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    The Coca-Cola Company established itself as a premier beverage business by maximizing its production and distribution throughout the world. These strong production efforts were met with equally effective marketing campaigns which led to it becoming the biggest beverage company in the world. Due to these accomplishments‚ many of Coca-Cola’s controversial labor and business practices have been overlooked by many in the general public. However‚ more people are becoming aware of these disputes due

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    The WorldCom Accounting Scandal WorldCom was started in Mississippi as a long distance telephone service provider in 1983 (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). Over the next decade and a half‚ the company expanded to offer a whole range of telecommunication services through a series of mergers and acquisitions (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). At its height‚ WorldCom was the largest long distance phone company in the United States and was one of the leading companies in the telecommunication market in the world‚ providing

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    Enron and Worldcom Scandals

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    References: WorldCom profits scandal shakes stock markets‚ The Telegraph‚ 27 Jun 2002 (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1398577/WorldCom-profits-scandal-shakes-stock-markets.html) Haywood‚ Elizabeth M.‚ Dorothy A. McMullen‚ and Donal E. Wygal‚ 2004‚ Behind closed doors at WorldCom: 2001‚ Accounting Education‚ 19‚ 101-118. Wearing R.‚ Cases in Corporate governance (2005)‚ Sage Publications

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    marketplace in light of many corporate dealings that have left the public stranded in the wake of crumbled corporations due to unlawful and unethical behaviors. The struggles by corporations come with notion of perform or be classified by the marketplace as a “poor performer”. In reviewing ethical behavior in business is become very clear on how the balance of ethical behavior in business can be very easily become a disaster in wake of commonsense decisions gone wrong. This research paper is based on decisions

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    WorldCom Case Study

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    The WorldCom scandal was actually brought to light by the internal auditor‚ Cynthia Cooper. Cooper and her team‚ Gene Morse and Glyn Smith uncovered the fact that line costs were being transferred to capital accounts. Cooper was originally tipped off to the fact that something was amiss when the head of WorldCom’s wireless business paid her a visit‚ upset that he was loosing $400 million that had been set aside to make up for shortfalls if customers didn’t pay their bills. Scott Sullivan‚ CFO of

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    Effect on Unethical Behavior Article Analysis The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was intended to improve corporate governance and increase the transparency of financial audits. The legislation also could have significant effects on the public accounting industry. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 has requires companies to repeat the section 404-certification process annually and to review processes and controls for changes on a quarterly basis. The Act also promises to make important improvements in

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    Wan-Ting Shao * Ananya Chandra * Niteesh Chinta * Shraddha Rane * Swathi Punreddy The Rise and fall of WorldCom This case study WorldCom is a telecommunications company which was led by CEO‚ Bernard Ebbers‚ and CFO‚ Scott Sullivan. In 1999‚ WorldCom was not meeting Wall Street’s revenue and earnings expectations‚ and it appeared that the coming year would produce more bad news. The CFO argued for setting realistic targets.

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    WorldCom Sunday‚ November 07‚ 2010 10:27 PM The following entries are hypothetical and intended to illustrate the initial recording‚ and subsequent ‘release’ and ‘capitalization’ of line costs. a. Prepare a journal entry to record $3‚500 million of estimated line costs for quarter 1. DR - Accrued Line cost $3‚500 CR - Cash and Cash Equivalents $3‚500 b. Assume that you find out in quarter 2 that the prior quarter’s estimate was too large by $100 million. Prepare the necessary journal entry

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    Case study on WorldCom THE WORLDCOM FRAUD:- Presented By: Pratik WorldCom’s Background • Awoke the sleeping giant by leading the telecom industry into profitability in the 90’s. • During the 1990’s‚ WorldCom was deeply involved in acquisitions and completed several “mega-deals” • Purchased over 60 firms in 2nd half of the 90’s • WorldCom moved into Internet and data traffic • Handled 50% of US Internet traffic • Handled 50% of e-mails worldwide WorldCom’s Background (cont.) • Purchased MCI for

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    E. Boos – Week 2 – Assignment February 17‚ 2013 The Enron and WoldCom Scandals ENRON 1. The segment of Enron’s operations that got them into difficulties had several parts. They published misleading financial reports. They could not meet their bridge financing commitment with Barclay Bank because outside investors were not found. Because of this‚ they restated activities of JEDI and Chewco SPEs so they could be retroactively consolidated into Enron’s accounts. The SPEs

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