Accounting Conservatism in Fraud Firms: An Empirical Investigation* Keith Jones Assistant Professor George Mason University kjonesm@gmu.edu Gopal Krishnan Professor Lehigh University gkrishn1@gmu.edu Mikhail Pevzner** Assistant Professor George Mason University mpevzner@gmu.edu Partha Sengupta Associate Professor George Mason University psengupt@gmu.edu We examine whether Ball and Shivakumar (2006) and Basu (1997) models of conservatism identify fraud firms as anti-conservative. We
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behavior in business accounting. Dr‚Xaxx’s approach to the is topic is one used by many‚ understand a complex subject by simplifying it down to its base elements. How do we identify situations that might lead to fraud and how do we prevent it? First an understanding of why someone might commit fraud is need. The best way to identify when a situation might cultivate unethical behavior in accounting is to determine the reasons why people would choose to be unethical in their accounting practices. Once
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provide long-distance telephone services‚ it is hard to determine where the problem begins. The case‚ as explained in the book‚ has never really found the core of the problem. We are told that financial reports were falsely created and improper accounting practices were found‚ but who is to blame? The textbook tells us that several of the former top financial executives pleaded guilty to securities fraud‚ however they defended themselves to say that they were forced to cover things up by other top
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Q 1 Explain the nature of accounting fraud? A1. Background: The origin of WorldCom can be traced to the breakup of AT&T in 1983. The company began as Long Distance Discount Services Inc during 1983. LDD name was changed to WorldCom in 1995. To build the economies of scale that were critical success factor in long distance market it was imperative for WorldCom to grow its available volume off bandwidth as it lowered the per unit costs. Also the Telecommunication act of 1996 permitted long
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BINTI MATIASIN 214114 Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Executive Summary WorldCom is a telecommunication company that has been found by Bernard Ebbers‚ a Canadian. Growing rapidly through mergers and acquisition strategy‚ Ebbers handled largest takeover in US history by acquiring MCI‚ the nation’s second largest long distance company. The aggressive acquisition strategy required issuing a lot of debt‚ which eventually cause problems that attract the company to do accounting frauds. The main issue
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review before proceeding with the bid. The information covered will include: * The effect of occupational fraud and abuse on the company * U.S. governmental oversight of accounting fraud and abuse and its effect on the company Potential corruption schemes to be aware of in the company Recommendation of types of accounting evidence and methods of gathering such evidence to support the financial status review. Fraud deterrence occurs in several stages‚ and the key is to know that prevention is
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earnings management techniques employed by the management of Satyam. Earning management or creative accounting is referred to the manipulation or misrepresentation of the company’s financial earnings in order to achieve stable and positive financial position. This was achieve through directly or indirectly use of the accounting methods. Even though the manipulation may follow all the accounting standards and laws‚ they may go opposite of what the standards and laws were originally trying to establish
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Communication and Decision Making Wells Fargo Asks Court to Force Customers to Arbitration in Face Accounts Cases The New York Times article by Reuters‚ reported that Wells Fargo‚ who ranks as one of the third largest banks in America is in hot water once again for scandalous misrepresentation of terms and policy arbitrations concerning insider fake bank accounts that were created by previous Wells Fargo employees that were recently fired. The problems exist within the written rules of the documents
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Syllabus School of Business ACC/556 Version 5 Forensic Accounting Copyright © 2012‚ 2011‚ 2009‚ 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description In this course‚ students are introduced to the conduct of fraud examinations‚ including a discussion of specific procedures used in forensic accounting examinations and the reasoning behind these procedures. Topics include an overview of fraud and abuse‚ forensic evidence‚ substantive procedures for cash outflow irregularities
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1.1 Aspects of Andersen’s culture that would be signals of a dysfunctional culture. Inability to question superior’s practices and incapability to suggest new ways of doing things in all areas of the firm. Andersen’s organization‚ culture and practices were derived from the old structure‚ which were still seen as the best practices even if outdated. At the organization‚ new trends of the market and new competitors were not going to change any of the company. "Don’t question it. That’s the
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