resignation on 7 January 2009 in Hyderabad‚ India as chairman of Satyam Computer Services blew the Indian economy in general and its information technology sector in particular when he confessed fraud running into millions of dollars in a letter he wrote to the company’s board of directors (Ramachandran‚ 2009). This report is going to focus on‚ an overview of the events that happened in Satyam‚ its consequences on Satyam’s stakeholders‚ the auditors involved and their role in the scam and the current
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The case Satyam fraud was an eye opener for everyone who has a part to play in the business chain – the promoters‚ employees‚ auditors (both internal and external)‚ customers‚ shareholders‚ board-members‚ executives‚ creditors‚ institutional banks‚ regulatory bodies and even the Government. Just because regulators and Government were not directly linked to the functioning of the company they cannot deny that they were faultless or knew nothing or were not supposed to know anything. Satyam case especially
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Satyam Shivam Sundram Truth Godliness Beauty Talks given from 07/11/87 am to 21/11/87 pm English Discourse series CHAPTER 1 Satyam‚ Shivam‚ Sundram 7 November 1987 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED OSHO‚ WHAT IS THE MYSTIC CONCEPTION OF ULTIMATE REALITY? Maneesha‚ the mystic’s conception of the ultimate reality is the only authentic‚ real experience. It is not a thought or a concept‚ but an existential experience. But the mystic does not deal with the
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Satyam Computer Services Limited. Introduction Satyam Computer Service Limited is a leading global business and information technology company‚ delivering consulting‚ systems integration‚ and outsourcing solutions to clients in over 20 industries. Incorporated on June 24 1987‚ Satyam has grown substantially to become one of the fastest growing companies in the IT services and BPO sector. It is one of the youngest IT services company to reach US $1 billion mark in annual revenues. The first fortune
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Ethics Case Satyam Computer Services – The Enron of India Founded in 1987‚ Satyam Computer Services Ltd. was founded by B. Ramalinga Raju. Operating globally in 66 countries‚ Satyam had a growth of 53‚000 employees from just 200 employees. By 2009‚ it was India’s fourth largest information technology company. Services included customer service and outsourcing of accounting and finance. 185 companies of those listed‚ as the Fortune 500 including Nestle‚ General Motors and General Electric were
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In early 2009 the chairman of Satyam Computer Services admitted publicly to a fraud taking place in the company. Satyam reported in the financial statements billions of dollars in profits and cash assets that never existed. The public auditor’s responsible for auditing the financial statements of Satyam Computer Services at the time was PW India‚ an affiliate of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. The Securities and Exchange Commission determined that Satyam was able to commit the financial statement fraud
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Every business has stakeholders involved. A stakeholder is anyone who has a claim in some way to a company’s products‚ operations‚ markets‚ industry‚ and outcomes (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ Ferrell 31). Some stakeholders are more involved than others. Members that are needed for the company to maintain are referred to as primary stakeholders‚ whereas others are called secondary stakeholders. Primary stakeholders can be identified as employees‚ customers‚ investors‚ and shareholders and can also be governments
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Stakeholders A stakeholder is a person‚ group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives and policies. There is two different types of stake holders‚ these are internal and external. Internal stakeholders are people who are on the inside of the business that already serve the organisation‚ these include staff‚ managers‚ board members etc. external stakeholders are from outside of the company but
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STAKEHOLDER THEORY: A LIBERTARIAN DEFENSE R. Edward Freeman and Robert A. Phillips Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to suggest that at least one strain of what has come to be called "stakeholder theory" has roots that are deeply libertarian We begin by explicating both "stakeholder theory" and "libertarian arguments " We show how there are libertarian arguments for both instrumental and normative stakeholder theory‚ and we construct a version of capitalism‚ called "stakeholder capitalism
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possible to analyze the Satyam case under two main different perspectives. The first addresses the conditions that made possible‚ and eventually stimulated‚ the existence of the accounting fraud perpetrated from the company top management. The second one is about the issue of gaps in the company’s control framework‚ which failed miserably in identify and properly address the problems in company financial statements. Analyzing the first aspect listed above‚ seems that Satyam scandal originated‚ in
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