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 when conducting an audit and thereby fails to uncover a fraud or embezzlement by an employee of the company being audited can be sued for damages arising from this negligence. There are three major rules of liability
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ultimately misleading investors to become shareholders of what they thought were “good companies”. Arthur Andersen LLP was one of the “Big Five” accounting firms before having to surrender its licenses to practice as Certified Public Accountants in 2002; due to an accumulation of criminal charges (CNN Money). Arthur Andersen was in charge for the accounting records of several companies including Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Waste Management. By early 2002‚ they had been charged of falsely auditing books for all
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world‚ corporations could be audited due to not following ethical and legal standards. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the legal‚ ethical‚ and social responsibility of Arthur Andersen. This paper will also analyze three factors that influence Arthur Andersen ’s strategic‚ tactical‚ operational‚ and contingency planning. The term ethics must first be defined to understand a few of the issues involving Arthur Andersen. According to Wikipedia‚ the term Ethics is a set of principles of right conduct
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Professional Standards November 28‚ 2012 Meta tags are used in many ways to promote accessibility and search engine optimization. They are usually placed between the <head> and </head> tags. With these tags is where you place the description of your website. It can also be used to place the name of the author of the site. When you go onto a search engine to search for something the search engine looks for these tags to bring up the search results. Let’s say you are doing a
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ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP CASE STUDY DUE: Sunday‚ May 12‚ 11:59pm 1. Discuss the environment‚ strategic‚ and organizational changes that occurred over the life of Andersen in the context of figure 11.1. 2. Evaluate Andersen’s claim that their problems on the Enron audit were due to a few “bad partners” in the organization. If you disagree with this claim‚ discuss what you think were the root causes of the problem. 3. Suppose you were Andersen’s managing partner in the early 1990s. Would
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1. What did Arthur Anderson contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) contributed to the Enron disaster when AA consulting became its own separate entity‚ named Accenture. Revenues from consulting services surpassed revenue from auditing services. A natural competitiveness grew between the two rivals and this is where the problems began to start. Management held maximinizing revenues as their primary focus of success and promotions/bonuses were based on this factor. The CEO of AA‚ Joe
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FEASIBILITY OF THE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS IN PAKISTAN: TEACHER EDUCATORS’ PERCEPTIONS By Muznah Faheem M.Phil (education) Supervised by Dr. Zaira Wahab ABSTRACT-1 Collaboration of Government of Pakistan and USAID give rise to the professional standards for teacher. Ten standards cover almost all angles and parameters of quality teaching. The purpose of this study is to reflect on the feasibility of professional standards for teachers in Pakistan. Four subsidiary
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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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AIIC Professional Standards In application of Article 19 (b)(2) of the Statutes as well as Articles 7 and 8 of the Code of Professional Ethics‚ The Assembly of the International Association of Conference Interpreters herewith adopts the following Professional Standards whose purpose is to ensure an optimum quality of work performed with due consideration being given to the physical and mental constraints inherent in the exercise of the profession. Article 1 PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS a) Members
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Professional Standards Web standards promote higher accessibility and usability; it suggests a set of rules in which every developer can follow and understand (Boudreau‚ 2002). Standards set by W3C‚ World Wide Web Consortium‚ will ensure that most browsers used will present the website as it was intended to be‚ without time consuming rewrites of code for specific browsers (W3schools‚ 2013). Accessibility is very important as it allows the web to be used by individuals with disabilities but
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