Lecturer: Mr. Montaser Tawalbeh Case Study Enron: Were They the Crookedest Guys in the Room? Case Summary Enron has become the classic case on business ethics. Enron formed after the merger of Internorth Incorporated and Houston Natural Gas in 1985. On January 1‚ 1987‚ as part of the merger agreement‚ Ken Lay became the new CEO. In 1990‚ Ken Lay hired Jeffrey Skilling from McKinsey and Company as the Head of Enron Finance. By 1995‚ Enron had become the largest independent natural gas company
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with Enron to help create a forward market in natural gas (wikipedia.org). Ken Lay hired Skilling in 1990 as chairman and chief executive officer of Enron Finance Corp. and in 1991 he became the Chairman of Enron Gas Services Co. Also‚ he was appointed CEO/managing director of Enron Capital & Trade Resources. Skilling was promoted to second highest position in the company‚ president and chief operating officer in 1979. By pushing an aggressive investment strategy‚ Skilling helped Enron to become
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over their head and food to eat. And third‚ investors were lied to and had things hidden from them. Both Enron and WorldCom were companies that had lied to investors. Enron told investors they had made $1.8 billion‚ when in reality it was quite the opposite: they told IRS they had lost a billion (p 210). WorldCom on the other hand‚ reported no loss but over exaggerated about their earnings. Enron also hid the fact that they were trading natural-gas and electricity derivatives. Employees were not
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Full Article In the public eye‚ Enron ’s mission was nothing more than the cover story for a massive fraud. --Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind CORPORATE FRAUD‚ BANKRUPTCIES‚ AND VARIOUS ILLEGAL ACTS HAVE always been part of the business environment. Every time fiascos erupt there is a shock‚ but business history records dozens of major failures‚ frauds‚ and other measures of massive corruption each decade. The big ones often hit during recessions or periods of other economic problems
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Is Enron Overpriced? More from Fortune FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune It’s in a bunch of complex businesses. Its financial statements are nearly impenetrable. So why is Enron trading at such a huge multiple? By Bethany McLean March 5‚ 2001 NEW YORK (FORTUNE) -- In Hollywood parlance‚ the "It Girl" is someone who commands the spotlight at any given moment -- you know‚ like Jennifer Lopez or Kate Hudson. Wall Street is a far less glitzy place‚ but there’s still
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December 22‚ 1961) is an American businessman who served as the chief financial officer of Enron Corporation‚ an energy trading company based in Houston‚ Texas‚ until the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission opened an investigation into his and the company’s conduct in 2001. Fastow was one of the key figures behind the complex web of off-balance-sheet special purpose entities (limited partnerships which Enron controlled) used to conceal their massive losses. Fastow served a six-year prison sentence
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holders are: * Arthur Andersen LLP * Enron Anderson began auditing Enron in 1985. In the beginning they had one of the great success stories up until it was accused in extensive shredding of draft documents and associated communications with Enron. Anderson was aware of serious risks involved in the audit of Enron‚ but still was willing to retain Enron as a client. Enron’s private partnerships involving related party transactions allowed Enron to keep the partnership losses off of its books
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(FASB)‚ whose standards are generally principles-based. Recently‚ there has been much debate on whether principle-based accounting would be more efficient than the popular rules-based accounting - especially in response to accounting scandals‚ such as Enron and Worldcom‚ the current way of accounting has been under a great deal of criticism. Rules-based accounting is basically a list of detailed rules that must be followed when preparing financial statements. Many accountants favor the prospect of
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Information Superiority CPT Woodrow Anderson CAX Class 757 Information Superiority 1 Purpose To present the concept of information superiority and the drivers of success Information Superiority 2 References • FM 3-0‚ June 2001‚ Operations • FM 100-6‚ August 1996‚ Information Operations • Joint Publication (JP) 3-13‚ 13 February 2006‚ Information Operations • National Security Strategy‚ September 2002 • Joint Vision 2020 • Exploring Information Superiority‚ 2004 • Defense Information
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The unethical and illegal activities in Enron The unethical and illegal activity is the management team of Enron manipulated the accounting rules. Firstly‚ it is related about the long-term contracts. Because when a long-term contract was signed‚ the inflows of the future contract and the expected cost of the contract were recognized in Enron’s Balance Sheet. The problem is because of the fix rates of price of the contract‚ Enron could easily estimate their inflows‚ but for the costs of contract
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