How Enron Faked Being America's Most Admired Company
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Discover how Enron faked being America's most admired company through accounting fraud and a web of special purpose entities. This documentary explains the Enron scandal, from the SPEs to the whistleblower, and the lessons that remain unlearned. Chapters: 00:00 The Illusion of Success 00:18 Explosive Growth of SPEs 00:37 The Culture of Greed 01:02 The Enron Trading Floor 01:27 Whistleblower Sherron Watkins 01:52 The Board's Failure 02:17 The Role of Wall Street 02:42 The Media's Complicity 03:07 The Human Cost 03:32 The Legacy of Enron 03:57 The SPE Web 04:21 The Ripple Effect 04:47 Lessons Unlearned Sources & further reading: ā¢ The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron ā Book by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, 2003 ā¢ Enron: The Rise and Fall ā Documentary by Alex Gibney, 2005 ā¢ SEC Complaint against Enron Corp. ā https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/comp17799.htm ā¢ Report of the Special Investigative Committee of the Board of Directors of Enron Corp. ā Powers Report, February 2002 ā¢ Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States ā Supreme Court case overturning conviction, 2005 ā¢ Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ā Public Law 107-204
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