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    Enron Case The internal controls that were ignored when LJM1 was created were one‚ LJM’s books were kept separate from Enron’s. LJM1 ignored some of Enron’s entries in the books that were missing. Outsiders owned less than 3% of the Special Purpose Entities equities. There was an error made by Arthur Andersen to let LJM’s financial statement to remain unconsolidated. If the financial statements had been consolidated‚ some of the errors could have been found. They may have even had some time to correct

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    Accounting for Decision Making Mohammad Jamal an IT graduate who is currently pursuing his MBA formed a computer service business Jamal’s Computer Services as a holiday job. To start the business on May 1‚ he deposited $7‚000 of his own money into a new bank account in the name of the business. In addition the business borrowed $3‚000 at 5% per annum from CIMB bank. He rented a small pace for $300 per month‚ and hired 2 students with a monthly salary of $1‚500 each per month to service customers’

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    Factor contribute to this problem According to Flowers‚ there are two major motivations that lead children to run away from home. The first is to avoid an emotional experience that they expect to occur. The second is to escape a painful or difficult experience in their life. (Flowers.R.B‚ 2001). Schaffner indicates that young people choose to run away from dysfunctional homes or homes with physically‚ emotionally and sexually abusive environments‚ such as parental harassment‚ violence‚ parental drugs

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    Enron Ethics Case

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    Overview Enron Corporation‚ once the 7th largest company in US and a global leader of electricity and natural gas industries‚ filed for bankruptcy protection in late 2001. It was revealed that the company had been hiding investment losses and created fictitious revenue through several complicated accounting gimmicks. Besides Enron’s senior management who created the whole fiasco‚ many people believed that several other parties‚ such as the Board of Directors and the external auditors should also

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    Enron James

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    Feliciano Enron Corporation’s Case Analysis Reference: Auditing and Assurance Principles by Jose Ireneo‚ Shirley Ireneo and George James 1. A. Fastow is one of the most responsible because being the Chief Financial Officer or CFO of the Enron corporation‚ he had a major influence. He was guilty of fraud‚ money laundering‚ inside trading‚ and conspiracy‚ among other crimes. Due to his acts such as misleading Enrons board of directors and audit committee on risky accounting practices and

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    Fall of Enron

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    Ayers Accounting 5252-920 27 March 2013 The Fall of Enron: Mini-Case Analysis Summary: Enron was founded in 1985 as a natural gas pipeline company. In the 1990s‚ Enron emerged as one of the leading pioneers in the energy market by building its business around energy trading and international energy-asset construction. Their emergence in the energy-trading sector all started when Enron recognized that they could take advantage their position as the largest interstate pipeline firm. They were

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    price $1 000 000 Excavation costs 100 000 Removing old building 25 000 Broker fees 20 000 Cost of a parking lot 50 000 What is the cost of the land? a. $1 100 000 b. $1 195 000 c. $1 145 000 d. $1 125 000 3. Which of the following costs related to the purchase of production equipment incurred by ABC Company during 2013 would be considered an expense (revenue expenditure)? a. Installation costs for equipment b. Purchase price of the equipment

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    Construction Industry Productivity: 2012 Report This report was prepared for Master Builders Australia 27 February 2012 This report has been produced for Master Builders Australia Ltd (MBA) according to their terms of reference for the project. Independent Economics makes no representations to‚ and accepts no liability for‚ reliance on this report by any person or organisation other than the MBA. Any person‚ other than the MBA‚ who uses this report does so at their own risk and agrees to indemnify

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    Enron Ethics

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    Introduction Enron was one of America’s leading companies prior to its spectacular collapse in 2001. It was frequently named as one of America’s top 10 most admired corporations and best places to work‚ and its board was acclaimed one of the US’ best five‚ according to Fortune magazine. As America’s seventh largest company‚ Enron experienced explosive growth through the 1990s. It had revenues of US$139 ($184) billion‚ US$62 ($82) billion in assets and employed more than 30‚000 people across 20

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    What Happened to Enron?

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    to public health‚ asked will what to do? Skilling answered this question as follows‚ "I will continue to do production and I will continue to sell. As a businessman‚ my duty increase the rate of profit and higher return stocks profit margin. Controlling the pest products is the duty of the government‚ " he says. This wiew of Enron maneger‚ become a strategy of Enron with the beginning of the task. There are in essence the story of this idea. Due to the written reasons‚ personality of Jeff is become

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