Examining a Business Failure: WorldCom WorldCom was one of several large companies that failed because of inadequate organizational leadership‚ fraud‚ conspiracy‚ falsifying documents‚ and embezzlement. WorldCom has been classified as being “one of the biggest corporate scandals in Unites States history” (Zekany‚ 2004‚ p. 101). In 2001‚ the company’s financial condition began to decline due to the slowing telecommunications industry‚ which eventually put pressure on the company’s executive
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Written Report Case: The Collapse of Barings Derivatives & Risk Control The Collapse of Barings: The Events and The Aftermath Group Write-up Written Report Case: The Collapse of Barings Executive Summary Barings Bank after two centuries of successful operations became a victim of a rogue trader. US$1.3 billion in losses outweighed bank’s own capital of US$850 million. Management negligence‚ lack of internal controls‚ poor risk management and excessive risk-taking strategy brought the bank
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Auditing is the term used to describe the process of obtaining objective evidence as to the reliability and integrity of financial information or statements. It includes procedures such as testing systems and gathering evidence. Inquiry is another important procedure in addition to analytical tests of records and systems. Attestation is the reporting of the results analyzed and confirmed in the auditing process. A CPA involved in an attest engagement will issue a written report and take responsibility
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issue unqualified report. b. In this case‚ the entity failed to record the revenue‚ thus it is considered departure from GAAP. If this departure is material and pervasive to financial statements‚ the auditor should issue adverse opinion. If this failure to record the revenue is material but not pervasive‚ the auditor can issue qualified opinion. If this departure is immaterial‚ unqualified opinion can be expressed. c. Not capitalization of leases is considered as departure from GAAP. If the amounts
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happier. In the book 10 % happier‚ Dan Harris offers us an interesting story from his own experience about how mindfulness change his outlook of life and how leaving the default mode running rapid in our life will lead us astray. Harris is a high achiever and intelligent person. He starts off by telling the readers about his work experience externally (what events are taking place) and internally (how he feels and how is body and mind react to the situations). Harris is a correspondent for ABC News and
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is to portray and evaluate the main management failures that led to the collapse of ABC Learning Centres Ltd (ABC) under the management of Eddy Groves. Therefore it is to be looked at the following areas: internal and external environment‚ managerial ethics and corporate social responsibility. Further more it will be shown some examples of managers who had been successful by avoiding the mistakes Eddy Groves made and at some similar management failures within other companies. Eddy Groves founded
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------------------------------------ The Japanese officers consistently tortured certain prisoners to withdraw relevant intelligence on the armed resistance and to expose the allied spies. The Selarang barracks protest against the escape document saw 20‚000 British and Australian prisoners of war rounded up in the central square of the Selarang camp and were refused any food‚ water‚ and medical treatment. Several men died from dysentery. All because they refused to sign a pledge not to escape.
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February 20th‚ 1959 when Canadian Prime Minister ordered the cancellation of the production of the CF-105 (official name of the avro arrow). The CF-105 was originally designed as a long-range interceptor‚ meant to meet and destroy Soviet bombers. The hypersonic fighter was on the cutting edge of aerospace technology at the time: it could reach a speed nearly three times the speed of sound‚ travelling at an altitude of 60‚000 feet. The rollout of the first CF-105‚ marked as RL201‚ took place on 4
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Phillip Canamar Accounting Case Analysis LP1 Assignment: Audit Failure 1. Analyze the actions of the auditors in both cases and identify any errors in judgment made by the auditors. The action of the Auditors‚ Audit Committee‚ and top management that worked for Molex Corporation were in error because FASB Concept Statement #2 (materiality defined) appears to apply to this case and should have know the appropriate way to handle the situation that conforms with GAAP and adjust the financials
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Accounting Historians Journal Volume 38‚ Number 1 June 2011 pp. 31-56 Frank A. Badua LAMAR UNIVERSITY Gary John Previts CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY and Miklos A. Vasarhelyi RUTGERS UNIVERSITY TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOUNTING THOUGHT BY ANALYZING CONTENT‚ COMMUNICATION‚ AND QUALITY IN ACCOUNTING RESEARCH OVER TIME Abstract: This paper analyzes the longitudinal development of accounting thought by characterizing the content of accounting research over several decades (1963
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