fictitious sales‚ inflated inventories‚ and phony profits were invented by corporate schemers. Companies such as Sunbeam‚ Waste Management‚ Rite-Aid and some others were some of the earlier cases before getting to the larger scandals involving Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Adelphia‚ Qwest and Global Crossing. The Sox Act has required companies to establish internal controls along with procedures for financial reporting (Koestenbaum‚ Keys‚ & Weirich‚ 2009). The act forced those in management
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WorldCom: Can you hear the Lawsuits Now 1. Why do suppose Bernie Ebbers was treated more like the leader of a cult than a CEO? Explain. Bernie Ebbers was considered a cult leader for various reasons the total number of people affected by his behavior and direction of individual who just simply did as he requested which is what cult leaders do. He was known as a leader with charismatic is why a lot of his unethical actions were not challenged. Bernie Ebbers was ordered to pay back $6.13 billion
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would stand near the edge of a cliff‚ by a field of rye‚ and catch any of the playing children who‚ in their abandon‚ come close to falling off. They have a conversation for a while when his parents return home from a late night out. Holden then undetected‚ leaves the apartment and visits the home of Mr. Antolini‚ a favorite teacher‚ where he hopes to stay a few days. Holden awakens and is startled when he sees Mr. Antoline patting Holden’s head. He quickly leaves and goes wandering around for a while
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standards are generally principles-based. Recently‚ there has been much debate on whether principle-based accounting would be more efficient than the popular rules-based accounting - especially in response to accounting scandals‚ such as Enron and Worldcom‚ the current way of accounting has been under a great deal of criticism. Rules-based accounting is basically a list of detailed rules that must be followed when preparing financial statements. Many accountants favor the prospect of using rules-based
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markets; and facilitate capital formation. The SOX Act of 2002 was implemented to regulate ethical business transactions concerning business accounting reporting standards. The Act is to minimize accounting scandals such as Enron‚ Tyco International‚ WorldCom‚ and many other financial institutions and businesses. Yes‚ businesses became more ethical after the SOX Act was implemented because companies are inspected and held to a higher accountablility standard if the regulations are not adhered to.
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legislation centered on a new concept of regulation‚ but as a process which mandated that many major reforms be implemented as soon as possible (in some cases‚ within 30 days) on the precise schedule specified by Congress. In that sense‚ the Enron and WorldCom debacles provided the impetus of public outrage that forced into effect some of the most readily available reform proposals for publicly traded companies‚ many of which had existed for years without sufficient political imperative to be enacted.[1]
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American companies and international companies that registered equity or debt securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission and accounting firms that provide auditing services to them”. It’s a legislation executed in regards to Enron and WorldCom financial scandals in order to secure shareholders and general public from accounting errors and false processes in enterprise. It’s been also designed to refrain and punish all frauds and corruption‚ by enforcing penalties‚ and protecting workers
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Case Study: Enron Corporation Accounting Scandal 1. What is Enron Scandal? Formed in 1985 from a merger of Houston Natural Gas and Internorth‚ Enron Corp. was the first nationwide natural gas pipeline network. Over time‚ the firm’s business focus shifted from the regulated transportation of natural gas to unregulated energy trading markets. The guiding principle seems to have been that there was more money to be made in buying and selling financial contracts linked to the value of energy
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A professional judgment is a key factor in auditing. As a result of development of auditing and accounting industry‚ especially after a series of accounting fraud and auditing failure cases‚ such as Enron and Arthur Andersen‚ in the last decade‚ professional judgments is becoming a more and more important aspect for the independent auditing industry. Recently‚ many countries and professional bad issued more strict auditing standards to emphasize to this point. It means the auditor should be required
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