reports of a company, but a huge sigh of relief for those that had the most to lose at the hands of fraud and illegal activity. Sarbanes-Oxley wasn’t something set into motion for little reason. The emerging scandals of huge corporations such as Enron, Tyco, ImClone, WorldCom, and others in the early years of the 21st century prompted Congress to pass the much needed reform (Bumgardner, 2003). It was something that could have prevented the decline of the stock market, at least at that time, had
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accounting principles (GAAP). Companies have various kinds of ways to calculate their earnings by using estimates, therefore, it would lead to different kinds of results after estimating. Hence, there are more and more accounting scandals such as Enron, WorldCom etc. The main reasons for the problem about accounting numbers is that “investor, analysts, and money managers are having an increasingly hard time figuring out what judgments companies make to come up with those accruals or estimates” (Henry
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Two weeks into the trial of Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former chief executive Jeffrey Skilling, the defense's strategy so far has been clear: Undermine the credibility of the government's witness and barrage the jury with a deluge of complicated and, sometimes, mind-numbing corporate conference calls in an effort to show the defendants were unaware of any corporate chicanery at the company. Skilling gets 24 years Lessons from Enron: Just say 'sorry' Meet the players It's a strategy that defense
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Arthur Andersen’s Troubles Ethics Case on pp. 107–113 (Ch. 2) of the text. Answer questions 1, 3, and 4 on p. 113 in 200 to 300 words. When responding to question 3, focus solely on the Enron case. 1. What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) did not advise the Enron Audit Committee that Enron’s policies and internal control were not adequate to protect the shareholders’ interests even though AA had assumed Enron’s internal audit function (Brooks, 2007
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Internal Controls XACC/280 April 8, 2013 There are rules that have to be followed when documenting financial information in accounting. Internal controls are methods used by a company to make sure their finances and accounting information meet the accurate level of integrity. Internal controls operate well when they are used in multiple levels of the company and also in different departments. A lot of companies have standard practices when it comes to financial integrity. Internal controls
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Week Three Learning Team Reflection In 2002 an Act called Sarbanes-Qxey Act was passed. It was introduced to the House a “Corporate and Auditing Accountability Responsibility, and Transparency Act of 2002” by Michael Oxley. Then passed to the Senate as the “Public Company Accounting Reforms and investor Protection Act of 2002” According to Weikipedia.com it is “An Act to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliabilities of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws, and
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provide the presence of strong internal controls. ENRON possessed poor controls. * All transactions of a firm must be properly authorised meaning they must exist or occur e.g. * There must be accurate and complete accounting records. ERON’s CFO, Mr. Fastow was involved in tangling the accounting records and creative accounting to make the company look profitable. * Segregation of Duties must exist e.g. Andrew Fastow was CFO for ENRON but also the managing director for LJM and other offshore
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Case 1.1 Enron Corporation Saint Leo University 1. a. Andersen auditors – the auditors from Andersen failed to properly perform their professional auditing duties. b. Enron Board of Directors and top executives – the Enron executives focused on creating the foremost corporation, and with that goal performed many actions that would lead to the demise of Enron. Specifically, Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and Andrew Fastow are the masterminds behind the scheme. c. Accounting regulators –
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China’s tainted baby milk powder 1. Yes I believe that there was some damage to Baidu.com reputation. According to the article there were rumors that Baidu.com was accepting payments to keep information from surfacing regarding the tainted milk during a search, which goes against the integrity of the company. Also Baidu.com was under attack for not separating paid advertisements from non-paid search results. 2. Because of the rumors, it could cause the stakeholders to lose confidence
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