Using Modified Altman‚ Chanos‚ Beneish; Examine Enron Corporation for 1997‚ 1998‚ 2000 & 2001 show as to how early financial fraud could be identified Introduction The history of Enron corporation can be traced to the 1930s when the Northern Natural Gas Company‚ was formed in order to transport and market gas. The company formerly known as Northern Natural Company changed several times‚ as it made significant transformations in portfolio of its business activities and name. In 1980‚ Northern
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Fair value in financial reporting: problems and pitfalls in practice – a case study analysis of the use of fair valuation at Enron David Gwilliam∗ and Richard H G Jackson School of Business and Economics‚ University of Exeter‚ Streatham Court‚ Rennes Drive‚ Exeter EX4 4PU‚ UK This paper has been accepted for publication in Accounting Forum ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Abstract This paper contributes to the debate on the use of mark to market
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Evaluate the strategic vision of CRH PLC. Who are its key stakeholder groups and how well is each served by the mission and vision? Strategic vision is‚ “a challenging and imaginative picture of the future role and objectives of an organisation‚ significantly going beyond its current environment and competitive position” (Lynch 2006‚ p.351). The future role involves thinking who the company wants to serve (key stakeholders)‚ the reason behind the desired future state‚ the objectives are the stepping
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could have prevented the fall of Enron. First of all‚ if the board of directors made the right strategies for Enron rather than created hundreds of SPEs to remove assets and debts off balance sheet‚ the picture of Enron could have made a difference. Secondly‚ if the audit committee of Enron could point out all those aggressive and risky accounting treatment and propose solutions‚ then the afterward damages could be eliminate or at least minimized. c. The BOD of Enron should have known about the risks
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UVA-F-1299 Rev. Feb. 8‚ 2011 This document is authorized for use only by Mattia Tenaglia at Tecnologico de Monterrey. Please do not copy or redistribute. Contact permissions@dardenbusinesspublishing.com for questions or additional permissions. ENRON CORPORATION’S WEATHER DERIVATIVES (A) Everybody talks about the weather‚ but nobody does anything about it.1 In October 2000‚ Mary Watts‚ the chief financial officer of Pacific Northwest Electric (PNW)‚ a utility servicing the Pacific Northwest
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companies are directed and controlled‚ which involves a set of relationship between a company’s management‚ its board‚ its shareholders and other stakeholders‚ and the objectives for which the corporation is governed. There are mainly three important theories included in corporate governance‚ which are agency theory‚ transaction cost theory and stakeholder theory‚ each theory views corporate governance from different perspectives. These three theories play significant roles in understanding the corporate
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www.ccsenet.org/ass Asian Social Science Vol. 8‚ No. 10: August 2012 Managing Stakeholders: An Integrative Perspective on the Source of Competitive Advantage Minyu Wu’ ’ School of Business‚ Curtin Universify Sarawak‚ Sarawak‚ Malaysia Correspondence: Minyu Wu‚ School of Business‚ Curtin Universify Sarawak‚ CDT 250‚ 98009 Miri‚ Sarawak‚ Malaysia. Tel: 60-8-544-3844. E-mail: minyu.wu@curtin.edu.my Received: March 19‚ 2012 doi:10.5539/ass.v8nl0pl60 Abstract Despite the enormous amount of academic
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appropriate ways to express the strategic purpose * Identify the components of the governance chain of an organisation * Understand differences in governance structures * Identify differences in the corporate responsibility * Undertake Stakeholder analysis 4.2 Organisational purpose: values‚ mission‚ vision and objectives * Statements of mission‚ vision and value Harvard University’s Cynthia Montgomery argues that the purpose of the organization is an important thing to understand
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stores throughout United States‚ Canada‚ Mexico operating with more than 234‚000 employees ("Lowe ’s home improvement‚ 2012”). Stakeholders are individuals‚ groups‚ or organizations that have a stake in the business. Stakeholders are categorize into two types: internal or external. Internal stakeholders can be owners‚ managers‚ and employees. External stakeholders can be suppliers‚ lenders‚ and customers (Worthington‚ 2009). Human Resource (Safety) There are many safety rules in Lowe’s Home
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providing at least three points of argument for each standpoint. Why is there a need for the regulation of accounting information? Accounting Information is the pearl of any organization. It is how a business provides its investors as well as other stakeholder parties’ direction towards a healthy economic decision in favor of the business. Regulation of these information and standardizing the process would lead to that organization solving the problem of ‘information asymmetry’. (Watts & Zimmerman‚ 1978)
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