Enron Corporation has been accused of cooking the books and overstating company profits in its financial reports. In addition‚ Enron’s trading business adopted mark-to-market accounting‚ which meant that once a long-term contract was signed‚ income was estimated as the present value of net future cash flows‚ even though in some cases there were serious questions about the viability of these contracts and their associated costs. Author Andersen provided both consulting and auditing services which
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discuss the role of the CFO Andy Fastow in the ENRON scandal Fastow created hundreds/ of "special-purpose entities"–off balance sheet partnerships. Designed to transfer Enron’s debt to an outside company and get it off the books--without giving up control of the assets that stood behind the debt. He brought in more than $45 million for himself from the partnerships. He said he lied to Enron’s chief accounting officer about how much it would cost for Enron to pull out of a contract and Fastow and his
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Accounting‚ or accountancy‚ is the measurement‚ processing and communication of financial information about economic entities. Accounting‚ which has been called the "language of business"‚ measures the results of an organization ’s economic activities and conveys this information to a variety of users including investors‚ creditors‚ management‚ and regulators. Practitioners of accounting are known as accountants. Accounting can be divided into several fields including financial accounting‚ management
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professional role while lacking personal integrity? Why or why not? It is not possible for one to fulfill the responsibilities of a professional role while lacking personal integrity. Examples like this were the type of people that were involved in the Enron case. The accountants and employees were acting professional but‚ lacked personal integrity by scheming to falsify financial data. I believe that for one to be professional‚ a person must have strong integrity so they always do the
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resolution while the impugned corporate officers and auditors (Osindero‚ Oni & Lasebikan) parade the Nigerian capital market‚ whereas the 2001 Enron Scandal‚ in the United States‚ had been put to rest with Enron’s executives and Arthur Andersen becoming historical relics. The Enron Scandal The October 2001 Enron scandal‚ led to the bankruptcy of Enron‚ and dissolution of Arthur Andersen‚ the world’s largest audit and accountancy partnership. Enron’s Jeffrey Skilling and other executives used
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there is a Self-Interest threat. In the case of Enron‚ Andersen admitted that they had destroyed a number documents concerning its audit on Enron which had filed bankruptcy in late 2001. The destroyed documents had led to an indictment for obstruction of justice on March 14‚ 2004. Further scandals surfaced and this time is WorldCom where they blame Andersen for failing to find the accounting irregularities however Andersen blame for the scandal insisting that the expense irregularities had not
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Week 1 Discussion Question 1 The international accounting profession has lost its way and is no longer serving the needs of different users of accounting information in a manner which is appropriate and meaningful for the global business environment of today. I respectfully disagree with the above statement. If anything‚ the accounting profession and its importance in day to day management of businesses has increased in the past decades. The information provided by company financial snapshots
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hindsight‚ what advice would you have given the Enron Board to avoid the 2001 disaster? GROUP MEMBERS 1. Augustine Kupara R082559R 2. Tonderai Nyamadzawo R082987G 3. Simbarashe Chaka R089613J 4 Brighton Nzvuvu R089824H 5. Walter Danger R082990X 6. Simon Chigwanda R075968L 7. Ashley Murisa R082991Y 8. Frank Garatsa R082988H 9. Presely Nheweyembwa R076037L 10. Peter Donald R055241G 11. Shingirayi Gwete R089773H BACKGROUND Enron Corporation was formed in 1985 from a merger
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com/id/16873126/ns/today-entertainment/ Bellis‚ M http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/air_bags.htm BBC News (2002) Chandra‚ S. (2011). Recession in U.S. was even worse than estimated‚ revisions show. Retrieved April 5‚ 2011 from www.bloomberg.com Enron Logo (2011) Goodson‚ W. (n.d.). Portrait of Langston Hughes. Retrieved April 5‚ 2011 from www.fiineartamerica.com Hughes‚ L. (n.d.). Mother to son. Retrieved April 5‚ 2011 from http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/matoson.html IMDb (1990-2011) John Q
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when the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) was established. The industry thrived in the late 20th century‚ as the large accounting firms expanded their services beyond the traditionalauditing function to many forms of consulting. The Enron scandals in 2001‚ however‚ had broad repercussions for the accounting industry. One of the top firms‚ Arthur Andersen‚ went out of business and‚ under the
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