Examining a Business Failure: WorldCom WorldCom was one of several large companies that failed because of inadequate organizational leadership‚ fraud‚ conspiracy‚ falsifying documents‚ and embezzlement. WorldCom has been classified as being “one of the biggest corporate scandals in Unites States history” (Zekany‚ 2004‚ p. 101). In 2001‚ the company’s financial condition began to decline due to the slowing telecommunications industry‚ which eventually put pressure on the company’s executive
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Corporate Governance WorldCom Scam Introduction MCI WorldCom was one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. Bernie Ebbers founded WorldCom in 1983‚ after that WorldCom began as a re-seller of long-distance telephone services. WorldCom is located at Mississippi. After Ebbers bought around 50 other small long-distance firms‚ he set his sight on MCI. Thus MCI WorldCom would have become the second biggest telecom service provider in 1997. MCI WorldCom was formed on September-15-1998
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Game Theory 9.3 A Non-Cooperative Game Model of Manager-Investor Conflict 9.3.1 Summary 9.4 Some Models of Cooperative Game Theory 9.4.1 Introduction 9.4.2 Agency Theory: An Employment Contract Between Firm Owner and Manager 9.5 Manager’s Information Advantage 9.5.1 Earnings Management 9.5.2 Controlling Earnings Management 9.6 Discussion and Summary 9.7 Agency Theory: A Bondholder-Manager Lending Contract 9.8 Implications of Agency Theory for Accounting 9.8
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technique used by Worldcom was pretty simple; indeed‚ he cooked the books by saving pure operating expenses such as maintenance network in capital expenditure instead of expenses in order to hide its decreasing earnings and to maintain the price of Worldcom’s stock. In summary‚ certain expenses charged by regional operators to reroute calls were not taken into account. Of "current expenses" (line cost expenses)‚ these charges were recorded in "capital" in total contradiction with GAAP accounting standards
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Accounting Theory There is always a reason behind each and every action of a human being. A man does not anything without any sound reason. Regarding Finance‚ or financial matters‚ a man is always extra cautious and so‚ he never makes any financial transaction without any reason. As accounting deals with financial transactions‚ so every accounting work is also based on reasoning. Accounting Theories always try to explain with reason‚ the logic underlying a particular practice. Generally Accepted
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Introduction Accounting is a very old science as it is strictly related to the first forms of trade in the old world. According to Belkaoui (1992: 22)‚ the Committee on Terminology of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) defines accounting as follows: "Accounting is the art of recording‚ classifying and summarising in a significant manner and in terms of money‚ transactions and events which are in part at least‚ of a financial character‚ and interpreting the results thereof
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“The theories we use to help us understand standard-setting in national arenas (such as Australia) don’t work so well at the international level where the . . . International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) is taking a leading role. We will have to modify them or expand our theoretical repertoire” Discuss the above statement‚ clearly indicating your agreement or otherwise about the basis for your views. Abstract: The theories that are presented in this paper all assume the importance of a
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through the section you wish to be ignored by the examiner. 4. Return all exam papers and scripts upon completion of the exam including any workings Question 1 (20 marks) Applying agency theory‚ positive accounting theory focused on the agency relationships between principals and agents. Positive accounting theory proposed that agents have incentives to enter various contracts. Firms themselves were considered as a nexus of contracts between many self interested individuals. The contractual arrangements
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3101AFE Accounting Theory and Practice Tutorial Questions for Tutorials 1- 6: Semester 2 2014 TUTORIAL 1 - Semester 2 2014 Deegan Topic 1: Introduction to financial accounting theory QUESTION 1 - Question 1.8: What is the difference between developing a theory by induction and developing a theory by deduction? QUESTION 2 - Question 1.9: Is the study of financial accounting theory a waste of time for accounting students? Explain your answer. QUESTION 3 - Question 1.26: Would you
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Prescriptive Theory and Descriptive Theory 3 Economic Theory 4 Decision Usefulness Theory 5 Critical Accounting Theory and Critical Theory 6 System-Oriented Theories 7 Open System Theories 8 Behavioral Decision Theory 9 Legitimacy Theory 10 Political Economy Theory 11 Institutional Theory 12 Stakeholder Theory 13 Agency Theory 14 Normative Theory 15 Public Interest Theory 16 Capture Theory 17 Economic Interest Theory/Private Interest Theory 17 Positive
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