Business and Society Review 110:1 59– 76 Applying the Agency and Stakeholder Theories to the Enron Debacle: An Ethical Perspective Blackwell Oxford‚ Business BASR © 0045-3609 O 1 110 BUSINESS CULPAN riginal 2004 Center UK Article and and Publishing‚ and TRUSSEL Society for SOCIETY Business Ltd. Review REVIEW Ethics at Bentley College REFIK CULPAN AND JOHN TRUSSEL INTRODUCTION W e examine the infamous Enron debacle from an ethical perspective by defining its theoretical underpinnings and analyzing
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After hearing bits and pieces about the “Enron scandal” over the years‚ it was interesting to learn about what specifically happened to the global giant company and how it reached its demise in the early 2000s. It seems as though Enron’s downfall had largely to do with the corporate culture instilled within the company from its inception in 1984. The idea of “get big fast” encouraged employees to do whatever they deemed necessary to drive earnings‚ even if it meant leaving ethics at the door. The
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of Enron were the large number of highly complex accounting entries. For example energy traders were required to book all the projected profits from a supply contract in the quarter in which the deal is made. Such accounting procedures are inherently risky as they make assumptions about price forecasts which can drastically affect earnings. Another inherent risk factor is the frequency of related party transactions. The special purpose entities Enron was trading with were created by Enron and
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Arthur Anderson & Co. was also to blame as they were the accountants for Enron. They were the ones with the expertise who should have known better and looked to fully explain and disclose what they knew. Anderson’s commitment is to the shareholders‚ not to their client and they needed to act in a way and present the statements fairly so that a user could make an informed decision and that the statements presented fairly. Enron is also to blame. They were focused on profits – which is not necessarily
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The collapse of Enron case study Q1. The key stakeholders involved in‚ or affected by the collapse of Enron are: employees and retirees‚ thousands of them lost their jobs and the investment; the executives: Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow they sold significant blocs of company stock‚ have conflicts of interests; government figures‚ Lay had close personal tie with the Bush family‚ Enron’s efforts influence policy making; regulatory authorities: Commodities Futures Trading Commission
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A STUDY ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE USING RATIO ANALYSIS AT EMAMI LTD SUMMER PROJECT REPORT Submitted by A.GAYATHRIDEVI REGISTER NO: 27348311 Under the guidance of Mrs. R. HEMALATHA‚ M.B.A.‚ Faculty of management studies In partial fulfilment for the award of the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES SRI MANAKULA VINAYAGAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY PUDUCHERRY‚ INDIA SEPTEMBER 2007 SRI
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of numerous organisations‚ yet performance measurement remains a critical and much debated issue. Most of the criticisms are directed to the performance appraisal process. Some call it useless and some even said it makes organisations worst (Bacal 1994‚ Deming 1986). However‚ these arguments against performance management were made a long time ago‚ with some more than twenty years ago. With the advance in technology and globalisation‚ who is to say that performance management has not improved?
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Settled a shareholder class-action suit for $457 million. SEC fined ArthurAndersen $7 million. Fun fact: After the scandal‚ new CEO A. Maurice Meyers set up an anonymous company hotline where employees could report dishonest or improper behavior. Enron Scandal (2001) Company: Houston-based commodities‚ energy and service corporation What happened: Shareholders lost $74 billion‚ thousands of employees and investors lost their retirement accounts‚ and many employees lost their jobs. Main players: CEO
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* Short Run Costs A period of time in which the quantity of some inputs cannot be increased beyond the fixed amount that is available. For example‚ what quantity of inventory to order is a short run decision. Whether or not to build a new factory would be considered a long run decision. 1. Total fixed Coast The total fixed cost curve graphically represents the relation between total fixed costs incurred by a firm in the short-run production of a good or service and the quantity produced
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Finance‚ Vol . 2‚ No . 1‚ Dec 2010 ©The Author(s) Journal compilation ©2010 African Centre for Economics and Finance . Published by Print Services‚ Rhodes University‚ P .O .Box 94‚ Grahamstown‚ South Africa A financial Ratio Analysis of Commercial Bank Performance in South Africa Mabwe Kumbirai2# and Robert Webb* Abstract This paper investigates the performance of South Africa’s commercial banking sector for the period 2005- 2009. Financial ratios are employed to measure the profitability
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