intricate plans which can defraud the companies millions, even billions of dollars. This is something that happened with the Adelphia Communications Corp. in the early 2000's. John Rigas, founder and former CEO of Adelphia, and his two sons, Timothy and Michael Rigas, along with the former assistant treasurer, Michael Mulcahey, were all arrested for defrauding Adelphia out of millions of dollars. All four of the defendants were charged with conspiracy, bank, securities and wire fraud. Only John
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notion of right and proper business behavior (Pearce, J.A.,II, Robinson, R.B., 2011, p. G2), however in 1952 Adelphia Communication was founded by John Rigas in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, he took his company public in 1986 and built it by acquiring other systems in the 1990’s. The major players that headed up this nine-person board included John Rigas, his three sons and a son-in-law. Adelphia was ranked as the nation’s
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The story of the Adelphia Scandal begins in 1952 with purchase of a cable network company by John Rigas. By the year 1972, the purchased cable network had evolved into Adelphia Communications Corporation. By the late 1990s, Adelphia had acquired Century Communications and eventually became the sixth largest cable company, servicing over 5 million subscribers. Adelphia was a family owned and operated business. Rigas family members were the majority of Adelphia’s board members and controlled a
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environment is more conducive to ethical behavior. The ethical breaches in recent times, Weygandt, Kimel, Kieso( 2012) researched that “financial press open full articles and documents facts about financial scandals at Enron, WorldCom, HealthSouth, AIG, Adelphia Communication and Cable and more. As the scandal came to light people did not play the stock market if they believe that the stock prices were rigged.” Weygandt, Kimel, Kieso (2012) researched that; “the United States government regulators and lawmakers
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Running head: Forensic accountant 1 Forensic Accountant Tanya Pace Dr. Gina Zaffino Bus 508, Contemporary Business 11/16/2012 Running head: Forensic Accountant 2 Determine the most important five (5) skills that a forensic accountant needs to possess and evaluate the need for each skill. Be sure to include discussion regarding the relationship between the skill and its application to business operations. Although forensic accounting is not a new field, it has become
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Conducting Financial Reporting Research: Related Party Matters Dom Panetta Accounting 305 Abstract The topic of discussion involves the Rigas family and their Adelphia Communications Corporation scam. In 2000 they tried hustling investors into believing that their company was doing fine, when in fact they were embezzling over a billion dollars. In their year end 10-K report they noted, under related party, that they paid out over 30 million to its shareholders, which are primarily family members
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BUSINESS ETHICS AND DEONTOLOGY Business Ethics and Deontology Name: Course: Tutor: Date: BUSINESS ETHICS AND DEONTOLOGY Nowadays the issue of business
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Graduate Diploma in Master’s Degree in Business Management Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to provide a critical analysis of the 2002 collapse of Adelphia Communications as seen through the lens of Immanuel Kant deontological ethics. This analysis will be accomplished by providing a brief time lime of the Adelphia, identifying and discussing two key ethical problems raised and describing what is meant by deontological ethics. More specifically this paper will show how Kant’s Categorical
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Adelphia: Family Corruption Case Introduction Adelphia Communication Corporation, formerly a cable television company was established in 1952 by John Rigas. The company provided cable and internet service to approximately 5.6 million subscribers (Sweeney, 2006). Adelphia signified Rigas’ Greek heritage and family oriented business. Majority of Adelphia’s management positions were comprised of family members. This allowed the Rigas to maintain financial control of the company. Adelphia was the
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Introduction The purpose of this case assignment centers on the examination of the how the Adelphia Communications’ executives violated the trust of the company’s shareholders and the trust of the community through the analytical view of deontological ethics. This analysis will be achieved by defining deontological ethics and Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative. A review of the Adelphia Communications Scandal will be conducted with a general assessment of what ethical issues were present
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