Corporate Fraud

Paper Summary:

The paper presents an analytical research report regarding the problem of corporate fraud and the lack of ethics that is leading to scandals and serious ethical and legal violations.

Outline:
Corporate Fraud and ethical problems in Business world
Enron: A case in point
What has been done?

From the Paper:

"There is probably one name that doesn't escape anyone's mind when we talk about corporate fraud. And this name is that of Enron. No discussion of corporate fraud is ever complete without the name of Enron. Enron was formed when two energy companies, Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, decided to merge their operations in 1985. The company achieved tremendous success, as energy trading firm and it was the first firm of its kind where energy was traded as any other commodity. In the short span of 15 years, the company managed to gain rise to heights of success as it turned from a regulated natural gas company into world's largest energy trader. With 21,000 employees and operations in more than 30 countries, the company it seemed was doing extremely well and this was further supported by the evidence presented by its auditors."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Joel Palmer, How the system failed Enron Investors, Courier, February 3, 2002
• James Toedtman, Senior Economic Correspondent, THE FALL OF ENRON, 2002 http://www.latimes.com/business/ny-sbp0227.htmlstory
• Text of Sarbanes Oxley Act-2002: Accessed online April 09, 2008 http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/SOact/toc.html

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