Assignment 1: Scandals in Auditing Fortex Introduction Fortex was regarded as one of New Zealand’s top companies. They used innovative technology to add value to their product. They won awards‚ looked after employees‚ and paid suppliers well. But when the company collapsed in March 1994 it was revealed that the success was all based on false accounting. The management team was able to fool a company of respected auditors as well as everybody else for more than three years. Thousands
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Auditing failure is also a key factor contributing to the Wedtech scandal. It is presented as a result of independence of auditing reporting and confirmation.On the one hand‚ even if auditors complied with auditing process on the surface (Berg and barbanel‚ 1987)‚ they are not independent since they were bribed to forge auditing reports.In 1982‚ Wedtech employed the Main Hurdman to financially audit its financial statementswhen it went to Initial Public Offerings. One of the auditing partners‚ Richard
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| A Trifecta Scandal | Arthur Waldon | | Charter College | | Conspiracy to steal more than a quarter billion dollars from insurance companies. The plot involved 10 doctors‚ 9 separate clinics in New York and 105 different corporations‚ and all in service in a health care fraud ring. It all stems from Russian-speaking immigrant population‚ to who grew up in a communist society that bred despite for the rules and a willingness to cheat around them. Come to find out this scheme is the
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league’s Chairman and Commissioner. It is currently contested by nine teams‚ consisting of players from around the cricketing world. ------------------------------------------------- However‚ the league has been engulfed byseries of corruption scandals. ------------------------------------------------- Controversies involving the Indian Premier League From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has found itself in the middle of many conflicts with
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| | 5 | | 2.2 | Overview of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance. | 6 | | 2.3 | Corporate Governance in India | | | | 7 | 3 | Satyam Computer Services Limited - Overview | | | 9 | | 3.1 | The Satyam Scandal | | | | | 10 | | 3.2 | Satyam’s Corporate Governance Issues | | | 12 | 4 | Corporate Governance Recommendations-Satyam Compute Services Ltd. | 14 | 5 | Management Control System | | | | 16 | | Conclusion | | | | | | 18 | | References | | | | | |
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Charles Ponzi .. The Scandal !!! By: Rawan Al-Deraibi Class of: Prof. Alan J. Pan Who is Ponzi?!! Born in 1882 in Parma‚ Itlay‚ Charles Ponzi was the infamous swindler who payed out returns (To give money in exchange for goods or services) with other investors’ money. The "Ponzi scheme" is named after him. After running a highly profitable and expansive investment scheme‚ Ponzi was arrested on August 12‚ 1920‚ and charged with 86 counts of mail fraud. Owing an estimated $7 million‚ he pleaded
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What were the consequences that befell the company upon the discovery of the fraudulent activities? The Satyam case the discovery of the fraudulent activities gives big impact to the stakeholders. First of all‚ the Satyam business will be in difficulties and cannot focus on the core business. Satyam may be collapse like Enron Company. Employees of Satyam spent anxious moments and sleepless nights as they faced non-payment of salaries‚ project cancellations‚ layoffs and equally bleak prospects
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HIH Insurance Company Background HIH was originally found in 1968 by Ray Williams‚ then was acquired by British company CE Health PLC in 1971‚ and renamed as "HIH" in 1995. Before its collapse‚ HIH was the second largest insurance company in Australia‚ and covered several insurance segments‚ including worker’s compensation‚ public and private liability‚ property‚ industrial and commercial insurance. It also expanded globally into the US and UK markets. On March 15‚ 2001‚ HIH insurance was
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2013 The Many Meanings of Scandal Themes * Slander * Attacks on personal and public reputation * Take people to court for slander * Print Media * Publicity * Personal Attacks * Gossip * The engine of scandal * Doesn’t have to be true * Public figures * The most likely figures. They invite scandal because they are in the public sphere. Slander has been limited to people who stay private. Etymology of Scandal * Greek meaning – Skandalon
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Introduction Satyam Computer Services is a global IT service company with clients including Telstra‚ Coca-Cola‚ Qantas‚ NAB and Suncorp. Satyam was once a leader in IT services in India until pressures to keep up with the growing outsourcing industry overwhelmed the company. This convinced company chairman Raju to falsify operation figures‚ embezzle funds and purchase lands resulting in fraud. Raju’s admission to fraud in 2009 caused Satyam share value to drop by 70% and the collapse of the Indian
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