Based on my reading and research, I think the wrong business model of WorldCom is the key reason that caused this fraud. As a telecommunications company, providing service is supposing to be the main way for WorldCom to get their revenue. But they had a much better performance after they did the acquisition each time; because of they are not a very big company. They kept doing the acquisition because they found out that if they stop doing this, their performance will not be good enough for the
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The Effects of Technology on the Accounting Profession Eliot Sherman ACC/340 June 11, 2015 Michael Raponi According to Accounting Web, the next decade will see industries transition to a Cloud-enabled world where work can be accomplished anywhere, anytime. This will especially be true of the accounting profession, according to Intuit, as such tools as Cloud-connected smartphones and tablets will enable firms to provide clients with an "accountant in their pocket" at all times. In the modern
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ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS: COURSE OBJECTIVES, DESCRIPTION, TOPICS, AND ASSIGNMENTS ACCT-5600 DR. NICOLAOU Fall 2010 COURSE STRUCTURE In the modern world, the majority of accounting entries occur electronically. Accountants and auditors store information in databases, managed by enterprise systems that have a set of controls to ensure that transactions and record keeping happen as expected. E-business Web sites handle transactions automatically, with the accounting data going
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information transformation. An information transformation begins by challenging the myths that freezes an organization into inactivity and distorts an organization’s culture. Some of the most egregious management myths include the following: Myth 1 Accounting information fairly represents business facts—Today’s financial information
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Creative accounting and earnings management are euphemisms referring to accounting practices that may follow the letter of the rules of standard accounting practices, but certainly deviate from the spirit of those rules. They are characterized by excessive complication and the use of novel ways of characterizing income, assets, or liabilities and the intent to influence readers towards the interpretations desired by the authors. The terms "innovative" or "aggressive" are also sometimes used. The
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the way businesses are conducted and the way companies operate. Therefore, accountants, as information management professionals, must therefore be major players in technology revolution in every organization. However, within an organization, the Accounting Information System (AIS) is resulted from the structured and successful integration of three
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Accounting: Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Date: 1/26/2015 3. What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to "cook the books"? The CEO and CFO of WorldCom wanted to “cook the books” because they wanted to keep the company’s stock price growing. Managers and accountants “cook the books” because they are forced to do so by their CEO and CFO. WolrldCom CEO Ebbers believed that increasing the stock price is their number one priority, so he set up a goal for the corporation--“The
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PART Overview of Accounting Information Systems Chapter 1 The Information System: An Accountant’s Perspective 3 Introduction to Transaction Processing 31 Ethics, Fraud, and Internal Control 91 Chapter 2 I Chapter 3 1 CHAPTER The Information System: An Accountant’s Perspective nlike many other accounting subjects, such as intermediate accounting, accounting information systems (AIS) lacks a well-defined body of knowledge. Much controversy exists among college faculty as to what
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CHAPTER 2 Basic Cost Management Concepts and Accounting for Mass Customization Operations ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS 2-1 Product costs are costs that are associated with manufactured goods until the time period during which the products are sold, when the product costs become expenses. Period costs are expensed during the time period in which they are incurred. 2-2 Product costs are also called inventoriable costs because they are assigned to manufactured goods that are inventoried
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Listed Companies Fathilatul Zakimi Abdul Hamid Rohami Shafie Zaleha Othman Wan Nordin Wan Hussin Faudziah Hanim Fadzil School of Accountancy Universiti Utara Malaysia Sintok, 06010 Kedah Malaysia. Abstract Cooking the books refers to fraudulent accounting activities undertaken by a business to falsify its financial statements. Thus, the objectives of this study are to investigate what the cooking-the-books activities carried out by businesses consist of, how they conduct them, and what the impact
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