Called to account : financial frauds that shaped the accounting profession / Paul M. Clikeman
- Author:
- Clikeman, Paul M., 1960-
- Published:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
- Copyright Date:
- ©2020
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 310 pages ; 25 cm
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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.Deja vu -- pt. III The Savings & 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 Beginning of the end -- 18.Auditor independence -- 19.Waste Management -- 20.Sunbeam -- 21.End of the millennium -- pt. VI From profession to regulated industry -- 22.Professionalism -- 23.Enron -- 24.WorldCom -- 25.The perfect storm -- pt. VII There's no place like home -- 26.Open house -- 27.Taylor, Bean & Whitaker -- 28.Lehman Brothers -- 29.The Great Recession -- pt. VIII The world is flat -- 30.It's a small world -- 31.Parmalat -- 32.Olympus -- 33.As the world turns -- 34.Conclusion.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781138327078 (hardback)
1138327077 (hardback)
9781138327085 (pbk.)
1138327085 (pbk.) - Note:
- Published in 2019.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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