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Whistle-Blower Woes Many companies think the whistle-blower provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley will spark nuisance suits by disgruntled employees. The truth is far more complex.   |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 18, 2003 |
Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Do Accountants Who Act as Consultants Take Greater Care or Cut Corners? New Wharton research challenges the idea that lucrative consulting contracts routinely lead auditors to look the other way when preparing financial audits, a key allegation in the scandals at WorldCom, Tyco and Enron. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Support for Whistle-Blowers If whistle-blowers are supported, the entire stock market can benefit. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
You Say IASB, I Say FASB, You Say... A description of efforts to harmonize U.S. and international accounting standards, and shifts in the accounting profession caused by recent scandals. |
CFO
October 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
Overblown In the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley, some serious misconceptions have arisen about what blowing the whistle actually means. |
Knowledge@Wharton
January 29, 2003 |
Lawyers and Accountants Can Expect Curbs and Compromises in New SEC Rules Recent rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to curb the kind of legal and accounting shenanigans that toppled companies like Enron and Arthur Andersen are not as strong as the SEC first indicated they might be. But do they still have enough teeth to work? |
Entrepreneur
January 2003
Jason Leopold |
Enron But Not Forgotten Being a former Enron employee doesn't necessarily leave you out in the cold in the business community -- not for entrepreneurs with the guts to restake their names on ventures of their own. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Robert Barker |
Duke's New CEO Is Turning Up The Juice Fallen "new utility" darling Duke Energy, it turns out, is fast becoming a new old utility. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Christopher Palmeri |
I Survived Enron Recovery, setbacks, legal justice, entrepreneurship, even true love: The stories of six rank-and-filers who fled the Enron wreckage. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Duke's Dip Dispelled Duke Energy reported that its first-quarter earnings dropped slightly from $358 million in the first quarter of 2006 to $357 million for the first quarter of 2007. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
September 2003
Jennifer Reingold |
The Women of Enron: The Best Revenge Regrets? Hardly. For Sherron Watkins, life since Enron imploded has gotten a whole lot better. |
Salon.com
January 18, 2002
Jake Tapper |
More than one Enron official warned company about growing crisis One staff lawyer grew so worried, he secretly hired an outside law firm to review the company's murky business partnerships. Another executive was reassigned after raising alarms... |
CFO
September 1, 2002
Lori Calabro |
I Told You So To controversial securities litigator Bill Lerach, the current wave of corporate fraud scandals was both inevitable and preventable. |
CFO
March 1, 2011
Laton McCartney |
Where There's Smoke, There's Fraud Sarbanes-Oxley has done little to curb corporate malfeasance. Therefore, CFOs should implement a range of fraud-prevention measures. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 21, 2006
Malcolm S. Salter |
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message The most noteworthy message of the Enron trial is that corporate executives can be convicted in a court of law for a pattern of deception that may or may not be illegal. |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Tim Reason |
The Untouchables Employees are increasingly comfortable blowing the whistle. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2011
David Lee Smith |
A More Powerful Duke Could Become a King Duke and Progress: Two North Carolinians want to become all powerful. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Feeling Burned by Accounting Scams in the U.S.? Just Look Overseas Self-dealing and the misappropriation of profits at the expense of minority shareholders is much more common in other countries due to the weaker legal measures protecting such stockholders. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2002
John S. McClenahen |
Goodbye To GAAP? Probably not. But Enron's collapse makes changes in financial regulation likely... |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 3, 2003
Jim Heskett |
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency? The collapse of companies like Enron and WorldCom cost investors tens of billions of dollars. But that amount may be dwarfed by the cost of conforming to new laws driven by those corporate scandals -- laws that are intended to protect investors. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2004
Ben McClure |
Duke's Hazards Duke Energy's first-quarter earnings show that the utility giant is living through the merchant energy sector's meltdown but still faces plenty of hazards before it's in the clear. |
Fast Company
May 2002
John Ellis |
Wall Street's Den of Thieves If you follow the trail of deceit from Enron to its natural lair, it only leads to one destination: Wall Street. Here's why... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Enron's Board Gives Black Eye to Efforts Aimed at Improving Corporate Governance By not keeping Enron from barreling down the wrong track to a rendezvous with catastrophe, the board has given a black eye to efforts by other American firms to improve corporate governance in recent years... |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2008
David Lee Smith |
More Regal Results From Duke Strength in all its units propelled Duke's solid results. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Duke Powers Up Another Quarter This utility's natural gas business fuels results while the electricity business stays dormant. Patient investors should be pleased with the combined return (capital gains and dividend income) that Duke Energy will generate in the future. |
