legal theories‚ including breach of contract‚ fraud‚ and negligence. Accountants owe a duty to use reasonable care‚ knowledge‚ skill‚ and judgment when providing auditing and other accounting services to a client. In other words‚ an accountant’s actions are measured against those of a “reasonable accountant” in similar circumstances. The development of GAAPs‚ GAASs‚ and other uniform accounting standards has generally made this a national standard. An accountant who does not comply with GAASs
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The Illusion That Took the World by Surprise Enron: The Smartest Guys In the Room is a movie about Enron and how it fooled the world into believing it was one of the most stable and profitable companies in the U.S. This is very sad because many people believed in the figures Enron was producing and entrusted their life saving in Enron stock. The scandal didn’t just affect a small group of people but 10’s of thousands of people lost everything‚ due to an illusion. Kenneth Lay earning a Ph
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ENRON Principles of Accounting Enron Key Players KENNETH LAY Former Enron chairman JEFFREY SKILLING Former Enron CEO DAVID DUNCAN Former Andersen partner NANCY TEMPLE Andersen lawyer THOMAS WHITE Secretary of the Army SHERRON WATKINS Enron vice president Enron started about 29 years ago in July 1985 in Houston‚ Texas.. A energy economist named Kenneth Lay became the CEO of Enron. Mr. Lay was a very optimistic
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Soap.com: Role of Terry Schiller for Hollyville-Seller You are Terry Schiller‚ Syndicated Sales Representative for HOLLYVILLE‚ Inc.‚ international multimedia corporation that specializes in producing television shows and motion pictures. You represent the company in negotiating the sale of syndicated programs to local television stations. Syndicated programs most commonly are sold to independent local stations after running as a regular show on one of the major networks. As one
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Enron and How it Affected the Accounting Industry Enron once was one the United States largest energy company and was ranked Fortune’s seventh richest corporation in the United States. When Enron had a filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 it unraveled to be one the biggest accounting scandals in United States history. There are many factors that contributed to Enron’s demise but their aggressive and unethical accounting practices were the key component. As a result‚ the accounting industry
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Best seller by O.Henry MCQ’s (1) Where does the narrator went for his business? (a) Coketown (b) Cincinnati (c) Pittsburgh (d) Virginia (2) What was the name of the person to whome narattor meets in passanger car? (a) William Porter (b) John Cena (c) John A. Pescud (d) O.Henry (3) What was the duration of time after which narrator meets to Pescud? (a)12 months (b)24 months (c)18 months (d)20 months (4)
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The Enron Kaiwing Ho Ethics‚ Governance & Accountability BU.135.301.U2.FA12 Professor Crain November 21‚ 2012 Enron Since Enron Corporation has been bankrupt there were 20‚000 employees lost their jobs‚ medical insurance and average severance pay was only $4500. However‚ the top executives were paid bonuses totaling $55 million. In 2001‚ employees lost $1.2 billion in retirement funds and retirees lost $2 billion in pension funds. Yet‚ Enron’s top executives cashed in $116 million
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could have prevented the fall of Enron. First of all‚ if the board of directors made the right strategies for Enron rather than created hundreds of SPEs to remove assets and debts off balance sheet‚ the picture of Enron could have made a difference. Secondly‚ if the audit committee of Enron could point out all those aggressive and risky accounting treatment and propose solutions‚ then the afterward damages could be eliminate or at least minimized. c. The BOD of Enron should have known about the risks
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for self‚ in pro per The FAC contained 11 causes of action against which I wrote 23 demurrers‚ which are stated below‚ with the judge’s rulings inserted in red. 19 demurrers were sustained (one of these was sustained with NO leave to amend‚ thereby eliminating the seventh cause of action for BPC § 17200). Four demurrers were overruled‚ but two of these were as to causes of action against which other demurrers were sustained. Only two causes of action survived intact (the tenth and eleventh)‚ and I had
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Enron Case Study XXXXX XXXXXXXXX State College Enron Case Study Enron was a corporation founded in 1985‚ when a merger combined Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth (Thomas‚ 2002). Throughout the first five years of Enron’s existence‚ they had many struggles. According to Salter (2005)‚ the first years had many “near death” experiences. Eventually Enron was able to prevail over their many “near death” experiences. In 1989‚ “Enron locked in its first fixed price contract to supply natural
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