In 2001‚ Enron was the fifth largest company on the Fortune 500. Enron was also the market leader in energy production‚ distribution‚ and trading. However‚ Enron ’s unethical accounting practices have left the company in joint chapter 11 bankruptcy. This bankruptcy has caused many problems among many individuals. Enron ’s employees and retirees are suffering because of the bankruptcy. Wall Street and investors have taken a major downturn do to the company ’s unethical practices. Enron ’s competitors
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practices came about because one corporation‚ Enron‚ took risks their company could not withstand without taking some rather extreme measures in its accounting to hide the risk. Tyco International went down a different path in that the CEO used corporate accounts as his personal bank account. He placed certain business associates on the Board of Directors to ensure his behavior would not be found out nor questioned. As corporate ethics goes‚ Enron and Tyco International are prime examples of bad
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Part 3 The bankruptcy of Enron not only significantly impact the employment and pension of workers‚ but also the relevant major financial institutions‚ including investment Banks‚ commercial Banks‚ pension funds and mutual funds. On Feb. 14th‚ 2002‚ the international accounting standards foundation chairman and former Federal Reserve chairman Paul pointed out that the obvious problems in accounting and auditing profession has formed a kind of crisis after a long-term period of existence. A typical
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Shaffer Directed by Marc Shaffer Correspondent Hedrick Smith ANNOUNCER: It was a meteoric rise. VOICE: We will become the world’s leading company. ANNOUNCER: And a devastating collapse. VOICE: Enron is a corporate Chernobyl. VOICE: You had the entire system playing fast and loose. VOICE: It is not just Enron‚ it’s an industry problem. LYNN TURNER‚ SEC Chief Accountant (1998-2001): It is real‚ real damage to the country. ANNOUNCER: Why didn’t anyone sound an alarm? VOICE: The watchdogs work for executives
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“United States vs. Enron” Enron 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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it took Enron 16 years to go from about $10 billion of assets to $65 billion of assets‚ and 24 days to go bankruptcy. Enron is also one of the most celebrated business ethics cases in the century. There are so many things that went wrong within the organization‚ from all personal (prescriptive and psychological approaches)‚ managerial (group norms‚ reward system‚ etc.)‚ and organizational (world-class culture) perspectives. This paper will focus on the business ethics issues at Enron that were
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1. Define the problem(s) Enron failed to record some of its transactions. Arthur Andersen did not allow the LJM financial statement to stay unconsolidated. 2. Analyze the situation - again‚ take a "lessons learned" approach. You might use the following questions as guides: A. What important internal controls were ignored when LJM1 was created? LJM1 ignored some of Enron’s entries in the books that were missing. Outsiders owned less than 3% of the Special Purpose Entities equities. There was
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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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