Countrywide Financial: Failure of Corporate Governance‚ Incentive Compensation‚ & the Sub-Prime Crisis Executive Summary: Countrywide Financial was a mortgage-banking firm. They had one of the largest market shares in the early 2000s‚ when the mortgage market was booming. “No company pursued growth in home loans more aggressively than Countrywide” (NY Times 12/10). They were the leader of their industry‚ with 500 billion in home loans‚ 62‚000 employees‚ 900 offices‚ and
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University of Sunderland BA (Honours) Accounting and Financial Management APC311 International Financial Reporting Version 1.0 International Financial Reporting Published by The University of Sunderland The publisher endeavours to ensure that all its materials are free from bias or discrimination on grounds of religious or political belief‚ gender‚ race or physical ability. These course materials are produced from paper derived from sustainable forests where the replacement rate exceeds consumption
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approximately 22‚000 associates and was named “America’s most innovative company” by Fortune. However‚ under all of the bliss‚ revealed was a substantial amount of corporate fraud and corruption. The Enron scandal involved both illegal and unethical activity. Enron’s executive chose deception of the stakeholders and short-term financial gains for themselves. They were willing to destroy their personal and business reputations‚ as well as their social standings. The reason for this paper is to show
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is more than a hobby. You need to demonstrate that you have a firm grasp of your business‚ the accounting practices that impact your business‚ the controls needed to safeguard assets‚ and which accounting system will produce accurate and relevant financial information. Write a six to eight (6-8) page business plan in which you: 1. Describe the type of business you have created including: a. The product or service‚ and general staffing plan. Provide a rationale for your plan. b. The form of your
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Differentiate the causes of the Great Depression and 2008 financial crisis In October 2008‚ President Obama said that the United States is suffering the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. As this crisis continues to develop‚ it has led to a global economic recession. At the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis‚ many people wondered: Will the current financial crisis be another Great Depression? Both the Great Depression of the 1930s and the current recession are world-wide‚ and
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The Fraud of the Century: The Case of Bernard Madoff December 2008 Case Study 11 Maria E. Delgado Madoff Ponzi Scheme Bernard Madoff took his investors for $65 billion over the course of nearly two decades. His list of victims includes billionaires‚ celebrities‚ individual investors‚ banks‚ and charities. His scheme was revealed when he confessed in March 2009‚ when he pleading guilty to the charges against him‚ and was then sentenced to 150 years in prison. Madoff was successful for so
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FRAUD PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: THE NEED FOR A DIMENSIONAL APPROACH BY BELLO SABO Department of Business Administration‚ A.B.U. Zaria ABSTRACT This article addresses some fundamental issues on fraud prevention and control and their implications on socio-economic development of Nigeria using its public sector machinery. Using the records compiled from early study covering 637 reported fraud cases in Nigeria‚ which were committed between 1970-1990 in respect
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THE 2007-2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS: CAUSES‚ IMPACTS AND THE NEED FOR NEW REGULATIONS The initial cause of the financial turbulence is attributed to the U.S. sub-prime residential mortgage market. The sustained rise in asset prices‚ particularly house prices‚ on the back of excessively accommodative monetary policy and lax lending standards during 2002-2006‚ increased innovation in the new financial instruments‚ unusual low interest rates resulted in a large rise in mortgage credit to households; particularly
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FRAUD VS. ILLEGAL ACTS WHAT IS THE AUDITING DEFINITION OF FRAUD AND ILLEGAL ACTS? DEFINITIONS Fraud: Fraud is an intentional act that results in a misstatement in financial statements that are the subject of an audit (AU-C 240.11) ILLEGAL ACTS: Illegal acts‚ in the context of auditing‚ is referred to Noncompliance. Noncompliance is “acts of omission or commission by the entity‚ either intentional or unintentional‚ which are contrary to the prevailing laws or regulations‚” AU-C 250.11
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ABC never planned to keep that promise and brought in BVT‚ which is owned by ABC‚ in order to keep all the revenue within the corporation. Because of this misrepresentation‚ Celador received nothing from the profits of the show. Constructive fraud: ABC misrepresented the truth regarding how theprofits from the show were to be divided in order to induce Celador to sign the contract. Celador relied on ABC’s promises‚ which resulted in damages to Celador. Unfair competition under California Business
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