and applied by all in the world of politics‚ sports‚ science‚ and business. In the complex world of finance and accounting‚ the importance of ethical behavior and professionalism cannot be stressed enough. The Enron Corporation evidently did not read the code of ethics or morals. Although Enron had the makings of a successful corporation‚ Enron’s unethical behavior ultimately led to its downfall. As we have learned in financial accounting‚ the income statement shows a “company’s operating performance
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Enron Essay Enron was a company that was founded in 1985‚ who started Enron was Kenny Lay. Enron first started with natural gas pipelines company from the merge with Houston Natural Gas. In 1999 Eron expanded in different fields like‚ financial division and the website that allowed the traders to trade stocks of the company. The persons who help Kenny Lay with the fraud in Enron where‚ Jeff Skilling who was the CEO of Enron‚ Andy Fastow who was the CFO and Official Financial. Fastow cook the
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Auditing Introduction Letter Kelly Garner ACC/546 December 15‚ 2014 Mr. Michael De Marco Anderson‚ Olds‚ and Watershed Certified Public Accountants Shoetown‚ ME 00001 December 15‚ 2014 Mr. Eric Unum Vice President of Finance Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. 100 Shoe Plaza Shoetown‚ ME 00001 Dear Mr. Unum‚ Thank you for taking the time to meet with Arnold Anderson‚ CPA (lead auditor); Darlene Wardlaw‚ CPA (engagement manager) and me last week. During our meeting‚ you and your team informed us that your “old
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Enron Research Paper In 2001‚ the world was shocked by the demise of Enron‚ a multibillion dollar corporation that had thousands of employees and people that had affiliations with the company including The White House itself. Because of the financial chaos and destroyed lives and reputations this catastrophe left in its path‚ questions arose concerning how exactly it happened‚ why it occurred‚ and who was behind it. It is essential to understand how this multibillion dollar corporation rose to power
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Chapter 1 Auditing and Internal Control Review Questions 1. What is the purpose of an IT audit? Response: The purpose of an IT audit is to provide an independent assessment of some technology- or systems-related object‚ such as proper IT implementation‚ or controls over computer resources. Because most modern accounting information systems use IT‚ IT plays a significant role in a financial (external audit)‚ where the purpose is to determine the fairness and accuracy of the financial statements
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Bigger than Enron There were a number of actions in the film "Bigger than Enron" that led to the changes in the Sarbanes-Oxley bill. The companies that were much of the reason for these reforms were Enron‚ Sunbeam‚ and Anderson‚ and companies connected with them. Enron did a number of things that had a part in the reform of the Sarbanes -Oxley bill. Enron would hide or modify information in order to make it look as though there profits were growing year after year. One way they did this was
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1. Define the problem(s) Enron failed to record some of its transactions. Arthur Andersen did not allow the LJM financial statement to stay unconsolidated. 2. Analyze the situation - again‚ take a "lessons learned" approach. You might use the following questions as guides: A. What important internal controls were ignored when LJM1 was created? LJM1 ignored some of Enron’s entries in the books that were missing. Outsiders owned less than 3% of the Special Purpose Entities equities. There was
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still being raised concerning the collapse of Enron. The aftermath of Enron’s fall has brought review of the actions that took place prior to the collapse. Many of these questions may be left unanswered. The company’s executive management‚ board of directors‚ and auditors hold the responsibility for the ultimate collapse of a once dominant force in the energy industry. Team A developed several options in a plan that could have possibly helped Enron avoid their demise. The plan is designed to
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Theresa Golding BA 418 – Auditing Dr. Charles Pineno April 25‚ 2010 PART 1: “Small Firms May Face Audit Music” (published in The Wall Street Journal on April 19‚ 2007) addresses the ending of the delay in applying portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to smaller companies. At the time of the article‚ some 6‚000 smaller public companies had yet to be required to “make an annual assessment of their internal financial-reporting controls with further review by the company’s outside auditor of
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Auditing‚ Attestation‚ and Assurance Name Class Date Instructor Auditing‚ Attestation‚ and Assurance What is Auditing‚ Attestation and Assurance? Auditing relates to the analysis of the financial statements‚ attestation relates to the financial information beyond the financial statements‚ and assurance relates to improvement of the reliability of the financial information within the financial statements. This paper will give examples of each type of service‚ who might request these services
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