www.ccsenet.org/ijbm International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 5, No. 10; October 2010 The Case Analysis of the Scandal of Enron Yuhao Li Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, Logan city, U.S.A E-mail: wyl_2001_ren@126.com, carolee1989@gmail.com Abstract The Enron scandal, revealed in October 2001, eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas, and the dissolution of Arthur Andersen, which was one
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The Enron Scandal Case Study FACTS OF THE CASE Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Enron's predecessor was the Northern Natural Gas Company, which was formed during 1932, in Omaha, Nebraska. It was reorganized during 1979 as the main subsidiary of a holding company, Inter-North which was a diversified energy and energy related products company. During 1985, it bought the smaller and less diversified Houston Natural Gas company
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Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and service company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 1985 as a merger between Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth. Enron eventually became one of the world’s largest electric, gas, and communications company. In 2000, the company’s annual revenue reached $100 billion. Enron was ranked as the seventh-largest company. Shortly after, Enron’s stock price would drop from $90 in August 2000 to $0.26 in November 2001. Enron was caught committing
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Case Analysisof Enron Corporation Name: Janet P. Cambangay Section & Year: BSBA-I Teacher: Sir Zadrack B. Fiel Subject: Management 1 Time Session: 2:00pm-5:00pm 07/23/2011 Weekend Class CASE STUDY I. TIME CONTEXT Regular Staff Meeting (TODAY) II. VIEWPOINT The different considerations being made by every section which results the 40% failure rate in selecting supervisors. In regards, with this, the department manager stabilizes that having a best technical
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discuss individual-, team-, and organizational-level behaviors. The format for this course will be highly interactive in order to provide a rich learning experience. We will do this through the use of debates, role-playing, simulations, and case studies. Each of these experiences will provide opportunities to reflect and analyze in order that we may walk away with new ways of looking at the world around us. We will have few traditional lectures and those that we do have will be short ones that
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May 11, 2012 How to Write a Business Case Study A business case study confronts students with a real-life dilemma and engages all their abilities to solve its challenges. In presenting a specific business or policy situation—one that does not have an obvious solution—the case provides information for classroom discussion and other study. A good case study stimulates an educated conversation and the building of business knowledge. The best case studies are learning-centered, not instructor-centered
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Summary Enron Corporation is an energy trading, natural gas, and electric utilities company based in Houston, Texas. Formed in 1931, it was originally known as Northern Natural Gas Company. In 1985, Enron was formed by Kenneth Lay after the merger of Houston natural Gas Company and Inter North (Nebraska Pipeline Company). Fortune magazine named Enron “America’s most innovative company for 6 consecutive years. But all that came crashing down in a very bad scandal better known as the Enron Scandal
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Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse Your School Here Your Course Name Here Course Number Here Submission Date Here Your Professor Here Table of Contents Page Answers to Question 1 3 Answers to Question 2 3 Answers to Question 3 4 Conclusion 5 References 7 1. How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? Highly effective
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After hearing bits and pieces about the “Enron scandal” over the years, it was interesting to learn about what specifically happened to the global giant company and how it reached its demise in the early 2000s. It seems as though Enron’s downfall had largely to do with the corporate culture instilled within the company from its inception in 1984. The idea of “get big fast” encouraged employees to do whatever they deemed necessary to drive earnings, even if it meant leaving ethics at the door. The
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