity‚ excessive compensation – these are some of the headings of the report prepared by the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations titled "The Role of the Board of Directors in Enron’s Collapse." (Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations‚ 2002) In February‚ 2002‚ Enron’s former Chief Executive Officer Jeffery Skilling had testified before members

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    Enron: Tone at the Top

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    Enron: Tone at the Top The fall of Enron is not just one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history‚ but in my opinion‚ a landmark case study of the lack of business ethics in an organization. Enron’s downfall‚ along with the demise of Arthur Andersen‚ one of the largest public accounting firms at the time‚ brought about a swift change in U.S. regulations governing how publicly traded companies reported their financials. While the top brass at Enron pled ignorance to the fact that they had no control

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    Auditors Role in Enron

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    Evaluate the auditor’s role in the certification of the financial statements and conclude whether its work is effective in preventing major scandals on the lines of Enron and Worldcom. 1.0 ABSTRACT 2.0 ENRON-CORPORATE FIASCOS 3.0 HOW DID THE AUDITORS FAIL TO CATCH PROBLEMS AT ENRON? 4.0 HOW TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF ENRON? 5.0 NEW RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUDITORS ACCORDING TO SARBANES-OXLEY ACT 2002 6.0 CONCLUSION 7.0 REFERENCES 1.0 ABSTRACT The responsibility of an auditor is to express

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    Broken April

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    Destroyed Relationships by the Kanun Broken April was written by Ismail Kadare‚ the novel takes place in the mountainous regions of Albania during the 1920’s. The Kanun is an ancient set of rules that controls the daily lives of the people in the mountains. Such as Gjorg a 26 year old mountaineer‚ who is pressured by his family to seek vengeance for the death of his older brother. A newspaper writer Bessian and his wife Diana Vorpsi are from the city who are very intimate newlyweds having their

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    Climate of Trust

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    Climate of trust is important because it determines appropriateness‚ effectiveness or likely consequences of behavior. A climate of trust also influences our interpretations of others behaviors as well as our expectations. It is one of the most important tasks groups must accomplish. Trust among people is essential for groups to work effectively. Very little is accomplished in a group without trust until the individuals learn to trust one another (“Climate and conflict”). Without trust subordinates

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    Enron Corruption is defined as dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (Merriam Webster). There is perhaps no company in our nation’s history that further exemplifies this word than Enron. Enron’s history of fraud‚ laundering‚ and deception is now known world-wide‚ and stands as the lead example for future companies practicing unethical behaviors. Enron’s corrupted culture‚ cultivated by CEO Jeffrey Skilling‚ made some very rich while ultimately leaving thousands in ruin.

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    Providian Trust

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    Project Background Providian trust head quartered in New York‚ delivered financial and fiduciary services through a network of 216 branches. In 1994‚ this company managed $49.4 billion in trust asset with a staff of 840 full time employees. Sixty percent of company’s fee income and 9% of gross earnings generated by its fiduciary business that year. Though they had a huge team working on the front and back office handling and record keeping and settling activities‚ there was always a chance for

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    Enron case study

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    Q 1: Evaluate Enron profit and cash flow performance during the period 1998 – 2000? Profitability Measures Enron’s reported net income grew from $703 million in 1998 to $979 million in 2000‚ totaling 35.1% profit growth for the three-year period. Enron was among the leading of “high performing” companies by sustaining a high earnings growth insight. However‚ as Table 1 indicates‚ Enron’s reported profits were microscopic relation to revenues. Net income did not grow at anything near the same

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    Broken Promises

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    "Give me your tired‚ your poor‚ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free‚ The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these‚ the homeless‚ tempest-tossed to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" This is an excerpt from the sonnet by Emma Lazarus‚ New Colossus‚ which is located on the pedestal where the Statue of Liberty now stands. It is an invitation for all immigrants to come through the “Golden Door” and receive America’s promise of freedom and liberty from oppression

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