Enron Ask Why? How Unethical and Illegal Behavior Ruined Lives Brief History of Enron Enron was an energy company based in Houston‚ Texas that dealt with the energy trade on an international and domestic basis. Enron formed in 1985 when Houston Natural Gas merged with InterNorth. After several years of international and domestic expansion involving complicated deals and contracts‚ Enron became billions of dollars in debt. All of this debt was concealed from shareholders through partnerships
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Enron was originally a pipeline company in Houston‚ Texas in 1985. Enron became a company that was able to profit by providing deliveries of gas to utility companies and businesses. As the deregulation of electric power rose‚ Enron diversified the business and entered into an energy broker‚ which traded electricity and other types of commodities. Enron employed several highly qualified PHDs in mathematics‚ physics‚ and economics. Enron continued to enter into contracts with customers and utilized
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Enron Research Paper In 2001‚ the world was shocked by the demise of Enron‚ a multibillion dollar corporation that had thousands of employees and people that had affiliations with the company including The White House itself. Because of the financial chaos and destroyed lives and reputations this catastrophe left in its path‚ questions arose concerning how exactly it happened‚ why it occurred‚ and who was behind it. It is essential to understand how this multibillion dollar corporation rose to power
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Morgan State University MATH 201.001 CALCULUS FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJOR SPRING 2013 Textbook: Applied Calculus for Managerial‚ Life‚ and Social Sciences‚ by S. T. Tan Instructor: Dr. Aron Reznik Office: Calloway Hall 221 Telephone: Office: (443) 885-3869 Department: (443) 885-3964 E-mail: aron.reznik@morgan.edu Office Hours: MWRF 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.‚ and by appointment. Prerequisite: MATH 113 with the grade “C” or better
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DERIVATIVES FOR MANAGING FINANCIAL RISK Q-1 What are derivatives? Why do companies hedge risk using derivatives? A-1 A derivative is a financial instrument whose pay-offs is derived from some other asset which is called an underlying asset. Option‚ an example of a derivative security‚ is a more complicated derivative. There are a large number of simple derivatives like futures or forward contracts or swaps. Derivatives are tools to reduce a firm’s risk exposure. A firm can do away with unnecessary
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Journal of Finance and Accountancy Arthur Anderson Auditors and Enron: What happened to their Texas CPA licenses? Daniel Edelman Texas A&M University-Commerce Ashley Nicholson Texas A&M University-Commerce ABSTRACT This article examines Arthur Andersen‚ its role with Enron‚ and what happened to some of its key players. The demise of Arthur Andersen and Enron was significant. Thousands of people lost their jobs and investments. As a result‚ new laws for publicly traded companies and auditing firms
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Hydrocarbon Derivative: Amines Amines are a type of hydrocarbon derivative‚ and they are used in many ways in society. Several companies use amines in products such as drugs and medicines. Also‚ in nature‚ amino acids help the body make proteins‚ and amines are found in many vitamins. For example‚ DOW Chemicals “plays an important role in commonly used products found around the world” by using amines in the manufacturing of energy drinks‚ detergents‚ insulin‚ etc. This is a very large industry
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Futures contract In finance‚ a futures contract is a standardized contract between two parties to exchange a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality for a price agreed today (the futures price or the strike price) but with delivery occurring at a specified future date‚ the delivery date. The contracts are traded on a futures exchange. The party agreeing to buy the underlying asset in the future‚ the "buyer" of the contract‚ is said to be "long"‚ and the party agreeing to sell the asset
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Response to organizations in art or entertainment (Enron‚ the Smartest Guys in the Room‚ 2005) Introduction There is a proverb “too good‚ to be true”‚ and it means the same‚ that some things are too great‚ to be real. In business world‚ it is often used to describe market conditions or companies under unbelievable success. Although‚ there were not too many companies that would fit the saying Enron was one of them. In a period of sixteen years‚ Enron’s value grew from 10 to 70 billion dollars
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Gibney’s film version of the rise and fall of Enron‚ do you accept Joel Bakan’s argument that the corporation shows “psychopathic” traits? I agree with Joel Bakan‚ however‚ just partially about the corporation Enron showing ‘psychopathic’ traits. Yes there are traits that they were doing unethical actions that completely ruin many people life-long works and their lives; nonetheless‚ in my opinion‚ those actions were intentional. The executives at Enron were gambling intelligently‚ according to the
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