The Enron Scandal

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The paper describes the Enron scandal and its effects on the company's stakeholders. The paper examines Enron's set of ethics publicly promoted, the value of its products and services and the overall value of the company and relates that Enron's scandal proved all these value sets for the company to be falsely inflated. The paper also looks at the official reaction to the fraud, the extent of Andersen and Enron's denial of wrongdoing and the many implications resulting from the scandal.

Outline:
Issue Clarification
Stakeholder Analysis
Value Identification
Issue Resolution
Addressing Objections
Resolution Implementation

From the Paper:

"The Enron scandal has probably been the most prominent of its kind in the history of wide scale business fraud. Enron's history before its downfall was impressive: in 15 years, it grew from a practically non-existent entity to the seventh largest company in the United States. By this time, it employed 21,000 staff and had a presence in more than 40 countries. There was a good reason for this appearance of prosperity: Enron was deceiving the world.
"The company compiled its financial statements in such a way that huge debts were concealed, thus inflating the company's true value. In order to help them achieve this, the accounting company, Arthur Anderson, shredded documents that indicated the true state of affairs."

Sample of Sources Used:

• BBC News. (2002, Aug 22). Enron scandal at-a-glance. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1780075.stm
• Thomas, Cathy Booth. (2002, Jun 18). Called to Account. Time. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1780075.stm

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