. Enron senior management gets a failing grade on the truth and disclosure and a passing grade on arrogance and greed. For Fifteen years Enron was a paper tiger with few questions ever asked concerning its earnings profitability or business practices. The deceit and deception by Enron management seems to be the environment of a divisive marketing campaign that Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffery Skilling and Andrew Fastow hide while touting Enron. In reality Enron was one of the greatest Ponzi schemes to date
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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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NSA REPORT The NSA stands for National Security Agency. It’s the main producer and manager of signals intelligence for the United States government. Basically‚ it spies on people 24/7. Every time people blink‚ they know it. In short‚ they know our personal lives. They know your deepest‚ inner thoughts. They are hearing your most private conversations. There was this one incident with a girl whose web-cam kept turning on when she remembered turning it off. Every time she turned it off‚ it
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Agency theory Kenya has 62 micro-finance NGO’s. They have demonstrated that micro-business lending in Kenya is feasible‚ and that small borrowers do pay. They have pioneered new product types and innovations and some are moving toward sustainability. The microfinance NGO’s have played an important part in moving government toward recognition of the small borrower and have been instrumental in advancing the cause of the proposed Micro-Finance Bill. Small borrowers and the informal sector form a
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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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Payment‚ similar to consideration‚ is one of the four elements of a contract. Consideration is something of value in a contract or agreement between two parties. Both parties must be providing something of value to the other party. It is an act or promise to do (or not to do) something in return for value and the value given is enforceable. All the law need is ‘valuable consideration ’. For example‚ if Jack has offered to pay S$10 for a hammer worth S$100‚ that is considered valuable consideration
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{draw:frame} TRAVEL AGENCY MANAGEMENT HTM 1213 COURSE WORK INTRODUCTION {draw:g} MY COMPANY NAME: LOVE TOUR COMPANY SDN.BHD *SHARE HOLDER: 30% OF *BUMIPUTRA (MOHAMAND ALIZAH) TOTAL CAPITAL: RM 300‚000 LOCATION: PLAZA 393 *EMPLOYEE: TOTAL* 5 PEOPLE OFFICE SPACE: 200sq LOGO DESIGN *Reasons for the above design*: Red colou*r is love‚ passion. This color is very shinning and striking can attract customer.* And can boost our energy
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Enron Corporation (former NYSE ticker symbol ENE) Enron Corporation (former NYSE ticker symbol ENE) Cierra Gause Abstract This paper will describe the legal environment of business‚ the sources of American law‚ and the basis of authority for government to regulate business‚ differentiate between civil law and criminal law and describe the various classifications of crimes as it relates to Enron and the scandal the caused their downfall by using technology and information resources to research
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the influencing factors of capital structure and how to effectively manage it. Due to the conflicts among the debtors‚ managers and shareholders etc‚ this essay will also illustrate the agency problems that are existed in the companies and evaluate the role of effective financial management in addressing these problems. 2.0 The ways that capital structure affects corporation value The capital structure is refered to the allocation between the long-term debt and equity‚ which determines the solvency
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Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review Author(s): Kathleen M. Eisenhardt Source: The Academy of Management Review‚ Vol. 14‚ No. 1 (Jan.‚ 1989)‚ pp. 57-74 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/258191 Accessed: 14/10/2010 10:43 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you
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