“Accounting irregularities are cited directly in the cases of Tyco, Dynergy, WorldCom, Enron and Qwest Communications.

On June 23, WorldCom announced they had overstated earnings by $3.8 billion since

The general idea is to tighten up on accountancy and auditing practices” (Banyard 1). One of the main problems is that the massaging of accounts became a large incentive when stock options became the financial instrument of choice for executive’s reward. “However badly a company is doing, the illusion of success for a few years enables the ruthless executive to rip off unimaginable riches before the old business goes down the tubes. As for those who wonder just how much use a company audit is, the threat of 45 years in an Alabama prison would do more than any regulations to keep the accounts straight” (Banyard 1). The problem was easy to overlook, just a few months ago, when more t

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