1 of 10 State of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Florida Real Estate Commission Application for Sales Associate License Form # DBPR RE 1 If you have any questions or need assistance in completing this application, please contact the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Customer Contact Center, at 850.487.1395. Note: Applicants must provide at least one physical address. For fees, instructions, and additional information, see Section VII, pages 8-10, of
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Case Study: Enron Corporation and Andersen, LLP----Analyzing the Fall of Two Giants The accounting issues involved in Enron’s case are: 1) Valuation issues with international assets; 2) Aggressive accounting treatments towards SPEs; 3) Negligence of information disclosure, and 4) Dereliction of duty of internal auditing department. The auditing issues involved in Enron’s case are: 1) Putting its reputation at risk, Andersen issued “clean” audit opinions on Enron’s financial
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Review the mandated requirements for legal compliance (from chapter 4) and determine which requirements apply to the Arthur Anderson case. There are five categories that separate the mandated requirements for legal compliance. Two directly apply to the Arthur Anderson case. Those requirements include (1) protection of consumers, and (2) incentives to encourage organizational compliance programs. When I read the text, the examples which were given were all about making sure that people were
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In this case study, the causes of that the Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties, it’s has a main factor. Because Athur Andersen do not think about the company who is to cooperate whit it is like Athur Andersen to make deceptive accounting. These four real cases to show us how they operate the deceptive accounting. First point, “Sunbeam.” 1997 sunlight company (SUNBEAM) is referred to the forge sales volume, the profit and the expenditure. Under its partner discrete
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pressure to boost profits became intense. Andersen leaders responded by pushing partners to become salesmen -- upsetting the delicate balancing act any auditor must perform between pleasing a client and looking out for the public investor. Seeds for Demise Although nobody knew it at the time, the seeds for Arthur Andersen's eventual demise were sown in 1950, when the firm introduced the "Glickiac" to the world. Named after its inventor, an Andersen engineer named Joseph Glickauf, the clunky
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CASE STUDIES Case Study 1 (13.1) Issues 1. The SEC is often called the “watchdog” of corporate America. How does it assist in preventing fraud? 2. According to the summary, why did the Waste Management executives commit the fraud? 3. You are an ambitious manager in the sales department of a company and have just received the upcoming year’s targeted earnings report. You are concerned that top management has set revenue targets for your division that are practically unreachable.
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Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices Steven Young Strayer University Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases Dr. Mary Tranquillo November 13, 2012 Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices p1 Arthur Andersen, one of the largest accounting firms in the United States, “a name that was synonymous with trust, integrity, and ethics” (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011, p. 348), through a loss of
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methods. With each of the company’s histories, they had the resources to make better decisions regarding their actions. Yet, it appears they ignored their responsibility to the public in order to garner the highest gain. Arthur Andersen LLP Arthur Andersen LLP, with its ninety year history, for a long while stood as one of the most well respected, influential, high-earning, and ethical accounting firms in the world. Yet, with the rise of its consulting services, several apparent oversights
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UUNET, gave WorldCom a substantial international presence and a large ownership stake in the world’s Internet backbone. The figure below is the executive summary of WorldCom:- In this case, the pressure of the business condition drives the BOD of WorldCom to do unethical action. The person involve in this cases are Bernard J. (Bernie) Ebbers and Scott Sullivan. The major problem that WorldCom has face is Industry conditions began to deteriorate in 2000 due to heightened competition, overcapacity
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Arthur Andersen Collapse Introduction Arthur Andersen was one of the biggest top 5 accounting firms around the country, practicing globally. The firm ran into many ethical issues when becoming involved in the Enron scandal, which affected the company globally. The ethical perceptions across cultures affected the employment of many people that ended up losing their jobs or transferring to other firms. There were many risks and consequences involved in the demise of Arthur Andersen. All of the
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