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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Enron’s Questionable Transactions 1. Which segment of its operations got Enron into difficulties? * The fact that Kopper was appointed to Fastow and he was an employee at Enron was the first thing that got them into trouble. Another reason was that over 11 million was invested and it ended up not being invested at all. I believe these two situations ended up being the start of Enron’s problems. Enron also was not reporting the revenue for service correctly and his stock was paid by
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When Jeff Skilling took the major energy company Enron over‚ he contributed to the hiring and development of an entire corporation with a crooked staff whom were corrupt all the way from the bottom employees to the top executives. Top executives “cooked the books” through a certain structured finance including accounting ambiguities‚ special purpose entities‚ and poor financial reporting. They were able to hide billions of dollars in debt from failed deals and projects. CFO‚ Andrew Fastow and other
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Mary‚ Your compassion for parents who have experienced fetal demise is evident in your discussion board post. The development and implementation of a bereavement program sounds daunting‚ but with thorough research of literature‚ support of your nurse manager‚ and your passion for helping your patients through a difficult time‚ I think the project will yield much success. Although one of your facilities’ weaknesses is lack of consistency‚ the change project will give you and your unit an opportunity
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am detailThe ENRON Scandal is considered to be one of the most notorious within American history-White Collar By misrepresenting earnings reports while continuing to enjoy the revenue provided by the investors not privy to the true financial condition of ENRON‚ the executives of ENRON embezzled funds funneling in from investments while reporting fraudulent earnings to those investors; this not only proliferated more investments from current stockholders‚ but also attracted new investors desiring
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Many have heard of the Enron Scandal of 2001. A scandal‚ by definition‚ is an event that involves allegations of wrongdoing‚ disgrace‚ or moral outrage. In other words‚ a scandal is caused by shortcomings in ethics. Enron’s Ken Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow each engaged in unethical practices in their various leadership positions at Enron and caused thousands of Enron employees and investors to lose their savings. (Smartest) Kenneth Lay showed all the signs of a transformational
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Question I Give definition of earning management. Discuss in what instances is earnings managementacceptable and in what instances is it not acceptable. Before defining what earnings management is‚ it is important to understand the meaningof earnings first. Earnings are the profits of a company. Investors and analysts look to earningsto determine the attractiveness of a particular share. Companies with poor earnings prospectswill typically have lower share prices than those with good prospects
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Evaluate the auditor’s role in the certification of the financial statements and conclude whether its work is effective in preventing major scandals on the lines of Enron and Worldcom. 1.0 ABSTRACT 2.0 ENRON-CORPORATE FIASCOS 3.0 HOW DID THE AUDITORS FAIL TO CATCH PROBLEMS AT ENRON? 4.0 HOW TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF ENRON? 5.0 NEW RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUDITORS ACCORDING TO SARBANES-OXLEY ACT 2002 6.0 CONCLUSION 7.0 REFERENCES 1.0 ABSTRACT The responsibility of an auditor is to express
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management of Enron including Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow. These managers created a tone at the top of Enron that allowed and encouraged accounting that mislead investors. The audit team at Anderson and especially David Duncan the lead partner for Enron’s audit holds responsibility. Anderson was negligent in finding problematic accounting used by Enron. In addition‚ Anderson made millions on consulting services provide to Enron which makes their independence for Enron come into
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Enron is a company that specializes in energy and power industry. They provide gas‚ oil‚ and electrical services worldwide. These comprise wholesale services‚ retail energy services‚ broadband services‚ and transportation services. They have reported revenues of $100.789billion‚ $40.112billion‚ and $31.260 billion for the years 2000‚ 1999‚ and 1998 respectively. This is a growth of 151.3% from year 1999 to 2000 and 28.3% from 1998 to 1999. This is unparalleled in the relatively stable energy business
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