ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES Lecturer: DR SITI ZELEHA ABDUL RASHID Prepared by: SAMIRA ALVANDI SHAHRZAD KARIMI HAMED KHAZAEI 1 ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES 2 ENRON ACCOUNTING FAILURE AND ETHICAL ISSUES Table of content: Abstract……………………………………………………………………………..…...4 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………..……5 2. Literature review ………………………………………………………………
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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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changed its name to Enron. The “crooked E” logo was designed in the 1990s. Enron was well known for transmitting and distributing electricity and gas throughout the United States. Enron developed‚ built‚ and operated power plants and pipelines while dealing with the rules of law. They owned a huge network of natural gas pipelines which spread ocean to ocean and border to border including Northern Natural Gas‚ Florida Gas Transmission and Transwestern Pipeline Company. They were the companies that
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Legal Issue in Business: The Case of Enron [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Legal Issue in Business: The Case of Enron Introduction Business ethics is based on normative ethics ‚ standards that ethics are upheld and applied specific to distinguish what is right or wrong‚ that is to say what should be done or who should not be fact. However‚ with few exceptions‚ business ethicists are usually less interested in the foundations of ethics (meta-ethics) or by the principles
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Before filing for bankruptcy in 2001‚ Enron Corporation was one of the largest integrated natural gas and electricity companies in the world. It marketed natural gas liquids worldwide and operated one of the largest natural gas transmission systems in the world‚ totaling more than 36‚000 miles. It was also one of the largest independent developers and producers of electricity in the world‚ serving both industrial and emerging markets. Timeline Enron began as Northern Natural Gas Company‚ organized
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Abstract Enron became one of the largest natural gas and energy trading companies in the world. During the 90 ’s Enron was considered as an innovative company within the global business market. Enron was known for its unique innovative technologies and distinctive approach to trading in the world of e-commerce. On December 2‚ 2001‚ Enron announced the biggest bankruptcy in history and when many people hear the word‚ Enron they associate it with the one of the most important accounting scandals
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ENRON Q1. Summary of Enron Scandal. Enron‚ a Houston-based energy firm founded by Kenneth Lay‚ transformed itself into the world’s largest energy-trading company over its sixteen years of lifespan. In 2001‚ Enron was one of the world’s largest energy groups‚ operating mainly in the USA. Though Kenneth played a smaller role in management‚ following the takeover‚ he soon became chief executive officer (CEO) and moved the headquarters from Omaha to Houston. During 2001‚ it had become apparent
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Enron: Tone at the Top The fall of Enron is not just one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history‚ but in my opinion‚ a landmark case study of the lack of business ethics in an organization. Enron’s downfall‚ along with the demise of Arthur Andersen‚ one of the largest public accounting firms at the time‚ brought about a swift change in U.S. regulations governing how publicly traded companies reported their financials. While the top brass at Enron pled ignorance to the fact that they had no control
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Enron was once one of the world’s leading electricity‚ natural gas‚ pulp‚ paper and communications companies. However‚ in December 2‚ 2001‚ Enron suddenly filed for bankruptcy. During the ten years before Enron¡¦s went bankrupt‚ Enron¡¦s management had started transferring Enron¡¦s funding to personal accounts and made fake balance sheets‚ which provided investors information about how this company goes. (Gibney‚ 2005) These illegal actions‚ performed by certain individuals‚ finally led Enron to
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The Unethical Behavior of Enron Enron‚ once the countries seventh-largest company according to the Fortune 500‚ is a good example of how greed and the desire for success can transform into unethical behavior. Good ethics in business would be to compete fairly and honestly‚ to communicate truthfully and to not cause harm to others. These are things that Enron did not seem to display‚ which led to Enron’s operations file for bankruptcy in 2001. Enron’s scandal has become one of the most talked
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