Material Accounting Misstatements” co-authored by Patricia Dechow‚ Weili Ge‚ Chad Larson‚ and Richard Sloan. The authors of this article had the goal of showing its intended audience how they developed a database‚ recognized similar characteristics among misstating firms‚ and used the information gathered to develop a model to predict accounting misstatements. The subject of misstating financial statements (also know as earnings management) is a very relevant subject in the accounting field. When
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s‚ WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result‚ their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective
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issues of creative accounting 1.1 Introduction Creative accounting is also called “Earnings management” which is known as the manipulation of financial information. The term can be defined in many ways. Initially we define it as ’a process whereby accountants use their knowledge of accounting rules to manipulate the figures reported in the accounts of a business ’ (Naser‚ 1993‚ p.59). Creative accounting‚ at root‚ is the origin of numerous accounting frauds. Many accounting scandal cases (like the
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Introduction The parade of corporate accounting scandals of the last decade‚ with lion’s share occurring in 2002‚ has developed deep antipathy and distrust towards corporations and their reporting practices‚ and casted doubts on the opinions of audit firms. As majority of these accounting frauds occurred in the US (See Appendix)‚ there was a widely-held view that rules-based accounting standards have allowed failure of large corporations like Enron and World Com‚ since US GAAP is perceived to
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Accounting 371 CA1-6 pg 26 Accounting quantifies operations‚ summarizing information‚ giving people the ability to see a situation from different perspectives. It ’s one thing to look at sales numbers for the year‚ but when you combine that with expenses‚ you can derive many issues‚ such as if the expenses are too high for sales or if payroll is unusually low‚ you can make certain decisions about those areas. Accounting numbers help in making sound decisions based on real data and not
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Chapter 1: Uses of Accounting Information and the Financial Statements TRUE/FALSE 1. The intentional preparation of misleading financial statements is referred to as fraudulent financial reporting. ANS: T PTS: 1 OBJ: LO1 NAT: AACSB correlation: ethics LOC: Learning Type: Recall KEY: ethical reporting 2. Fraudulent financial reporting can result from the misapplication of accounting principles. ANS: T PTS: 1 OBJ: LO1 NAT: AACSB correlation: ethics LOC: Learning Type: Recall KEY:
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cases such as: Accounting Irregularities at WorldCom and Arthur Andersen…No More: What Went Wrong? (Business Ethics 4th Ed: Cases 5 & 6 pg.101-109)‚ both clearly present various moral and ethical problems that arise that are real life business scenarios as well as question the impact of certain ‘special’ duties/obligations that apply to particular individuals and employees who choose to engage in these activities in the organization leading to their downfall. The WorldCom case and scandal occurred because
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Running head: CASE ANALYSIS OF THE ACCOUNTING FRAUD AT WORLDCOM Case Analysis of the Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Angela Crossley Troy University October 27‚ 2008 History The origin of WorldCom can be traced back to 1983. The CEO‚ Bernard J. Ebbers‚ of WorldCom had very interesting beginnings. He invested in Long Distance Discount Services (LLDS) with eight other investors‚ and believed that the telecommunications industry was a very good business venture. In the beginning
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Causes of Accounting Scandals: The accounting entities and accountants of the world have defined several standards and ethical guidelines that need to be and must be followed by the accountants so that things are not misrepresented and no wrong information is provided to the investors. The accounting information generated by any company is generally used by external entities and stakeholders as well and hence it is crucial to maintain and define some standards and practices that serve the purpose
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telecommunication company in Paris- France and Lucent telecommunication and technology giants in the United States of America failed due to misunderstanding of the share-ability and resource control should they have collaborated in 2001 (Hartley 2010). The Lucent Company from US realized that Alcatel never intended to equally share and control the company after the merger; instead Alcatel intended to take over control of the merged company. To Lucent‚ this was not possible hence withdrawal from the
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