28 Search Results for Business Scandals in the Early 2000s Brought
business scandals in the early 2000s brought the issue of business ethics to the fore -- Enron, WorldCom and Tyco. The three share some similarities but they are different in other ways. Enron was simply a case of criminal activity. The company's ma Continue Reading...
Training is part of this process, so that people explicitly understand the ethical culture of the company. Ethical cultures tend to be self-perpetuating because the people within the organization will hold themselves and their co-workers accountable Continue Reading...
Realistic, Hypothetical legal scenarios (Business Law for Accountants
The foundations of Corporate Governance demand that organizational practice follow the legal requirements. In current times, news reviews of industry wrong doings have forged unce Continue Reading...
Olympus Accounting Scandal
In economic boom that occurred in 1980s, a lot of Japanese enterprises struggled to sustain sales in international market because of the strong yen. Akin to several other businesses, Olympus offset its decreasing sales by Continue Reading...
Insider Trading
On June 4, 2003, the Securities Exchange Commission announced that it was pursuing charges against investor Martha Stewart and stock broker Peter Bacanovic for securities fraud. The fraud occurred on December 27, 2001 when Stewart so Continue Reading...
Ethics
Cable provider Adelphia was one of the major accounting scandals of the early 2000s that led to the creation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. A key provision of the Act was to create a stronger ethical climate in the auditing profession, a conseque Continue Reading...
Master's degree in Finance from MIT Sloan. I have embarked on a number of high-level internships that have given me significant financial industry experience. This has been built on a foundation that includes a high-quality undergraduate education, Continue Reading...
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INDS 400-001
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Business and Religion
IPS Integration Essay
Cognate/Career Synthesis Paper:
Incorporating a Christian Worldview
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Corporate communications involves not just the message, but the idea that communications are managed, and are connected to corporate objectives (Cornelissen, 2004). Therefore, when communication possibilities were limited, corporate options were lim Continue Reading...
The company has avoided the major scandals that have dogged many of its peers, and remains well-regarded in the industry.
Given the global nature of the industry, it is increasingly difficult for investment banks such as JP Morgan to manage human b Continue Reading...
State Domination and Financial Markets
The Chinese government has characterized its involvement in economic development as "serving rather than supervising the private economy" since 2008 (Xinhua, 2009). With this shift in focus a number of change Continue Reading...
Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Parctices
Arthur Anderson: Questionable Accounting Practices
Arthur Andersen LLP was founded in 1913, and for over 90 years, the company would have become one of the "Big Five" largest accounting and auditin Continue Reading...
Corporate Governance in Harris Scarfe:
Harris Scarfe Department Stores is a company that was founded in 1849 in Adelaide, South Australia and housed various major South Australian department stores. The history of the organization is traced to a per Continue Reading...
Introduction
Enron was one of the biggest business collapses, and one of the most egregious incidents during a period in the early 2000s when investor faith in the securities system was shaken by a series of scandals. The scandals varied in terms of Continue Reading...
The Perils of Executive CompensationIntroductionExecutive compensation acts as an incentive for CEOs to enhance an organizations performance and is common practice across industries. Michael Eisner was famously rewarded handsomely via executive compe Continue Reading...
This process has been ongoing since then.
One of the major differences between the two standards is going to be that whereas GAAP emphasizes rules, the IFRS is a principle-based approach. Implementing a principles-based approach has significant imp Continue Reading...
In the late 1990s, this was not a problem as the stock was continuing to climb to all-time highs. However, once the economy began to slow, is when this strategy backfired by forcing them to issues more stock to cover these losses. As shares were dec Continue Reading...
Arthur Andersen
Chapter four of our text explains the mandated requirements for legal compliance. The following requirements apply to the Arthur Andersen case. Certainly, accountants are very important in this mix because they are the watchmen for t Continue Reading...
" This project is considered to be the first major update to the Smith Guidance. It was felt that the update was required to shore up some of the deficiencies in the Smith Guidance that have emerged since it was published. There were characteristics Continue Reading...
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AIG and the Impact of the "Insurance" Gambit
In the marketplace leading up to the 2008 economic crisis, lenders, ratings agencies and insurance companies were working together to create wealth from bad debts (loans given to homeowners unlikely to pa Continue Reading...
popularity of foreign restaurant: consumer attitude and behavior toward foreign cuisines in Bangkok
Thailand as a tourist destination
Thailand has become a tourist destination hotspot for its scenic beauty, the humble nature of their people, and t Continue Reading...
Board GovernanceIntroductionIn order for an organization to achieve good outcomes, its board should be characterized by good governance. Good governance often includes characteristics such as accountability, diversity of representation in the board r Continue Reading...
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China has a unique background in terms of culture, accompanied with a fast-economic growth trajectory. The country has received a lot of attention on the international front in as far as their adoption of corporate social responsibility is c Continue Reading...
The examples cited by Thomas and Smith (1997) are the political concern with discrimination in insurance pricing, leading to numerous papers on underwriting; and proposals to change accounting standards for pension costs, leading to a flurry of effo Continue Reading...
Corruption
Anti-Corruption
No one is immune from the power of corruption. Of course there are orders of magnitude and people can be corrupted in little ways that do not seem to matter, but many times the people that are corrupted are the very ones Continue Reading...
Bank of America credit is rated Baa2, compared with A2 for JP Morgan Chase. Both of these banks have similar structures and similar product lines. Bank of America is more heavily oriented towards retail, while JP Morgan Chase has a strong investment Continue Reading...
The partisan politics seen south of the border would be impossible, because the resulting inaction would be viewed unfavorably by Canadians.
The financial crisis has damaged Canada economically, but it has also highlighted the value of financial co Continue Reading...