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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"The Dinner Party" Art is one of the important aspects all around the world. There are so many examples of varied art that we can see in Museum. One of the excellent‚ tremendous and ancient artwork of 70’s called "The Dinner Party" I am going to talk something about it. . The idea of making the dinner party was exposed by a single woman and she started work on it by herself only. However‚ later on‚ she got a great help from the other inspired women who were greatly appreciated that. That was how
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Party Driven Elections Political parties are the driving force behind elections in the United States. Since the Reconstruction‚ no third-party candidate has even been close in winning the Presidential Race (Schattschneider 186). Also since then‚ only 163 third-party candidates have been elected to government office without being affiliated to the two major parties( Schattschneider 189).George Washington was the only man to be President as a true independent. Many people may look at this and
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a new generation of employees. The new director was keen to explore more customers. They audit and certificate more accounts and made larger profits for their company. Andersen guaranteed the accounts for dishonest company from John DeLorean to Enron and WorldCom. The code of ethics which Andersen against are: 1. Standard I (A) Knowledge of the Law. Members and Candidates must understand and comply with all applicable laws‚ rules‚ and regulations (including the CFA Institute Code of Ethics
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Enron “The Smartest Guys in the Room” The Enron: The smartest guys in the room it’s a documentary film based in an important and huge company that was involved in a huge scandal in the American history. The Enron Corporation when they first start was a successful company. In its beginning‚ Enron was a small company from Texas‚ after years Enron became in the seven largest business in the U.S. with a smarts an experts employees working for Enron. The founder was Ken Lay a smart executive. The company
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“Who Do You Think is Most Responsible for the Death of Eva Smith?” In the play “An Inspector Calls” in Act Three‚ the Inspector tells the Birling family‚ “The girl killed herself and died a horrible death. But each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.” The idea of the play‚ and particularly the role of the inspector are to try to bring the Birling family to understand that they have a moral responsibility for the death of Eva Smith‚ not a legal one. The story begins
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market maker in natural gas and other commodities. Enron successfully influenced policymakers to exempt the company from various regulatory rules‚ for example in the field of energy derivatives. This allowed Enron to enter various trading markets with virtually no government oversight. Arguably‚ regulation might have prevented Enron from taking some of the risks and making some of the mistakes which it did. While deregulation may initially have helped Enron‚ by allowing it to create and enter new markets
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This case study is extracted mainly from two major novels titled “What went wrong at Enron” by Fusaro P.C. and Miller R.M. and “The unshredded truth from an Enron insider” by Brian Cruver. The Vision Called Enron The history of Enron goes back to the 1920’s‚ when a pair of Houston pipeline companies was incorporated to carry gas along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In 1956 these companies merged under the name of Houston natural Gas (HNG). While these companies were working along the coast
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global financial crisis was exploded in 2008. This was the most serious financial crisis since the economic depression which occurred in 1930s and it severely impacted the global financial market. Lots of corporations collapsed during the 2008 financial recession which was caused by breakage of capital chain. Although some companies did not bankrupt during that period‚ they also had suffered huge loss. The 2008 global financial crisis began from America. American financial crisis came from the prosperity
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the tone for the entire company‚ and in this case‚ many of the stakeholders‚ as well (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room‚ 2005). Sometimes‚ examples of what does not work‚ is an excellent way to understand more clearly why something does work. Insight into Enron provides just such an example. Top management it clear that the only important aspect was to make money and continually grow the stock prices (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room‚ 2005). Even though several employees questioned‚ if
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