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Can We Prevent Future Enrons?
Author(s) -
Ketz J. Edward
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.10063
Subject(s) - plague (disease) , accounting , business , political science , law and economics , history , economics , archaeology
Despite a rash of “underauditing” problems in recent years, the accounting profession has donelittle to stop their spread. The latest result is another disaster: Enron. Why has the United States had such aplague of questionable accounting? Exactly what went wrong at Enron? The author answers thesequestions and takes a sobering look at the implications—and what should be done. © 2002 WileyPeriodicals, Inc.