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Discuss the Enron scandal that led to the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. What role did Arthur Andersen have in the downfall of Enron?
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- In the year 2000, the Justice department announced that it was filing a case against Microsoft for violation of antitrust laws, specifically – tying contracts.How seriously do markets take antitrust allegations? What was Microsoft stock price between the beginning of the year 2000 and the end of 2001?Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. include the achievements, failure, and challenges of SOX2002. A brief note to describe SOX and why it is enacted. Discuss the corporate scandals that occurred before the enactment of SOX Act and how those scandals could have been avoided if SOX was in place. The second phase of your analysis should discuss the corporate scandals occurred after the enactment of SOX Act clearly highlighting why Sox could not act as a deterrent to the scandals. Do you think there are any gaps in the act or the factors that led to the scandal are just beyond the purview of the SOX Act. Challenges before the SOX act as we move forward.In the case of the 2008 Enron Scandal:How effective do you think the response to the Enron crisis has been by regulatory institutions and the government?
- Can anyone help? The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is a product of a series of scandals that took place around the turn of the millennium. A) Has Sarbanes-Oxley really done anything to curb fraud? B) How does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act affect U.S. companies as they compete globally?“Too big to fail” was a common buzz phrase during the Great Recession. The idea behind it is that certain businesses are so important to an economy that disastrous consequences would result if they were allowed to fail and so government intervention is necessary. How is the concept of moral hazard relevant here?In the last Great Recession in the early 2000s the financial system became suspect and its flaws exposed. Which of the following acts was passed in an attempt to reform the financial system? O Sarbanes-Oxley Act O Great Recession Act O Dodd-Frank Act
- Briefly describe the financial scandals at Enron, WorldCom, Vivendi, and Parmalat; what other scandals have happened in recent years or months?Discuss the issues encountered in Tyco scandal how the Sarbanes Oxley Act addressed those issues.The Steinhoff saga, possibly the biggest case of corporate fraud in South African business history,has dominated financial and general news since the company’s share price collapsed on5 December 2017.The reality is that it seems as though the crisis at Steinhoff is more than an overstatement of incomeand asset values which has triggered a liquidity and credit crunch. It is about the collapse ofcorporate governance and great levels of unethical business leadership.Required: Do some research and explain why it is important for businesses to have ethical standards and codes of conduct for financial managers. Include another example where poor ethical practices by people in a management or trustposition have led to significant losses.
- Why have there have been so many business scandals mentioned in the media over the past few years? Have companies simply gotten worse, or have people become more sophisticated in identifying improper activity? What is the role of the Accountant? Sarbanes-Oxley, for example, has placed much more responsibility on the CEO and corporate officers? Are there additional laws that should be considered to ensure these scandals do not continue to occur? Should non-executives be held liable for corporate wrongdoing? in 200 words, please.Identify an example of a systematic risk faced by QANTAS Ltd. from the scenarios below. Select one: a. The CEO of QANTAS resigns unexpectedly. b. A lawsuit is taken out against the management for poor governance. c. The government decreases company tax for all registered corporations. d. The price of jet fuel dramatically accelerates.One goal of the regulatory reforms that followed the 2007-2009 financial crisis was to address the “too big to fail” problem associated with large institutions. How did the reforms try to address this problem? Why might they not be sufficient?