1. What did Arthur Anderson contribute to the Enron disaster? Arthur Andersen (AA) contributed to the Enron disaster when AA consulting became its own separate entity‚ named Accenture. Revenues from consulting services surpassed revenue from auditing services. A natural competitiveness grew between the two rivals and this is where the problems began to start. Management held maximinizing revenues as their primary focus of success and promotions/bonuses were based on this factor. The CEO of AA‚ Joe
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Homemade Flour Tortillas 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 tsp salt 2/3 cup warm water 1. In a medium sized bowl‚ stir together flour and salt. Add oil and warm water‚ stirring to combine. Dump dough onto a lightly floured surface‚ and knead for about 3 minutes‚ until dough is smooth. Divide dough into 10 equal pieces‚ rolling each piece into a ball. Allow to rest‚ covered with plastic wrap‚ for at least 30 minutes. 2. Once dough has rested‚ preheat cast iron skillet over medium-high
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ILLINOIS * Justin King- Plaintiff * v. * Anheuser-Busch‚ INC- Defendant * PLAINTIFF’S INTERROGATORIES TO DEFENDANT TO: Defendant Truck Driver BY: Plaintiff Plaintiff‚ by and through his attorney‚ requests that the defendant answer the following Interrogatories fully‚ under oath and in accordance with the
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Individual Project Capstone Case Study – Arthur Andersen LLP Bus 680 – Economics for Business Decisions Summer 2013 1. Discuss the environmental‚ strategic and organizational changes that occurred over the life of Andersen in the context of figure 11.1. While Andersen started off as a stable environment‚ once changes started being made to the main focus of the company many changes were expedited. While still successful in it’s auditing business‚ other opportunities arose that allowed for quicker
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Charge Given to the Knights by King Arthur God make you a good man and fail not of beauty. The Round Table was founded in patience‚ humility‚ and meekness.Thou art never to do outrageousity‚ nor murder‚ and always to flee treason‚ by no means to be cruel‚ and always to do ladies‚ damosels‚ and gentle women succour. Also‚ to take no battles in a wrongful quarrel for no law nor for no world’s goods. Thou shouldst be for all ladies and fight for their quarrels‚ and ever be courteous and never
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BURGER KING VIEWPOINT This case was analyzed from the point of view of Burger King’s Marketing Manager. TIME CONTEXT The case happened in September of the 2010. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM • How to minimize the negative feedback/perception of the company’s buy-in from a private company? • What measures could Burger King do to dethrone McDonald’s as well as hold off the challenge of a number of other chains that were growing in size and competitive power? STATEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES
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Bily v. Arthur Young & Co.‚ 834P. 2d 745 – Cal: Supreme Court 1992 Summary of the case The litigation was brought by investors of Osborne Computer Corp. a computer manufacturing company. The business was founded in 1980 by Adam Osborne. The Company grew rapidly‚ and by fall of 1982‚ sales reached $10 million per month‚ making the company one of the fastest growing enterprises in the history of American business. Late in 1982‚ Osborne planned an initial public stock offering. In the process
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Overview In order “to offer high-quality accounting services”‚ Arthur Andersen (AA)‚ a Northwestern accounting professor started a business to offer services to clients promoting “integrity and sound audit opinions over higher short-run profits”. The company’s “four cornerstones” was good service‚ quality audits‚ well-managed staff‚ and profits for the firm. Their strategy was to focus on quality and high standards of audits rather than profits‚ a very successful strategy that led to consistent
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Case Analysis: Presented BY: Walid ElKateb Burger king is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world with more than 12‚174 restaurants across 76 countries 60% of which are located in the US & 90% of its restaurants
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type of flour to make bread rise. The experiment will consist of four different types of flour to make the bread rise. Each type of flour will have different amounts of gluten‚ and some will have no gluten in them. The hypothesis is that the flour with the most amount of gluten in it will make bread rise higher‚ and the flour with the least amount of gluten will make bread rise the least. In this case the flour with most amount of gluten in it is whole wheat flour. All purpose flour has an average
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