Enron‚ board governance and moral failings Gerald Zandstra Gerald Zandstra is Director of Programs at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty‚ Michigan‚ USA. Keywords Directors‚ Ethics‚ Responsibility‚ Corporate governance Abstract The failure of the Enron Corporation has brought attention to the roles played by the chief executive officer and other executives of the modern corporation. Its failure has also produced discussion of further regulations that will‚ it is hoped‚
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The film titled‚ Enron‚ the Smartest Guys in the Room‚ is a phenomenal examination of an organization that in all likelihood started out to perform ethically but‚ after a modification in design and moral decision-making‚ it evolved into an organization based upon greed and performance no matter what cost. Ironically‚ the motto of this company was‚ “ask why” however this is perhaps the sole question that many employees are now asking themselves and should have routinely asked in the years
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ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM 3-2 Financial Accounting‚ Seventh Edition 3 Accounting Accounting Transactions Transactions Event (1). On October 1‚ cash of $10‚000 is invested in Sierra Corporation by investors in exchange for $10‚000 of common stock. 1. +10‚000 3-3 +10‚000 LO 1 Analyze the effect of business transactions on the basic accounting equation. Accounting Accounting Transactions Transactions Event (2). On October 1‚ Sierra borrowed $5‚000 from Castle Bank by signing a 3-month‚ 12%‚ $5
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preparing the financial statements‚ these rules permit alternative accounting methods for some transactions. Furthermore‚ accountants have to interpret the rules as they apply GAAP in actual situations. The devil is in the details. The point is that interpreting GAAP is not cut-and-dried. Many accounting standards leave a lot of wiggle room for interpretation. Deciding how to account for certain transactions and situations requires seasoned judgment and careful analysis of the rules. Furthermore‚ many
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Assignment # 06 Xiaoyu Zhang Children always are the most precious treasure for their parents. They want their kids to get the best‚ of course‚ including education. With development of economy and society‚ there are varieties of kinds of education‚ like home schooling‚ private school and public school. Each type of education has different advantages. However‚ home schooling is the best type of education for children who reach school age. It could make children leave unnecessary stress‚ while it
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tinbergen.nl. This version: 19 November 2007 Procurement: the transaction costs perspective in a globalising world Frank A.G. den Butter ∗ Abstract Fragmentation of production into more and more complex supply chains is a prominent feature of globalisation. It implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis of the various types of transaction costs is also essential in the “make or buy” and location decisions in
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Answer the following questions based on the film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005). 1. (a) Describe the ownership structure at Enron. (b) How did the ownership structure contribute to the Enron scandal? (15 points) When Enron became a publicly traded company‚ the employees and executives had more incentive to manipulate earnings and financials. With the shift in structure‚ there were more external stakeholders to satisfy‚ which caused the company to focus on short-term results‚
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Kenneth Lay founded Enron in 1985. Two years after its founding‚ the company becomes embroiled in scandal after two traders begin betting on the oil markets‚ resulting in suspiciously consistent profits. Enron’s CEO‚ Louis Borget‚ is also discovered to be diverting company money to offshore accounts. After auditors uncover their schemes‚ Lay encourages them to "keep making us millions". However‚ the traders are fired after it is revealed that they gambled away Enron’s reserves‚ nearly destroying
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raised by this case? This case discusses the story of Enron‚ the infamous American energy company that December 2‚ 2001 filed the largest bankruptcy case in US history‚ totaling losses around 66 billion US dollars‚1 forcing 4‚000 unemployed‚2 and bringing down Arthur Andersen‚ 3 its auditing company. For many of the “bad” and publicly convicted Enron executives it has been the worst nightmare come true‚ a personal travesty. Cliff Baxter‚ an Enron executive‚ has committed suicide and Ken Lay‚ after
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1. What problems did Enron encountered? Many went sour in the early months of 2001 as Enron’s stock price and debt rating imploded because of loss of investor and creditor trust Methods the company used to disclose (or creatively obscure) it’s complicated financial dealings were erroneous and‚ in the view of some‚ downright deceptive The company’s lack of transparency in reporting its financial affairs‚ followed by financial restatements disclosing billions of dollars of omitted liabilities and
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