Imane Malihi Prof. Fred Friend BLW411/511 March 27‚ 2014 The Downfall of Enron Corporation “Ethics and integrity are at the core of sustainable long term success … Without them‚ no strategy can work and‚ as Enron has demonstrated‚ enterprises will fail. That’s despite having some of the ‘smartest’ guys in the room.” by Richard Rudden. As the quotation states‚ ethics and integrity play a key role in the success of any corporation; through these principles‚ companies can ensure their compliance
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The collapse of Enron case study Q1. The key stakeholders involved in‚ or affected by the collapse of Enron are: employees and retirees‚ thousands of them lost their jobs and the investment; the executives: Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow they sold significant blocs of company stock‚ have conflicts of interests; government figures‚ Lay had close personal tie with the Bush family‚ Enron’s efforts influence policy making; regulatory authorities: Commodities Futures Trading Commission
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Part B: What role did the CFO play in creating the problems that led to Enron’s financial problems? In order to prevent the losses from appearing on its financial statements‚ Enron used questionable accounting practices. To misrepresent its true financial condition‚ Andrew Fastow‚ the Enron’s CFO‚ takes his role involving unconsolidated partnerships and “special purpose entities”‚ which would later become known as the LJM partnership. Taking advantage from the SPEs’s main purpose‚ which provided
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CASE 3 Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse Once upon a time‚ there was a gleaming headquarters office tower in Houston‚ with a giant Tilted ―E‖ in front‚ slowly revolving in the Texas sun. Enron‘s suggested to Chinese feng shui practitioner Meihwa Lin a model of instability‚ which was perhaps an omen of things to come. The Enron Corporation‚ which once ranked among the top Fortune 500 companies‚ collapsed in 2001 under a mountain of debt that had been concealed through a complex scheme
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are the most important lessons to be learned from the Enron scandal? Hanson: The Enron scandal is the most significant corporate collapse in the United States since the failure of many savings and loan banks during the 1980s. This scandal demonstrates the need for significant reforms in accounting and corporate governance in the United States‚ as well as for a close look at the ethical quality of the culture of business generally and of business corporations in the United States. N: Why did this
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Comment on Piech’s neglect in not telling the board about Porsche buying Volkswagen shares. What is the significance of this event? During a Volkswagen supervisory meeting on April 19‚2006‚ some of the board members asked for the reason on the dramatically changes on the price of Volkswagen shares. Unfortunately‚ there was no answer on this matter. Piech was the one who know about Porsche buying Volkswagen shares and purposely not informed to the board members of Volkswagen. The price of shares
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CASE STUDY – UNIT 1 1. Andrew Fastow is a key person responsible for the downfall of Enron. When he became the CFO in 1998‚ he came up with the plan to make the company appear in great shape by using the mark-to-market accounting practice. The company would build an asset‚ such as a power plant‚ and immediately claim the projected profit on its books‚ even though it hadn’t made one dime from it. If the revenue from the power plant was less than the projected amount‚ instead of taking the loss‚ the
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MINI CASE: THE FILURE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AT ENRON 1.Which parts of the corporate governance system‚ internal and external‚ do you believe failed Enron the most? In the evaluation of the Enron’s case; by trying to see the very big picture‚ it is not only about that the internal part of the corporate governance system was failed or but also the external part of the corporate governance system was also failed. As noted on the last paragraph of the mini case‚ many people from different positions
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Case Study #2 The “White Coffin” Dilemma GSM 5131 BUSINESS LAW & ETHICS 1 Story Outline • Aminah‚ quality senior manager of Good Food Packaging S/B (“the Company”) which manufacture polystyrene‚ plastic & foam food container in SK. • Recently‚ she been told & found that her company‟s product will cause adverse effect to human health. • She now very much concern with this issue‚ and management of the Company also been notified. They want Aminah to just „close one eye‟ and not reveal to
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Business Ethics Case Study 3.5 Leslie Mayorca University of Phoenix BUS/415 Business Law John Lombardi February 3‚ 2011 Business Ethics Case Study 3.5 1. What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer is a national weekly newspaper with over 5 million copies circulating‚ with its principal place of business in Florida. It is also known as a gossip paper with some truths and many lies or as some want to call it “twisting the truth”. 2. Was it ethical for the National
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