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    enron scandal

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    The Enron scandal A brief on Enron’s history  Enron was formed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay after merging Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth.  In the early 1990s‚ he helped to initiate the selling of electricity at market prices‚ The resulting markets made it possible for traders such as Enron to sell energy at higher prices‚ thereby significantly increasing its revenue.  As Enron became the largest seller of natural gas in North America by 1992‚ Enron pursued a diversification strategy

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    Enron Scandal

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    of the Enron Scandal The main problem of the Enron scandal was that they committed business fraud. This is what the root problem of the company was. The sad thing about the Enron scandal was that approximately 22‚000 men and women lost their jobs. Not only did it affect the people who worked for the company but the problem was that it also affected other accounting firms that worked directly with Enron‚ for example the company Arthur Anderson went under because of the Enron scandal and this also

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    Clearstream Scandal

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    RUNNING HEADER: CLEARSTREAM CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY The situation that occurred within the Clearstream scandal is quite simple. Not only was the company illegally moving money around a variety of accounts‚ they also were involved with money laundering and tax evasion. Defendants were charged in appellate court. In June 2001‚ there were several inquires into suspicious bribes that were paid to French officials for the sale of six French frigates to Taiwan (in 1991

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    The Watergate Scandal

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    The Watergate Scandal Victoria Daniele Constitutional History May 19‚ 2013 The Watergate Scandal involved a number of illegal activities that were designed to help President Richard Nixon win re-election. The scandal involved burglary‚ wiretapping‚ campaign financing violations‚ and the use of government agencies to harm political opponents. A major part of the scandal was also the cover-up of all these illegal actions. The Watergate Scandal got its name from the Watergate office complex

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    The Payola Scandal

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    Before getting into the Payola scandal and explaining what happened‚ it is important to know what payola is first. In the music industry‚ payola is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on music radio‚ in which the song is presented as being of the normal day’s broadcast (Neira). A radio station can play a certain song in exchange for money‚ but the radio station must disclose this on the air as being sponsored airtime. The playing

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    Auditing Scandal

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    [pic] ACCTG 312 SC 2012: Assignment 1 Current issues – scandals in auditing Introduction • For this assignment‚ you are required to research and report back on one of four well known scandals that involve auditors in some way. • It can be commenced after week 1 lectures are completed‚ so gives you a chance to get part of your semester’s work done early. It is due in week 3 (Thursday at 4 pm). • You will also be required to very briefly report to your tutorial group on one interesting

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    Accounting Scandals

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    The fallout that accompanied the accounting scandals of the early 2000’s had an immediate impact on corporate business and accounting practices which is still being felt today. The collapse of Enron and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen‚ as well as the subsequent collapses of Worldcom and others have left a permanent mark on how corporate businesses and accounting firms are perceived and how they are regulated. It has also altered the experiences of students who are pursuing‚ or are considering

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    Corporate Scandals

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    Corporate Scandal I. Olympus Updated: April 20‚ 2012 Olympus Corporation‚ founded in 1919‚ is a manufacturer of digital cameras and electronic equipment. Based in Tokyo‚ the multibillion-dollar company has operations worldwide. In mid-October 2011‚ Olympus was rocked by scandal when its former chief executive and president‚ Michael C. Woodford‚ who is British‚ was suddenly fired. The company’s chairman‚ Tsuyoshi Kikukawa‚ blamed a culture clash‚ but Mr. Woodford‚ a 30-year Olympus employee‚

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    NSA Scandal

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    A Scandal of Bias and Fact Over the past few years the NSA (National Security Agency) has been collecting massive amounts of phone call data from Verizon without the public’s knowledge. This information has just come to the public’s attention earlier this year‚ and has been covered by many news sources. Some sources stick strictly to the facts of the story and nothing more. However‚ other sources tend to focus more on their own bias rather than talking about the actual events that happened. There

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    Enron Scandal

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    Abstract - The Enron scandal is one of the biggest financial scams ever to take place and its root’s lie in the desire of the senior members of Enron to earn as much for themselves as possible and were assisted in this greatly by the negligence shown by their auditor’s and consultants‚ Arthur Andersen. Most of the debts and tangible assets of Enron were on the balance sheet of partnerships that were run by high-ranking officials within the corporation and these partnerships were recorded as related

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