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    Individual Project Capstone Case StudyArthur Andersen LLP Bus 680 – Economics for Business Decisions Summer 2013 1. Discuss the environmental‚ strategic and organizational changes that occurred over the life of Andersen in the context of figure 11.1. While Andersen started off as a stable environment‚ once changes started being made to the main focus of the company many changes were expedited. While still successful in it’s auditing business‚ other opportunities arose that allowed for quicker

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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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    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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    1) What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) contributed to the Enron disaster when it has failed to the management by failing to have Enron establish and enforce its own internal control. There has been flaws to AA‘s internal control. There has been assumption that AA partners were too motivated by revenue recognition thus‚ overlooking several criteria when providing their services to Enron. Additionally‚ AA also recognised the retention of audit clients

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    1913‚ Arthur Andersen LLP was found in Chicago‚ developed to become one of the “big five” largest accounting firm in the US. In 2003‚ after 90 years of business‚ the Chicago-based accounting firm was forced to close its doors because of accounting scandal I. The advent of consulting In the 1950s‚ Andersen began providing consulting services and over the next 30 years‚ Andersen’s consulting business became more profitable. With quick development of consulting sector‚ in 1999‚ Andersen separated

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    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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    Enron Case Study

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    Enron a Case Study Enron‚ once known as the worldwide leader in energy trading‚ began as a natural gas pipeline company. “At its peak‚ Enron brokered up to 20 percent of America’s energy transactions. These included basic contracts to deliver natural gas from wells to pipelines for distribution to homes‚ contracts for the purchase of electrical power facility out port‚ and more complex financial contracts‚ which allowed power companies to manage price and market risk” (Ackman)

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    Enron Case Study [pic] Part A: Problem Focused Analysis and Recommendations. 1. Brief Case Background. List key events‚ use timeline. Case Background At one time Enron was one of the world’s largest producers of natural gas‚ oil‚ and electricity. It also appeared to be one of the most profitable companies‚ taking shareholders from $19.10 in 1999 to $90.80 by the end of 2000. Enron’s top management answered to a Board of Directors whose responsibility was to question and challenge new partnerships

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    Case Study One: Enron Corporation Richa Chopra Kaplan University Case Study One: Enron Corporation The Enron debacle created what one public official reported was a "crisis of confidence" on the part of the public in the accounting profession. Lists the parties who you believe are most responsible for the crisis. Briefly justify each of your choices. Enron proves to be a classic example of all that glitters is not gold. In 2001‚ Enron was hailed as America’s most innovative company and its

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    March 4‚ 2014 Rise & Fall of Arthur Andersen‚ LLP Abstract Enron was a natural gas company that was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay. By 1992‚ Enron was the largest selling company of natural gas in North America. In October 2001 a scandal involving Enron was emerging. This scandal led to the fall of the company. The Enron case and many others cases led to the collapse of other companies that did business with them which included one of the largest accounting

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