There are many ethical issues and failings in this case. For the love of profit‚ Bernie Madoff and his accomplices created and participated in what can be considered the greatest ponzi scheme in history. After several years in the securities and exchange industry‚ Bernie Madoff broke the law and deceived clients and investors in order to amass millions of dollars. It was unethical for him and others to prey on and betray the trust of investors. When he was repeatedly questioned by investigators‚
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MD. ZULKIPLI MATRIC NO : 1333430136 Dr. Abdullah bin osman Enron : Questionable Accounting Leads To Collapse History ENRON CORPORATION. Enron‚ a corporation headquartered in Houston‚ operated one of the largest natural gas transmission networks in North America‚ totaling over 36‚000 miles‚ in addition to being the largest marketer of natural gas and electricity in the United States. Enron managed the world’s largest portfolio of natural gas risk management contracts and
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Importance of Accounting Accounting is important because it manages the checkbooks of company which are important to analyses and determine the success of the business by looking through the different account statements and translating the company documents. An accountant or accounting firm starts and maintains auditing of a company. Accounting is also important because it offers a great assistance in planning the future investments as well as being able
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The Case of Bernard Madoff Introduction: Bernard Madoff is a very successful investor and investment adviser in his early career. He is former stock broker‚ investment advisor‚ non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market‚ Madoff founded the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC in 1960‚ and was its chairman until his arrest on December 11‚ 2008. The firm was one of the top market maker businesses on Wall Street‚ which bypassed "specialist" firms by directly executing
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explain what white collar crimes Madoff committed (including citing the applicable federal statutes) and describe the actions that he undertook that constituted the commissions of those crimes. Madoff and his investment firm was charged with securities fraud‚ for a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. The scheme wasn’t revealed until Madoff himself confessed his crimes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation complaint says that during the first week of December 2008‚ Madoff confided to a senior employee
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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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CORPORATE SCANDAL 1 Sheri Bardot Ashford University OMM 640 Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Prof. Tricia Devin Corporate Scandal in America: Week 6 March 17‚ 2012 COROPORATE SCANDAL 2 The unethical business practices of Enron‚ Leman Brothers and Bernie Madoff caused
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Management‚ Technology and Entrepreneurship Students : ..................................... Rémi Caroff Ha-Phong Nguyen Hamza Sehaqui Professor :............................... Matthias Finger Lausanne‚ Spring 2013 Corporate governance | Bernard Madoff case Table of content 1. Introduction and problem statement ................................................................................................. 1 1.1. The corporate governance context ...................................
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Under the common law‚ accountants may be found liable to the clients who hire them under several 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
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Enron 1. How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? There was an overwhelming aura of pride‚ carrying with it the deep-seated belief that Enron¡¦s people could handle increasing risk without danger. The culture also was about a focus on how much money could be made for executives. For‚ example Enron¡¦s compensation plans seemed less concerned with generating profits for shareholders than with enriching officer wealth. Enron¡¦s corporate
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