Running head: Review of Accounting Ethics 1 Review of Accounting Ethics Cynthia Harley Dr. Julie Hamm Acc 557 5/1/2014 Review of Accounting Ethics The WorldCom Scandal Vikalpa: The Journal For Decision Makers provides us with the following excerpt from WorldCom’s 2002 press release: CLINTON, Miss., June 25, 2002 –- WorldCom Inc. (Nasdaq: WCOM, MCIT) today announced that it intends to restate its financial statements for 2001 and the first quarter of 2002. As a result of an internal audit
Words: 1671 - Pages: 7
WorldCom, the fastest rising company in the US history with its CEO of 17 years Bernard Ebbers was busted for fraudulent financial activities (American Greed, 2008). The history of the company dates back to 1983 when Long Distance Discount Services (LDDS) was founded. The company was providing long distance calling for cheap by doing acquisitions and buying smaller phone companies (American Greed, 2008). Bernard Ebbers was company’s CEO and within 10 years he was able to make LDDS into the largest telecom
Words: 881 - Pages: 4
Case Study The Rise and Fall of Worldcom This case study is about Bernard Ebbers CEO of Worldcom, Inc. and Scott Sullivan CFO of Worldcom, Inc. once they were boosted the company growth and they got awards. Later on they made frauds by using their influential tactics on employees and company’s board. Those are Assertiveness: it involves applying legitimate and coercive power to influence others by threatening or giving punishment. This tactic was used by sullivans office where they berated and
Words: 275 - Pages: 2
Mark Willis BUS 508 – Contemporary Bus November 15, 2013 Determine the most important five 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. As the annual price tag for fraud at American business soars to nearly $1 trillion, the demand for Certified Public Accountants that provide forensic accounting services has increased exponentially-
Words: 2444 - Pages: 10
employees to abide by. This is the underlying issue that eventually led to the demise and bankruptcy of Worldcom. As a leader, you are expected to lead by example and set your organization up for long term success. When CEO of Worldcom, Bernard Ebbers, was told about an internal effort, from with Worldcom, to create a corporate code of conduct, he stated that the project was a, “colossal waste of time” (Kaplan & Kiron, 2007, p. 3). It’s clear that the organizational culture within Worldcom was
Words: 1292 - Pages: 6
long-distance phone lines at deeply discounted rates. LLDS (Long Distance Discount Services) provided services to those regions where well-established companies, such as MCI and Sprint, had very little presence. At an early stage of the company, Bernard J. Ebbers, was given the charge to run the show. He firmly believed in inorganic growth and focused company’s strategy on acquisitions. Acquiring small long-distance companies with limited geographic service areas and consolidating third-tier long distance
Words: 1685 - Pages: 7
Accounting is a profession that is vulnerable to ridicule because of the faith it requires from clients. When an accountant makes an error, he not only damages his own reputation but also impacts thousands of other people as well. WorldCom’s downfall began with one accountant who made an entry he knew was wrong and the result spread to the entire company of innocent bystanders. David Meyers’ false entry destroyed a company, but he was guilty only of being a victim of his circumstances. He was an
Words: 961 - Pages: 4
of Responsibilities Reshaping Business Environment Bernie Ebbers’ leadership as Chief Executive Officer for WorldCom created the largest telecommunication bankruptcies and the largest bankruptcy in the corporate world. His unethical decisions to allow false financial reports to continue to be reported as inflated profits, where in reality WorldCom was losing profits while senior management was raping the money vaults. Bernie Ebbers’ action created change not only within the telecommunications
Words: 1456 - Pages: 6
economy and communications infrastructure. Bernie Ebbers isn’t the founder of WorldCom but was a major factor in making LDDS which is a small start-up company in Mississipi that offered regional long distance discount services into a major global telecommunications company. Ebbers in 1997 stated that his goal was to be the number one stock on Wall Street. His plans were focused on mergers for growth relying on using WorldCom stock to finance the mergers. Ebbers acquired around 75 companies with the largest
Words: 2888 - Pages: 12
Michael Dobe Jr. Bernie Ebbers(left) 5340–Ethics CEO Timothy McCoy 4/6/2015 Scott Sullivan(right) CFO&CPA 1. Two General Accounting employees-Dan Renfroe and Angela Walter-made journal entries in the amount of $150 million and $771 million, respectively, without detailed support. It was noted that this was not out of the ordinary at WorldCom. In your opinion, was this a proper accounting practice? Explain. Normally at the end of each month, Worldcom
Words: 1267 - Pages: 6
