WorldCom Critical Thinking Case Study Not only did WorldCom’s organizational culture contributed to the accounting breaches‚ in my opinion it was the catalyst to its ultimate demise in July 2002. Richard Thornburgh stated that “WorldCom could not have failed as a result of the actions of a limited number of individuals. Rather‚ there was a broad breakdown of the system of internal controls‚ corporate governance and individual responsibility‚ all of which worked together to create a culture in
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Running head: CASE ANALYSIS OF THE ACCOUNTING FRAUD AT WORLDCOM Case Analysis of the Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Angela Crossley Troy University October 27‚ 2008 History The origin of WorldCom can be traced back to 1983. The CEO‚ Bernard J. Ebbers‚ of WorldCom had very interesting beginnings. He invested in Long Distance Discount Services (LLDS) with eight other investors‚ and believed that the telecommunications industry was a very good business venture. In the beginning
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would risk arbitragers take in this deal? How would their positions change if the board appears to favour Quest offer? 4. Consider the Worldcom-MCI merger and the Qwest-US West merger. Trying to avoid hindsight bias‚ should the board of MCI and US West have accepted these offers? What is the obligation to shareholders? Was that obligation fulfilled? What about WorldCom and Qwest? Did their shareholders benefit? 5. Which offer should MCI accept? Why? 6. What approach should Verizon take to win takeover
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accounting entries. Assets were inflated‚ sales numbers were inflated and huge debts were omitted from balance sheets. Another company that used accounting to put out fraudulent financial statements was Worldcom. Being the largest accounting scandal in American History at the time of its exposure‚ the Worldcom scandal cost 30‚000 workers their jobs and investors over $180 billion.
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BKAL 3063(E) INTEGRATED CASE STUDY 30 SEP 2014 NIMELAN A/L MANOHAR 207110 NADIA BINTI ABDULLAH 213803 NAJIHAH SAKINAH BINTI MOHD NORDIN 213950 SURAYAH BINTI MATIASIN 214114 Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Executive Summary WorldCom is a telecommunication company that has been found by Bernard Ebbers‚ a Canadian. Growing rapidly through mergers and acquisition strategy‚ Ebbers handled largest takeover in US history by acquiring MCI‚ the nation’s second largest long distance company. The aggressive
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used inappropriate accounting practices‚ the results of their deceptions and the government’s plan to avoid future incidents. WorldCom scandal brings subpoenas‚ condmnation By Andrew Backover and Thor Vladmanis Andersen’s partners chart firm’s future today By Greg Farrell Client-starved Arthur Andersen cuts 7‚000 jobs By Greg Farrell Dominoes hit WorldCom partners‚ clients By Michelle Kessler Adelphia plans to file Chapter 11 Cable firm expected to seek bankruptcy protection today
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Beginning of a Whistleblower Bernie Ebbers‚ Scott Sullivan‚ and other members of top management intentionally led Mississippi’s pride and joy‚ WorldCom‚ on a 5-quarter charade filled with smoke‚ mirrors‚ and much intimidation. They did it hotly pursuing success‚ monetary gain‚ and the praise of their fellow statesmen. They did it by abusing work relationships and intimidating employees with promises and threats. Ultimately‚ they ended up “losing their footing” which caused them and‚ in turn‚ others
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to take you inside the doors of what was once the one of largest telecommunication companies in the world‚ WorldCom and tell the story of how an 11$ billion dollar accounting fraud led to one of the largest bankruptcy filings in history. In the two years before WorldCom declared bankruptcy‚ one man at the helm of the company told lie after lie about the true financial condition of WorldCom‚ lies that artificially inflated his own stock holdings and lies that deprived the common investors of information
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2.1 -------------- 1. The business conduct that led to the WorldCom and Enron scandals was unethical‚ but not all of the behavior was illegal. Please discuss why Boatright explains in the Why the Law is Not Enough section of our text‚ “reliance on the law alone is a prescription for disaster.” (2012‚ p. 10) -------------- Reliance on the law‚ alone‚ is a prescription for disaster. This is true for several reasons. For starters‚ the law is not always appropriate when it comes to helping regulate
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companies and in some of those it results in the ruin of what started out to be a good thing. Some of these companies started out as small prosperous businesses that later grew into large dominate organizations for example; Enron‚ and of course WorldCom. These businesses began with good intentions and ended up internally combusting. All of it was due to the result of GREED. Greed is a disease‚ and has plagued several organizational leaders over time and caused them to go against their good ethics
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