While I enjoyed reading the Enron Case Study by Sims and Brinkmann and found it to be extremely informative‚ the movie‚ Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room‚ provided additional information‚ details‚ and context regarding the individuals‚ decisions‚ and factors that contributed to Enron’s downfall (McLean & Elkind‚ 2003). To begin with‚ the movie delved into Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling’s personal‚ educational‚ and professional background and provided context regarding how their backgrounds influenced
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Collapse of Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers was an investment bank that went back to the 1850s‚ surviving the Civil War‚ two World Wars‚ the Great Depression and any other great misfortune that this 160 year old company’s history had gone bankrupt. Lehman brothers were an important part in the financial and commercial industries in the United States. People may have thought that leverage was a bad thing; they should have realized that a dry-goods store turned into a huge investment bank then
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Enron is a company that specializes in energy and power industry. They provide gas‚ oil‚ and electrical services worldwide. These comprise wholesale services‚ retail energy services‚ broadband services‚ and transportation services. They have reported revenues of $100.789billion‚ $40.112billion‚ and $31.260 billion for the years 2000‚ 1999‚ and 1998 respectively. This is a growth of 151.3% from year 1999 to 2000 and 28.3% from 1998 to 1999. This is unparalleled in the relatively stable energy business
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involved in the recall were apparently world class tires and did not appear to have safety problems but said the tires needed to be included in the recall because of loss of customer confidence in the Firestone tires. The committee investigating the case after hearing from both sides said that there was a need for further analysis by an independent source such as NHTSA about both the Explorer and the
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The patient is a 81-year-old female who presented to the ED after a fall several days ago. The patient when she fell was found by the daughter on the floor and was taken to the emergency room at St. Joe’s‚ evaluated and then sent home and since that time the daughter has found that the mother is needing more assistance with dressing and ambulation and other simple chores. There is a definite change in her ability although prior to that she was somewhat limited. Her past medical history calls for
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Sabrina Green BCOM/275 Week 4 Celeste Bajorek Chilean Copper Mine Collapse On Thursday‚ August 5‚ 2010‚ the collapse of one of the shafts in the Chilean copper mine left 33 workers trapped approximately 300 meters underground. Rescue efforts began at once‚ but just two days later another collapse in the mine halted the efforts of the rescue crews for many hours (Weil‚ 2010). With such a devastating situation‚ the company should take
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1. Why did Dolan decide not to reduce customer service staff in the cable operation? 2. How did the company’s sinking stock price affect its financial management? 3. Why couldn’t Cablevision simply borrow $600 million to close the cash flow gap? Due to Cablevision already being in hot water with the New Yorkers for not carrying the Yankee games‚ Dolan decided not to reduce customer service staff. As mentioned in text‚ in addition to Cablevision’s market value taking a nasty tumble in summer
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The Accounting Scandal Enron Corp. Collapse and WorldCom Accounting Scandal 11/18/2020 The Enron Corp. collapse Formed in 1985 from a merger of Houston Natural Gas and Inter-north‚ Enron Corp. was the first nationwide natural gas pipeline network. Over time‚ the firm’s business focus shifted from the regulated transportation of natural gas to unregulated energy trading markets. The guiding principle seems to have been that there was more money to be made in buying and selling financial
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What Role Does Personal Ethics Play in an Organization In late 2001‚ the United States economy experienced a shock as Enron‚ the country’s 7th largest corporation‚ declared bankruptcy. Many people lost their jobs‚ and even more investors lost billions of stock dollars as shares collapsed. As the rubble was removed‚ many signs of unethical acts surfaced‚ and were found to be carried out by some of the principal parties in the company. This debacle not only affected the employees and investors
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The Failed Corporate Culture of Enron High risk accounting‚ inappropriate conflicts of interest‚ extensive undisclosed off-the-books activity‚ excessive compensation these are some of the headings of the report prepared by the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations titled "The Role of the Board of Directors in Enron’s Collapse." (Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations‚ 2002) In February‚ 2002‚ Enron’s former Chief Executive Officer Jeffery Skilling had testified before members
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