one corporation‚ Enron‚ took risks their company could not withstand without taking some rather extreme measures in its accounting to hide the risk. Tyco International went down a different path in that the CEO used corporate accounts as his personal bank account. He placed certain business associates on the Board of Directors to ensure his behavior would not be found out nor questioned. As corporate ethics goes‚ Enron and Tyco International are prime examples of bad business ethics run amok.
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level – why auditing? • Enron Auditing • Why do we have auditing? • Lemonade Stand Example Did ANYONE Do ANYTHING WRONG? CONCLUSION Did Anyone Do Anything Wrong? YES!! ENRON’S RISE 1985 – Internorth‚ based in Omaha‚ acquired Houston Natural Gas. 1986 – Changed name to Enron and moved to Houston. OLD ENERGY SYSTEM • Electricity • State-regulated monopolies. • Stable‚ but inefficient. • Natural Gas • Pipelines transported on fixed delivery routes with set prices. Enron Producers Pipeline
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The collapse of Enron case study Q1. The key stakeholders involved in‚ or affected by the collapse of Enron are: employees and retirees‚ thousands of them lost their jobs and the investment; the executives: Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow they sold significant blocs of company stock‚ have conflicts of interests; government figures‚ Lay had close personal tie with the Bush family‚ Enron’s efforts influence policy making; regulatory authorities: Commodities Futures Trading Commission
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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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The Business Cycle is “the recurring and fluctuating levels of economic activity that an economy experiences over a long period of time.” (Market Economy) These fluctuations are due to supply and demand‚ availability of capital‚ consumer confidence‚ and other factors. Within the Business Cycle are four stages that describe the cycle. The four stages are expansion‚ peak‚ recession and trough. The expansion stage is the phase a business initially enters when coming into the market. This stage demand
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ENRON AND THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM 1. ABSTRACT The Enron scandal was a financial scandal that was revealed in late 2001. After a series of revelations involving irregular accounting procedures bordering on fraud‚ perpetrated throughout the 1990s‚ involving Enron and its accounting firm Arthur Andersen‚ it stood at the verge of undergoing the largest bankruptcy in history by mid-November 2001. Enron filed for Bankruptcy on December 2‚ 2001. 2. FREE MARKET SYSTEM A free market describes a theoretical
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What are the types of risks incurred by banks and why is the sound management of these risks central to the banks’ performance? Discuss with reference to three types of risks faced by banks in their day-to-day operation. Introduction: For any bank whether it be privately or publicly owned‚ the main aim‚ like any business is to generate a profit for itself and the shareholders. This is done through risk and the more risk one takes‚ the higher the return. “When we use the term ‘Risk’‚ we all
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1. What were the keys for success for Starbucks in building the brand? What were its brand values? What were their sources of equity? Lo que ha llevado al éxito a Starbucks desde mi punto de vista es: a. Orientación total al cliente: la máxima de que el cliente siempre tiene la razón es prioritaria en la compañía b. Consistencia: un cliente sabe que obtendrá la misma experiencia ya sea en DF o en New York c. El uso de la satisfacción del empleado como generador de satisfacción del cliente
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Papazian Accounting for Enron Introduction In the case of Accounting for Enron‚ the case concerned one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in the US history at the turn of the 21st century. It was Enron Corporation‚ a one time seventh largest most successful US company‚ sixth largest energy company in the world‚ valued at over $70 Billion; they filed for chapter 11 on December 2‚ 2001. Just the year before‚ Enron posted a 57% increase in sales between 1996 and 2000. And Enron shares hit a 52-week
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Challenges faced by new entrepreneurs R.S.Kanchana*‚ J.V.Divya and A.Ansalna Beegom Kanchana.R.S‚ Kanchana Bhavan‚ Mithirmala.P.O‚ (695610) Mithirmala‚ Trivandrum Kerala‚ India *Corresponding author KEYWORDS Entrepreneur; Challenges; motivation; skill; adventurism. A B S T R A C T An entrepreneur is one who plays significant role in the economic development of a country. Basically an entrepreneur can be regarded as a person who has the initiative‚ skill and motivation to set up a business or an enterprise
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