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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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    hear the word Enron‚ they immediately associate it with the most important accounting scandal of our lifetimes. Enron was an American gas company that began as the Northern Natural Gas Company in 1931. Internorth‚ a holding company in headquartered in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ purchased the Northern Natural Gas Company and reorganized it is 1979. Enron arose from the 1985 merger of Houston Natural Gas and Internorth. After building a large‚ new corporate headquarters in Omaha‚ the new Enron named former

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    Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Enron Corporation was an energy‚ commodities‚ and service company out of Houston‚ Texas founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985. Lay built natural gas power energy in East Texas which helped Enron’s stock rise. Louis Borget‚ Andrew Fastow‚ and Jeffery Skilling were the top management executives from 1985 until 2001. Each helped to bring about the demise of the company in multiple ways. One of the first scandals in Enron involved President Louis Borget and two traders

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    ENRON AND THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM 1. ABSTRACT The Enron scandal was a financial scandal that was revealed in late 2001. After a series of revelations involving irregular accounting procedures bordering on fraud‚ perpetrated throughout the 1990s‚ involving Enron and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen‚ it stood at the verge of undergoing the largest bankruptcy in history by mid-November 2001. Enron filed for Bankruptcy on December 2‚ 2001. 2. FREE MARKET SYSTEM A free market describes a theoretical

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    corporate scandals of Enron‚ Tyco‚ and WorldCom. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2001‚ Enron Corporation was one of the largest integrated natural gas and electricity companies in the world. It marketed natural gas liquids worldwide and operated one of the largest natural gas transmission systems in the world‚ totaling more than 36‚000 miles. It was also one of the largest independent developers and producers of electricity in the world‚ serving both industrial and emerging markets. Enron began as a pipeline

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    United States vs. Enron

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    “United States vs. EnronEnron Corporation was one of the largest global energy‚ services and commodities company. Before it was filed bankruptcy under chapter 11‚ it sold natural gas and electricity‚ delivered energy and other commodities such as bandwidth internet connection‚ and provided risk management and financial services to the clients around the world. Enron was established in 1930 as Northern Natural Gas Company and joined with three other companies to undertake this industry. The four

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    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 five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world. In

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    Case Study for Enron

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    Enron – The Ken Lay Indictment Questions/Answers for Discussion: 1. Is there sufficient evidence of fraudulent intent to convict Ken Lay for stock manipulation "beyond a reasonable doubt"? Why or why not? If we are answering the question with the given facts presented in this case study‚ there are only allegations. To convict Ken Lay for stock manipulation ’beyond a reasonable doubt’ means that a trial must happen and both sides: Prosecutor and Defense will present a case to convince the jurors

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    Enron Case Study The case of Enron is a fascinating one. United States is a country where auditing and accounting principles are so strong. How can something take place on such high level in the United States? The Enron case demonstrates the need to reform the accounting and corporate governance practices in the United States. Moreover‚ the Enron case made government officials to pay close attention to deregulated energy market. Some of the aspects that struck me are discussed below. One of the

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    Enron Corporation: THE RISE AND FALL; ACCOUNTING SCANDAL Submitted To: Professor Bill Bristol Submitted By: Kenneth Rhodes‚ Jr. Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ABSTRACT...............................................................................................................................2 II. purpose and service....................................................................................................3 III. HistorY.............

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