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    Journal of Business Ethics (2009) 91:65–82 DOI 10.1007/s10551-009-0068-2 Ó Springer 2009 Analyzing Insider Trading from the Perspectives of Utilitarian Ethics and Rights Theory Robert W. McGee ABSTRACT. The common view is that insider trading is always unethical and illegal. But such is not the case. Some forms of insider trading are legal. Furthermore‚ applying ethical principles to insider trading causes one to conclude that it is also sometimes ethical. This paper attempts to get past

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    Enron Case Study

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    Enron case 1. What activities and practices of Enron’s management team do you believe were unethical and/ or illegal? Concealing debt By using SPEs‚ Enron’s balance sheet understated its liabilities and overstated its equity and earnings. Enron disclosed to its shareholders that it had hedged downside risk in its illiquid investments using special purpose entities which were lies. Enormous spending Extravagant expenses were rampant in the company which included enormous salary expenses

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    Enron Accounting Scandal

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    Enron was originally a pipeline company in Houston‚ Texas in 1985. Enron became a company that was able to profit by providing deliveries of gas to utility companies and businesses. As the deregulation of electric power rose‚ Enron diversified the business and entered into an energy broker‚ which traded electricity and other types of commodities. Enron employed several highly qualified PHDs in mathematics‚ physics‚ and economics. Enron continued to enter into contracts with customers and utilized

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    Enron Scandal Reaction

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    The documentary film‚ Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room It is a story about the greed in corporate America that is always exposed after the fact. The film examines the 2001 collapse of Enron. At the time of the collapse‚ Enron was the largest bankruptcy in history. The Enron story is one of money and politics‚ which are two areas that embody the culture of big business in America. The film does a great job of illustrating the laissez-faire culture that allowed Enron to rise to prominence while

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    What Happened to Enron?

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    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 a important variable. Jeff’s only purpose was only profit. The most important factor of making Enron’s development increase is lobby activities. These activities include bribes‚ changing employee‚ media organization‚ political support. Enron tried to be first in liberalization market;

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    Enron Case Study

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    Enron a Case Study Enron‚ once known as the worldwide leader in energy trading‚ began as a natural gas pipeline company. “At its peak‚ Enron brokered up to 20 percent of America’s energy transactions. These included basic contracts to deliver natural gas from wells to pipelines for distribution to homes‚ contracts for the purchase of electrical power facility out port‚ and more complex financial contracts‚ which allowed power companies to manage price and market risk” (Ackman)

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    Enron Case Analysis

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    directors he was able to misled the investor which bring about Enron filing for bankruptcy in 2001. In early‚ 2002 criminal investigation was open by US department of Justice into Enron’s collapse. The Security exchange commission (SEC) also opened the investigation into Arthur Andersen as well because they destroy and hide evidence of Enron’s financial statement. The role of the auditing giant Arthur Andersen in the collapse of Enron is incomprehensible to some. The accounting firm overlooked significant

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    judgments in both the arts and the natural sciences. It is my belief that ethical judgments should be based on reason rather than a belief or feeling in the pursuit of knowledge. Ethical judgments stem from two basic systems: utilitarian and deontological ethics. Utilitarian ethics implies that no moral act is right or wrong. Rather‚ the consequences that are associated with the act are the basis on which it could be considered good

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    Enron Corporate Scandal

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    (honors) in business & management Offered by Cardiff metropolitan university Strategic management Assignment 02 - Enron Submitted to: Mr. Shane De Silva M.F.M.M Fazlan ICBT/ BABM/07 Executive Summary This report is provides information the Enron scandal which is revealed in 2001. The main reasons for scandal have been described. There are many individuals as well

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    Enron - Ask Why?

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    Enron – Ask Why? How Unethical and Illegal Behavior Ruined Lives Brief History of Enron Enron was an energy company based in Houston‚ Texas that dealt with the energy trade on an international and domestic basis. Enron formed in 1985 when Houston Natural Gas merged with InterNorth. After several years of international and domestic expansion involving complicated deals and contracts‚ Enron became billions of dollars in debt. All of this debt was concealed from shareholders through partnerships

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