Assignment 1: Scandals in Auditing Fortex Introduction Fortex was regarded as one of New Zealand’s top companies. They used innovative technology to add value to their product. They won awards‚ looked after employees‚ and paid suppliers well. But when the company collapsed in March 1994 it was revealed that the success was all based on false accounting. The management team was able to fool a company of respected auditors as well as everybody else for more than three years. Thousands
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Auditing failure is also a key factor contributing to the Wedtech scandal. It is presented as a result of independence of auditing reporting and confirmation.On the one hand‚ even if auditors complied with auditing process on the surface (Berg and barbanel‚ 1987)‚ they are not independent since they were bribed to forge auditing reports.In 1982‚ Wedtech employed the Main Hurdman to financially audit its financial statementswhen it went to Initial Public Offerings. One of the auditing partners‚ Richard
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Accounting Irregularities at WorldCom and Arthur Andersen…No More: What Went Wrong? (Business Ethics 4th Ed: Cases 5 & 6 pg.101-109)‚ both clearly present various moral and ethical problems that arise that are real life business scenarios as well as question the impact of certain ‘special’ duties/obligations that apply to particular individuals and employees who choose to engage in these activities in the organization leading to their downfall. The WorldCom case and scandal occurred because accountants
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What are the reasons why Enron collapsed? * Investments Enron dealt in energy. According to Infinite Energy‚ the first and main cause of Enron’s collapse was failed investments. Enron invested money in fiber-optic networks‚ a power plant in India and water distribution in the United Kingdom‚ to name a few. While a company the size of Enron could afford occasional losses‚ the mounting‚ failed investments added up and created a plethora of debt. * Hidden Losses Infinite Energy states that
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| A Trifecta Scandal | Arthur Waldon | | Charter College | | Conspiracy to steal more than a quarter billion dollars from insurance companies. The plot involved 10 doctors‚ 9 separate clinics in New York and 105 different corporations‚ and all in service in a health care fraud ring. It all stems from Russian-speaking immigrant population‚ to who grew up in a communist society that bred despite for the rules and a willingness to cheat around them. Come to find out this scheme is the
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Ethical decision making: A dilemma Ethical issues have greatly transformed in our lives since the great Enron‚ Xerox and other huge corporations proposed big profits showing earnings of billions of dollars and yet in reality facing bankruptcy. These corporations faced great trouble with the federals and state for manipulating financial statements. But not only corporations can be blamed on this‚ accounting firms were involved in this as much as the corporations were. With the business stand
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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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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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The rise and fall of Enron is a company that was lead to its own demise by it’s own leadership and ill business decisions. The motivational theories explained from the readings of Organization Behavior can correlate with the failure of Enron’s internal organization. Even though a company may appear to display successful business practices‚ the influence of leadership through management can ultimately lead the company to fail. Enron’s code of ethics prided itself on four key values; respect‚ integrity
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Day Five and Six: Trial of Socrates A. What is the current state? (Stability: What the majority believe) Athens has long prided itself and itself as a hub for stimulating intellectual conversations‚ spurring philosophy‚ mathematics‚ and the arts. The reason that new and exciting ideas come from Athens‚ the democrats argue‚ is that merchants and sailors are permitted to travel to far off countries and expose themselves to new ideas‚ and bring them home; foreigners are likewise permitted
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