Called to account : fourteen financial frauds that shaped the American accounting profession / Paul M. Clikeman.
Clikeman, Paul M., 1960-
2009
HF5616.U5 C575 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Called to account : fourteen financial frauds that shaped the American accounting profession / Paul M. Clikeman.
Author Clikeman, Paul M., 1960-
ISBN 9780415996983 (pbk : alk. paper)
0415996988 (pbk : alk. paper)
Imprint New York : Routledge, 2009.
Language English
Description ix, 345 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number HF5616.U5 C575 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.16/30973
Summary "Accounting fraud and how it has affected business practices both in the United States and internationally has never been of greater importance than it is now. Called to Account describes fourteen financial frauds that influenced the American public accounting profession and directly led to the development of accounting standards and legislation as practiced in the United States today. This entertaining and educational look at these historic frauds helps enliven and increase understanding of auditing and forensic accounting for students." "Chapters describe the tricks fraudsters such as "Crazy Eddie" Antar and "Chainsaw Al" Dunlap used to fool their auditors. Readers will learn how MiniScribe employees disguised packages of bricks as inventory, how Equity Funding personnel programmed the company's computer to generate 64,000 phony life insurance policies, and how Enron inflated its profits by selling and then repurchasing money-losing assets." "Complementing these chapters on high-profile crimes and criminals are chapters that trace the development of the public accounting profession and explain how each scandal shaped current accounting practices. Designed to complement dry, uninvolving auditing and advanced accounting texts with an engaging narrative, Called to Account also includes discussion questions and a useful chart which shows instructors and students how each chapter illustrates topics in leading accounting and auditing textbooks."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Scandal and reform
Pt. I. Birth of a profession
2. Out of darkness
3. Ivar Kreuger
4. McKesson & Robbins
5. Into the spotlight
Pt. II. The profession's principle problem
6. Generally accepted accounting principles
7. National student marketing
8. Equity Funding
9. Déjà vu
Pt. III. The savings and loan crisis
10. It's a wonderful life?
11. ESM Government Securities
12. Lincoln Savings & Loan
13. Bank robbers
Pt. IV. The expectation gap
14. Auditors and fraud
15. ZZZZ Best
16. Crazy Eddie
17. Closing the gap
Pt. V. The litigation crisis
18. Auditors' legal liability
19. Funds of funds
20. MiniScribe
21. Litigation reform
Pt. VI. Beginning of the end
22. Auditor independence
23. Waste Management
24. Sunbeam
25. End of the millennium
Pt. VII. From profession to regulated industry
26. Professionalism
27. Enron
28. WorldCom
29. The perfect storm
30. Conclusion.

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