| Description |
1 online resource (56 entries) : 16 images, digital files. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical referenceses. |
| Contents |
The stock market bubble and Enron -- Full disclosure and the accountants -- Full disclosure fails -- Recovery and reform. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
The book examines the SEC's full disclosure system in corporate governance and the role of accountants in that system, including Arthur Andersen LLP, the Enron auditor that collapsed after it was accused of obstructing justice. The author chronicles the meltdown in the telecom sector that gave rise to accounting scandals at Nortel, Lucent, Qwest, Global Crossing, Adelphia, and WorldCom. He traces other accounting and governance failures at Rite Aid, Xerox, Computer Associates, AOL Time Warner, Vivendi, HealthSouth, and Hollinger. Markham also covers such Wall Street scandals as the Martha Stewart trial, the financial analyst conflicts, and the mutual fund trading abuses. |
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This reference places today's financial news in perspective with discussion of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation that was adopted in response to these scandals, the burdens it imposes, and continuing flaws in full disclosure. The book also traces the remarkable market recovery that followed the scandals and addresses the misguided efforts of corporate governance reformers that led to the abuses. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Enron Corp -- Corrupt practices.
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
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Corporations -- United States -- Accounting.
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Stock Market Bubble, 1995-2000.
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Commercial crimes -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Credo Reference (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Financial history of modern United States corporate scandals. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 0765615835 9780765615831 (DLC) 2005005562 xviii, 742 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. |
| ISBN |
9781849727105 (online) |
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9780765615831 (print) |
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0765615835 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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