The Enron Scandal

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One of the widest scandals of corporate corruption in American history came courtesy of Enron, a provider of natural gas and electricity to establishments around the globe. This paper attempts to analyze what went wrong, why the company suddenly declared bankruptcy and evaluates the current government investigation. It looks at the legal issues involved such as fraud and examines some of the social issues such as the resignation of the CEO and the suicide of a top executive.

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"There has been mounting concern over transactions and business practices of firms who form special purpose entities. What could have been done to prevent such a scandal? Inquiring minds want to know how management issues and corporate governance problems assisted in the collapse of the once all-mighty Enron. Proper monitoring of business activities and transactions including a protocol to report suspicious activity should have been employed. Enron executives should have routinely monitored off balance sheet transactions, related parties transactions and complex financial transactions, among other things."

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