Rampart scandal

published by the Congress in 2002 to protect investors’ interest (SOX, 2002). After the enactment of SOX, corporate financial reporting was more strict and normative. However, there were a lot of accounting scandals before 2002. And the Enron scandal attracted the most public attention of all the scandals. Enron was created in 1985 and was one of the largest energy companies around the world. However, in 2001 and 2002 the company was disclosed that it had a large debt which was not recovered.…

There have been many times in United States history when the press has held politicians accountable for a variety of reasons. Today, with the growth of media there are more issues of accountability arising but one issue that is very important in U.S. history is a case known as the Pentagon Papers. This case occurred in 1971 when the New York Times released documents from the Vietnam war accusing former President Nixon and his Administration. The Pentagon Papers were a series of papers that…

In the case of United States vs. Walter Liew, Liew is being charged with over 20 criminal counts, with one of them being misappropriation of trade secrets (Levine). Liew had gotten paid millions of dollars by a Chinese company to apprehend trade secrets of the American company Dupont in order to solidify the company in China. Liew, 56, living in California, received 28 million in order to bribe engineers and other employees for confidential paperwork that the Chinese company wanted. What was the…

The Watergate scandal may have been over but its effect could still be felt all across America. The revelations within the scandal shed light to some new concerns and apprehensions the American people had about their government. Rightly so, the scandal embarrassed and damaged the political and legal professions within Washington, and the effects of the Watergate scandal changed the way the American people perceived their country’s political…

other disclosures that allow investors to obtain the proper judgment in purchasing securities. At the beginning of 2000s, there were well known companies involved in a major scandal that has affected the consumers’ confidence in companies and this led to an investigation by the SEC. One of the companies involved in the scandal was the Enron Corp, which was one of the largest energy, commodities and service companies in the world. In 2001 the company suffered a collapsed which led to the…

Enron was the 7th largest corporation in the United States when it completely went under (Enron). In the year 2000, nobody would predict that the name Enron and the word bankrupt would ever be in the same sentence. Back then, Enron had the same reputation as Google and Apple today. Their stock prices were some of the highest, investing in them was deemed the safest, and everybody recommended buying their stock. Then a few months later, they were completely gone. How did a company as big as Enron…

1. How did Author Andersons relationship with Enron cause a conflict of interest? Arthur Andersons (AA) relationship with Enron caused a conflict of interest because AA advised Enron’s deals with partnerships and audited the company’s books and was supposed to ensure Enron was practicing ethical accounting within the required standards. 2. Is there any real harm in practicing “political patronage?” Isn’t this just the old practice of “If you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours?” I…

The Enron outrage, uncovered in October 2001, in the long run prompted the insolvency of the Enron Corporation, an American vitality organization situated in Houston, Texas, and the accepted disintegration of Arthur Andersen, which was one of the five biggest review and bookkeeping associations on the planet. Notwithstanding being the biggest insolvency redesign in American history around then, Enron was refered to as the greatest review failure.[1] Enron was framed in 1985 by Kenneth Lay…

The Truth About The Truth About Hillary The book The Truth About Hillary by Edward Klein, seems like a book that would be a great source for political research. At first, it seems to be an exclusive look into the scandalous life of Mrs. Hillary Clinton; however, much controversy has risen over the credentials and solid evidence this book contains. Since the book’s publishing by The Penguin Group Company in 2005, a lot of evidence has surfaced making Klien’s “facts”, questionable. I believe this…

n 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned from his second term in the Oval Office. President Nixon was involved in a scandal at the Watergate complex in Washington D.C. The Republican president Nixon was believed to have ordered the burglars to go to the Democratic National committee for a crime of wire tapping and stealing documents. President Nixon tries to console, defending his honor, and remind the public all that has been accomplished. Richard Nixon tries to console the public by using…