A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to ReformRoutledge, 2015 M01 28 - 775 páginas A definitive new reference on the major failures of American corporate governance at the start of the 21st century. Tracing the market boom and bust that preceded Enron's collapse, as well as the aftermath of that failure, the book chronicles the meltdown in the telecom sector that gave rise to accounting scandals globally. Featuring expert analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation that was adopted in response to these scandals, the author also investigates the remarkable market recovery that followed the scandals. An exhaustive guide to the collapse of the Enron Corporation and other financial scandals that erupted in the wake of the market downturn of 2000, this book is an essential resource for students, teachers and professionals in corporate governance, finance, and law. |
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... Compensation 30 • Expensing Options 33 Attacks on the Markets 34 • The First Attack 34 • The Market Reacts 35 • The Fed Reverses Course 37 • Economic Decline 37 • The Damage Is Done 39 • Deficits and International Problems 40 • Prelude ...
... Compensation 288 • Close Corporations 289 • New Business Structures 292 More Fiduciary Duties 293 • Fiduciary Duties of Controlling Shareholders 293 • Derivative Suits 294 • Fiduciary Duties Redux 296 • Back to Delaware 299 • Delaware ...
... Compensation 469 • Options Again 470 • The List Grows 472 • More Audit Failures 477 • Travel and Taxes 479 • Executive Issues 482 More Fraud 484 • Pump and Dump Schemes 484 • Ponzi Schemes 487 • Other Scandals 490 • Fraud Abroad 494 ...
... compensation through options on their companies' stock, which gave them an incentive to manipulate accounting results in order to boost their compensation. The amounts of some compensation packages were simply stunning. Michael Eisner ...
... compensation raised another storm of controversy over how such “excessive” compensation could have been authorized by the exchange's board of directors. Eliot Spitzer joined in that food fight with a lawsuit seeking to recover the ...
Contenido
II Full Disclosure and the Accountants | 141 |
Photographs follow page 302 | 302 |
III Full Disclosure Fails | 309 |
IV Recovery and Reform | 519 |
Conclusion | 661 |
Notes | 665 |
Selected Bibliography | 677 |
Name Index | 693 |
Subject Index | 733 |
About the Author | 743 |
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A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to Reform Jerry W Markham Vista previa limitada - 2015 |
A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to Reform Jerry W. Markham Vista previa limitada - 2006 |