Overview Enron Corporation‚ once the 7th largest company in US and a global leader of electricity and natural gas industries‚ filed for bankruptcy protection in late 2001. It was revealed that the company had been hiding investment losses and created fictitious revenue through several complicated accounting gimmicks. Besides Enron’s senior management who created the whole fiasco‚ many people believed that several other parties‚ such as the Board of Directors and the external auditors should also
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www.ccsenet.org/ijbm International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 5‚ No. 10; October 2010 The Case Analysis of the Scandal of Enron Yuhao Li Huntsman School of Business‚ Utah State University‚ Logan city‚ U.S.A E-mail: wyl_2001_ren@126.com‚ carolee1989@gmail.com Abstract The Enron scandal‚ revealed in October 2001‚ eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation‚ an American energy company based in Houston‚ Texas‚ and the dissolution of Arthur Andersen‚ which was one of the
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A Comparison of Corporate Governance in China and India With the U.S. Dr. Steven Mintz‚ California Polytechnic State University‚ San Luis Obispo‚ CA Dr. Sudha Krishnan‚ California State University‚ Long Beach‚ CA ABSTRACT We examine corporate governance systems in China and India and compare them to provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and NYSE listing requirements in the U.S. In China‚ the influence of the State as the primary investor in state-owned enterprises restricts the degree to which the
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Review of Accounting Ethics Establishing principles for ethical behavior frequently starts with a policy on ethics. Businesses acquire a policy on ethics to guide their measures and to set up a general meaning of correct versus incorrect. According to the American Library Association‚ code of ethics is a handbook for suitable behavior (2012). Given the corporate ethical breaches in recent times‚ assess whether or not you believe that the current business and regulatory environment is more
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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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Nils Ekdahl and Anita Fierst are the VP and CFO of Circale Corporation which is in the path of expansion and had few acquisitions in the near past as a part of it. A pay roll cut of 20 million demanded by the CEO required in a span of four months due to untenable duplication of departments. But Mr‚ Ekdahl wants the right persons at the right job for every job. Michael Milanese had been the chief architect of a new performance-review system that Ekdahl was about to implement across all six of Circale’s
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For Paragon Tool CEO Nicky Anaptyxi‚ concerns over the potential acquisition of MonitoRobotics are certainly warranted. The board‚ hired consultants and even Nicky himself appear to be completely split on the decision. From case facts‚ there are three possible courses of action for Paragon Tool: (1) acquire MonioRobitics to accelerate the development of manufacturing service software and ward off competitor Bellow & Samson; (2) forego the acquisition and organically grow the company’s own
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accounting fraud that involves the Jamaica Water Properties‚ Inc. This fraud was discovered by David Sokol‚ who was at that time served as COO (Chief Operating Officer) of the Jamaica Water Properties‚ Inc. The main culprit was Ernest Grendi‚ JWP’s CFO‚ helped by several of the company’s senior accountants. Moreover‚ the company’s external auditor‚ Ernst & Young‚ seems to be involved as well. This case will show regarding the auditor independence‚ its duty as professional accountant‚ fraud‚ and
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Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime The CEO and CFO of a Swiss security systems company named Tyco‚ stole 150 million dollars from their company before being caught in 2002. At the height of the scandal‚ the CEO threw a 2 million dollar birthday party for his wife on a private island with guest performer Jimmy Buffet. After being caught‚ the CEO and CFO were sentenced to 8-25 years in prison and Tyco had to repay its investors 2.92 billion dollars (The
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Campbell R. Harvey * Fuqua School of Business‚ Duke University‚ Durham‚ NC 27708‚ USA National Bureau of Economic Research‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02912‚ USA Received 2 August 1999; received in revised form 10 December 1999 Abstract We survey 392 CFOs about the cost of capital‚ capital budgeting‚ and capital structure. Large "rms rely heavily on present value techniques and the capital asset pricing model‚ while small "rms are relatively likely to use the payback criterion. A surprising number
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