Financial Failures and Scandals: From Enron to Carillion

ISBN-13: 9780367220730 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 128 str.

Krish Bhaskar; John Flower

Opis

This concise volume evaluates the causes and significance of recent corporate failures and financial scandals, and the roles of external auditors, financial reports, watchdogs, boards, directors and senior management. Failures like the collapse of Carillion, examined at length, have led to a crisis of confidence in financial reporting.

Spis treści

1. About this Book.  2. Regulation, Regulators and Reporting.  3. Manipulating Reports and Creative Accounting.  4. Landmark Scandals :The Impact of Earlier Cases.  5. Tesco, HBOS and Autonomy.  6. Carillion: The Collapse.  7. Carillion: The Blame Game.  8. Recent Cases: Steinhoff and Conviviality.  9. Conclusions: The Aftermath.  GLOSSARY.