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    Adelphia Scandal

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    The Adelphia Scandal The Dawn of Adelphia Adelphia was founded in 1952 by John Rigas and his brother Gus Rigas in Coudersport‚ Pennsylvania with the purchase of their first cable franchise for $300. After 20 years‚ the Rigas brothers incorporated their company under the name Adelphia which derived its name from a Greek word which means brothers‚ an apt corporate title for a business that would employ generations of the Rigas family. Adelphia was a cable television company and built its success

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    Fortex Scandal

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    Assignment 1: Scandals in Auditing Fortex Introduction Fortex was regarded as one of New Zealand’s top companies. They used innovative technology to add value to their product. They won awards‚ looked after employees‚ and paid suppliers well. But when the company collapsed in March 1994 it was revealed that the success was all based on false accounting. The management team was able to fool a company of respected auditors as well as everybody else for more than three years. Thousands

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    Wedtech Scandal

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    Auditing failure is also a key factor contributing to the Wedtech scandal. It is presented as a result of independence of auditing reporting and confirmation.On the one hand‚ even if auditors complied with auditing process on the surface (Berg and barbanel‚ 1987)‚ they are not independent since they were bribed to forge auditing reports.In 1982‚ Wedtech employed the Main Hurdman to financially audit its financial statementswhen it went to Initial Public Offerings. One of the auditing partners‚ Richard

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    Why Enron Collapsed?

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    What are the reasons why Enron collapsed? * Investments Enron dealt in energy. According to Infinite Energy‚ the first and main cause of Enron’s collapse was failed investments. Enron invested money in fiber-optic networks‚ a power plant in India and water distribution in the United Kingdom‚ to name a few. While a company the size of Enron could afford occasional losses‚ the mounting‚ failed investments added up and created a plethora of debt. * Hidden Losses Infinite Energy states that

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    Trifecta Scandal

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    | A Trifecta Scandal | Arthur Waldon | | Charter College | | Conspiracy to steal more than a quarter billion dollars from insurance companies. The plot involved 10 doctors‚ 9 separate clinics in New York and 105 different corporations‚ and all in service in a health care fraud ring. It all stems from Russian-speaking immigrant population‚ to who grew up in a communist society that bred despite for the rules and a willingness to cheat around them. Come to find out this scheme is the

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    Accounting Scandals 2

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    Notable outcomesThe Enron scandal turned in the indictment and criminal conviction of one of the Big Five auditor Arthur Andersen on June 15‚ 2002. Although the conviction was overturned on May 31‚ 2005 by the Supreme Court of the United States‚ the firm ceased performing audits and is currently unwinding its business operations. On July 9‚ 2002 George W. Bush gave a speech about recent accounting scandals that had been uncovered. In spite of its stern tone‚ the speech did not focus on establishing

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    Enron Corporation: THE RISE AND FALL; ACCOUNTING SCANDAL Submitted To: Professor Bill Bristol Submitted By: Kenneth Rhodes‚ Jr. Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ABSTRACT...............................................................................................................................2 II. purpose and service....................................................................................................3 III. HistorY.............

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    Rise and Fall of Enron

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    The rise and fall of Enron is a company that was lead to its own demise by it’s own leadership and ill business decisions. The motivational theories explained from the readings of Organization Behavior can correlate with the failure of Enron’s internal organization. Even though a company may appear to display successful business practices‚ the influence of leadership through management can ultimately lead the company to fail. Enron’s code of ethics prided itself on four key values; respect‚ integrity

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    Enron Case

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    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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    Ipl Scandals

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    league’s Chairman and Commissioner. It is currently contested by nine teams‚ consisting of players from around the cricketing world. ------------------------------------------------- However‚ the league has been engulfed byseries of corruption scandals. ------------------------------------------------- Controversies involving the Indian Premier League From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has found itself in the middle of many conflicts with

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