Excello Telecommunications October 4, 2014 ETH/376 Katherine Parks Excello Telecommunications has been profitable for many years, but recently has been faced with increased competition for its products by overseas manufacturers. For the first time in the company, it appears that earnings estimates will not be met. Management is concerned about the effect on bonuses, stock options, and the share price of Excello stock. When Terry Reed, the CFO, learns of a transaction on December 20, 2010,
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NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: MGT7019-8 THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Academic Integrity: All work submitted
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discussion of how to make accounting behaviors become more ethical. Ethics in Accounting is what we really need to take into our consideration in this era, especially after the financial and accounting failures of many big firms such as Enron, WorldCom, AOL, Global Crossing, Tyco, Lehman and AIG. As a matter of fact, experts and analysts are trying to find out the root causes of these failures. It is also significant to realize that more and more fraud cases are detected in this era. Therefore
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Personal Values The importance of ethics in business has become more apparent throughout the U.S. Corporate scandals, like those of Enron and WorldCom, have attracted global attention to unethical practices and have resulted in a greater concern for, and upholding of, ethical standards (Atchinson, 2004) . According to the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness self-assessment tool, I found that my core belief is mainly inclined towards character; this is the belief that ethics and ethical decision
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financial institutions such as Enron, Worldcom, and even the Savings and Loan debacles that served to fool and cripple the financial markets. As a result of their deceptive accounting practices, many investors lost millions of dollars. SOX was signed into law by President George Bush on the 30th day of July in the year 2002. The Act was lawmakers and legislators reaction to highly publicized financial reporting scandals like the ones involving Enron and WorldCom that had shaken investors' confidence
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business organization. Ethics In Financial Reporting United states regulators and lawmakers were very concerned that the economy would suffer if investors lost confidence in corporate accounting because of unethical financial reporting. * Recent financial scandals include: Eron, Worldcom, HealthSouth, AIG, and others. * Congress passed Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) * The Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection of 2002. Protects shareholders and the general public
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of 2002 (SOX) is an act was created as a safe guard mechanism for the investor. The massive accounting fraud created by Enron and WorldCom in 2000, caused many individuals’ savings and retirement. The company falsified their earnings; disclose false report in their accounting statement, they used the investors’ money to generate personal wealth. This unlawful, unethical and negligent behavior of the company management shocks the financial world. The investor lost confidence and other company was
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Abstract According to the phase 2 individual project assignment instructions, each student is asked to look at two scenarios and answer the related ethical questions following each one (CTU Online, 2013). Additionally, it is asked that each student provide a discussion on the new GAAP guidelines for consolidating entities, and to provide an example of a firm that has experienced trouble for failure to comply with the GAAP guidelines.
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Banks defend e-mail about Enron By Edward Iwata WorldCom finds accounting fraud By Andrew Backover, Thor Vladmanis, Matt Kranz and Michelle Kessler Former controller comes up more often By Andrew Backover and Chris Woodyard Cover story WorldCom’s bad math may date back to 1999 By Jayne O’Donnell and Andrew Backover CFOs join their bosses on the hot seat By Jim Hopkins Capitalizing on oldest trick in book How WorldCom, and others, fudged results By Matt Krantz USA TODAY
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ethical decision making in business? Ethical Issue Intensity Business Ethics Ethical or Individual Factors Evaluations and Unethical Organizational factors Intentions Behavior Opportunity Ethical-Issue Intensity The first step in ethical decision making is to recognize that an ethical issue requires an individual
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