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  1. Enron scandal

    Enron scandal, series of events that resulted in the bankruptcy of the U.S. energy, commodities, and services company Enron Corporation in 2001 and the dissolution of Arthur Andersen LLP, which had been one of the largest auditing and accounting companies in the world. The collapse of Enron, which held more than $60 billion in assets, involved one of the biggest bankruptcy filings in the ...

  2. Twenty Years Later: The Lasting Lessons of Enron

    Nikhil Ghate. This spring marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the dramatic and cataclysmic demise of Enron Corp. A scandal of exceptional scope and impact, it was (at the time) the largest bankruptcy in American history. The alleged business practices of its executives led to numerous individual criminal convictions.

  3. Enron: Scandal and Accounting Fraud

    The Enron scandal drew attention to accounting and corporate fraud as shareholders lost $74 billion in the four years leading up to its bankruptcy, and its employees lost billions in pension benefits.

  4. Enron scandal

    Logo of Enron. The Enron scandal was an accounting scandal involving Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas.When news of widespread fraud within the company became public in October 2001, the company declared bankruptcy and its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen - then one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world - was effectively ...

  5. The Enron Case Study: History, Ethics and Governance Failures

    History of Enron. Enron was created in 1986 by Ken Lay to take advantage of the opening he saw coming out of. the deregulation of the natural gas industry in the USA. What started as a pipelines ...

  6. The collapse of Enron and the dark side of business

    In Enron's case, that was the firm of Arthur Andersen. ... Accountancy firm Arthur Andersen saw its reputation destroyed by the Enron scandal. ... one study shows fraudsters are likely to be ...

  7. How the Enron Scandal Changed American Business Forever

    By Simon Constable. December 2, 2021 1:06 PM EST. It's the kind of historic anniversary few people really want to remember. In early December 2001, innovative energy company Enron Corporation, a ...

  8. The Fall of Enron

    The case traces the rise of Enron, covering the company's business innovations, personnel management, and risk management processes. It then examines the company's dramatic fall including the extension of its trading model into questionable new businesses, the financial reporting problems, and governance breakdowns inside and outside the firm. ...

  9. Twenty years after epic bankruptcy, Enron leaves a complex legacy

    Enron's bankruptcy on Dec. 2, 2001, was the largest in U.S. history at the time, ending a stunning fall from grace. The company has become a symbol of corporate fraud, yet it leaves a long ...

  10. Enron'S Collapse: the Overview; Enron Corp. Files Largest U.s. Claim

    Enron Corp, which became one of world's dominant energy companies by reshaping way natural gas and electricity are bought and sold, files largest corporate bankruptcy in American history; files ...

  11. The Fall of Enron

    The case traces the rise of Enron, covering the company's business innovations, personnel management, and risk management processes. It then examines the company's dramatic fall including the extension of its trading model into questionable new businesses, the financial reporting problems, and governance breakdowns inside and outside the firm. The case offers students an opportunity to explore ...

  12. The Rise and Fall of Enron

    The scandal threatens to undermine confidence in financial markets in the United States and abroad. ... some of the classic risk factors associated with management fraud outlined in SAS no. 82 are evident in the Enron case. Those include management characteristics, industry conditions and operating characteristics of the company. ...

  13. The Enron collapse

    This case charts the collapse of Enron, examines the role of various parties including senior management, the board and the auditors. It also looks at the complex structures and accounting policies used to artificially inflate both revenues and profits, and to conceal these from shareholders and others. It brings out key learning points on risk ...

  14. What Was Enron? What Happened and Who Was Responsible

    Enron was a U.S. energy-trading and utilities company that perpetuated one of the biggest accounting frauds in history. Enron's executives employed accounting practices that falsely inflated the ...

  15. The Enron Scandal (2001)

    Enron Corp., once a top American energy-trading company, became a case study in corporate-accounting chicanery and filed for bankruptcy in 2001. The corporation's troubles started with the introduction of mark-to-market accounting practices, leading to inflated valuations that could be hidden from investors and regulators for only so long.

  16. Profile of Enron: The Rise and Fall

    In 1999, Enron was the #1 company in innovation and quality of management. Less than two years later, it filed for bankruptcy in one of the most portent fraud cases of the decade. The story of Enron's rise and fall tells a lot about manipulation of accounting and regulatory standards and about the disregard of ethics and law in pursuit of money and excellence. Against the backdrop of the ...

  17. FBI

    A Look Back at the Enron Case. 12/13/06. Investigators emerged from a 2002. search of Enron headquarters in. Houston with more than 500. boxes of evidence. When Enron declared bankruptcy in December 2001 and took with it the nest eggs of thousands of employees and stockholders, the FBI field office in Houston assigned two agents to investigate.

  18. (PDF) The Case Analysis of the Scandal of Enron

    The Case Analysis of the Scandal of Enron. Y uhao Li. Huntsman School of Business, Utah S tate University, Logan city, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Abstract. The ...

  19. Lessons from the Enron Scandal

    Hanson: The Enron scandal is the most significant corporate collapse in the United States since the failure of many savings and loan banks during the 1980s. This scandal demonstrates the need for significant reforms in accounting and corporate governance in the United States, as well as for a close look at the ethical quality of the culture of ...

  20. PDF The Case Analysis of the Scandal of Enron

    The Case Analysis of the Scandal of Enron Yuhao Li Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, Logan city, U.S.A ... In this study, we report new findings that shed light on whether this event study evidence is consistent with an auditor reputation effect. In so doing, we do not suggest that auditor reputation does not matter.

  21. Enron Case Study: Causes, Solution, & Conclusion of Enron Scandal

    Enron Case Study Background. The case illustrates the rise and collapse of Enron Corporation. Some of the salient features evident in the case include: Factors that contributed to the rise of the company - These factors are clearly illustrated and explained. The case makes it evident that Enron's collapse was due to inefficient control by ...

  22. Week 2

    Research on Case Study & Thought Process: The final downfall of Andersen came when they were charged with obstructing justice on March 14, 2002. David Duncan was leading as the chief auditor during a period in which problems at Enron became apparent; that's when the Securities and Exchange Commission began their investigation. As soon as the SEC requested audit records from Enron, Duncan ...