the 1990s. The low margins that the industry was accustomed to weren't enough for Bernie Ebbers, CEO of WorldCom. From 1995 until 2000, WorldCom purchased over sixty other telecom firms. In 1997 it bought MCI for $37 billion. WorldCom moved into Internet and data communications, handling 50 percent of all United States Internet traffic and 50 percent of all e-mails worldwide. By 2001, WorldCom owned one-third of all data cables in the United States. In addition, they were the second-largest long
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during the WorldCom saga/ What does your analysis suggest? Dennis Greer’s fraud triangle is a key framework in analysing the ‘factors that cause someone to commit occupational fraud’ (ACFE-The Fraud Triangle, Association of Certified Fraud, Examiners Available from:http://www.acfe.com/fraud-triangle.aspx [January 2014]). The three elements that make up the model are perceived pressure, perceived opportunity and rationalisation. In reference to the events of WorldCom, which has
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Over time, many unethical accounting scandals existed. The WorldCom scandal is one of the most known unethical scandals. WorldCom submitted the largest bankruptcy filing in United States’ history after admitting improperly accounting for more than $3.8 billion dollars in expenses (Moberg, 2012). The company used acquisitions to spurt large growth. Two of WorldCom’s acquisitions included MCI Communications and MFS Communications (UUNet). This caused WorldCom to appear more favorable on Wall Street
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WorldCom Case Study The problems with WorldCom are the lack of internal control, disordered corporate culture, management failure and the fraud accounting practices. In this case, the EBITDA has been largely exaggerated. A $3.8 billion EBITDA overstatement became WorldCom’s accounting shame. For companies, EBITDA is a way to measure the results of operations excluding the effect of interest, corporate income taxes, depreciation and amortization of long-term assets. It provides a way to compare
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Jack in the Box Unethical Accounting Business The article I have chosen to summarize highlights the accounting practices of a San Diego--based company, Jack in the Box, Inc. (NYSE: JBX). In addition to summarizing the article, I will discuss how the concepts of the article relate to my organization The Platinum Company Inc., including, making recommendations for improvement for my organization based on the article. Lastly, explain the importance of ethics in accounting and financial decision
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WorldCom Inc. – Capitalized Costs and Earnings Quality September 12, 2012 Concepts a. (i.) According to FASB Statement of Concepts No. 6, paragraph 25, assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity as a result of past transactions or events. They represent probable future economic benefits controlled by the enterprise. According to FASB Statement of Concepts No 6, paragraph 80, expenses are outflows or other using up of assets or incurrences
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buying dozens of other companies. It eventually became WorldCom. The company grew rapidly in the 1990s. Among the companies that were bought or merged with WorldCom were Advanced Communications Corp. (1992), Metromedia Communication Corp. (1993), Resurgens Communications Group (1993), IDB Communications Group Inc. (1994), Williams Technology Group, Inc. (1995), and MFS Communications Company (1996), and MCI in 1998. On November 4, 1997, WorldCom and MCI Communications (the second biggest U.S. long-distance
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Good accounting gone bad Principal of Accounting 1 1. Anatomy of a financial sheet a. Assets b. Revenue c. Expenses 2. Financial statement errors a. Enron b. WorldCom c. North Babylon Union Free School District 3. Sarbanes Oxley Act 4. Corporate Accountability Accounting has been defined as "the language of business" because it is the basic tool for recording, reporting, and evaluating economic events and transactions that affect organizations. For the financial
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Professional Code of Conduct. If Terry Reed does not comply with all laws and requirements of these accounting authorities, the company could face large enough penalties that will shut down the business for good such as Enron and WorldCom. 2001 marks a big year for corporate fraud which in turn forced the birth of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The biggest known scandals of this time were WorldCom, Enron and Tyco. The main purpose of SOX is to force corporate leaders to provide factual documentation
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Auditing & assurance Case 1.2 1. Consider the principles, assumptions and constraints of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Define the revenue recognition principle and explain why it is important to users of financial statements. According to the revenue recognition principle, revenues are recognized when they are realized or realizable, and are earned. Thus, it does not matter when the cash is received. To break that definition down, revenues are realized when products are exchanged for
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