with the asset corresponding liability omitted from the entity’s balance sheet. Entities used Special Purpose Entities (SPE)‚ are also known as Variable Interest Entities (VIE) for off balance sheet treatment of deals. SPE or VIE is a corporation or partnership formed for the purpose of borrowing money to buy financial assets. Debts are move to a newly created company (SPE OR VIE) specifically to make a company look like it has far less debt than it actually does‚ which was the case with Enron
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officers‚ internal auditors‚ SEC and FASB. The hypocrisy‚ dishonorable actions and unethical behavior of Kenney Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ Andrew Fastow led to bankruptcy. This and many other problems‚ such as loss in transactions involving the swaps stocks‚ SPE related issues and est.‚ finally contributed to crisis. As Enron executives‚ all of their concerns should have been focused on Enron’s profits‚ but seems that many of them only cared about their wealth. When financial problem surfaced‚ they did not
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extraction (MAE) coupled dispersive micro solid-phase extraction (D-l-SPE)‚ was developed to extract N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and other six volatile N-nitrosamines (NAms) from meat products. Parameters affecting the efficiency of MAE and D-l-SPE were systematically investigated. For MAE‚ 5-g of a homogenised meat sample was extracted with 30 mL of a sodium hydroxide (0.025 M) solution at 100 °C for 10 min. The optimum D-l-SPE conditions were immersing 100 mg of Carboxen™ 1000 adsorbent in the
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Enron Case Study The case of Enron is a fascinating one. United States is a country where auditing and accounting principles are so strong. How can something take place on such high level in the United States? The Enron case demonstrates the need to reform the accounting and corporate governance practices in the United States. Moreover‚ the Enron case made government officials to pay close attention to deregulated energy market. Some of the aspects that struck me are discussed below. One of the
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Practices of Arthur Andersen - Week 2 - CheckPoint: 1. What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron Disaster? Arthur Andersen contributed a lot to the Enron Disaster. Arthur Andersen approved the structure of man Special Purpose Entities (SPE) that were used to generate false profits‚ hide losses‚ and to keep financing off Enron’s consolidated financial statements. Also‚ AA failed to abide by the Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (GAAP). In addition‚ AA did not advise Enron’s audit
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controversial accounting and financial reporting issues of SPEs. There was intense debate but the SEC and FASB did not offer guidance or a solution. SEC and FASB were fully aware there was concern with this reporting but did not take it very seriously and let it slide by. Arthur Anderson is also a key. The auditors did work for Enron but they are also to guide the company in the right direction of financials. With the use of the SPEs and mark-to-market accounting‚ it was kind of a loophole in
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-John von Neumann John von Neumann‚ born December 28‚ 1903 was a Hungarian mathematician who made important contributions to computer science‚ von Neumann is best known for his EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) which opposed the not yet released ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). Neumann’s EDVAC design was intended to resolve many of the problems created by the ENIAC’s design. The ENIAC was designed to operate in decimal‚ whereas the EDVAC was designed
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to acknowledge and extend my heartfelt gratitude to the following persons who have made the completion of this case study report possible‚ firstly to my course instructor Sir Butt for his vital encouragement and support‚ my friend Wajeeha who really helped me by correcting me with some of my queries about some portion of the case and last but not the least thanks to my family for their outmost support. One again thanks to my PROFFESSOR Sir Butt who gave me the opportunity
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Jennifer Sheedy SPE 226 October 14‚ 2012 Betty Cokeley Emotional‚ Behavioral‚ and Physical Disabilities Introduction An introduction introduces what the paper is going to be about. It should include a short statement of what the topic is and the importance to the educational setting. Your introduction should include a catchy thesis statement that makes the reader want to read your paper. The thesis statement sets up the whole paper in the order that the information will be presented. The
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Case 1.1 - Enron Corporation ------------------------------------------------- Discussion 1 The parties we believe to be most at fault for the crisis in this case are a) the Audit Firm engaged in the Enron audit (Arthur Andersen); b) Enron Management (Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ Andrew Fastow; and c) the SEC. The Public Accounting Firm: Arthur Andersen The auditor has the responsibility to evaluate the risk of material fraud‚ including: * Incentives and motives for fraud : Enron was a fast
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