Essays Tagged: "HealthSouth"

Ethics Article

York Stock Exchange salary scandal, the arrest of a former Ernst & Young audit partner, and the HealthSouth scandal. (Ponton, 2003) Mr. Ponton was not at all surprised by these headlines as financ ...

(2 pages) 158 0 4.2 May/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Fallacy Summary and Application MGT 350 - Critical Thinking: Strategies in Decision-Making July 16, 2005

rise in the United States. As courts begin to be presented with cases such as Enron, World Com, and HealthSouth, judges and juries will be positioned to hear many fallacies. A common fallacy they may ...

(5 pages) 430 0 4.2 Jul/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Ethics in Accounting

ion today.Perhaps it is time for a change. The publicity caused by Enron, Aldelphia Communications, HealthSouth and WorldCom, prompted congress to respond with SOX, as its answer to help ensure accoun ...

(3 pages) 339 2 4.2 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Organizational Behavior Trends Paper

he 1990's and early 2000's because of companies like Enron, ImClone, Arthur Anderson, WorldCom, and Healthsouth. Many of the organizations suffered public humiliation because of financial fraud and su ...

(2 pages) 387 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Sarbanes-Oxley Act and HealthSouth

their ethical practices in this area. One of the great examples of today is Richard Scrushy, CEO of HealthSouth, who was accused of account fraud, giving false impressions of the company's financial s ... status to meet the Wall Street's expectations. Thus, Sarbanes-Oxley act was enacted in response to HealthSouth and several other recent episodes including abuse of power, corporate fraud, and mismana ...

(5 pages) 188 2 5.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

HealthSouth: A Case Study of Business Ethics

companies as well as outlined the need for honesty in financial reporting. Richard Scrushy, CEO of HealthSouth, was the first and only CEO to be tried and now convicted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act o ... and only CEO to be tried and now convicted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.Richard Scrushy and HealthSouthBorn and raised in Selma, Alabama, Richard Scrushy was just an average guy trying to make ...

(6 pages) 196 0 4.9 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

SOX Paper

publicized corporate accounting scandals such as Enron, WorldCom, and Adelphia Communications, and HealthSouth. This paper will examine the impact of SOX and ethics on the accounting practices for U. ...

(4 pages) 95 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

McBride Financial Services Governance Evaluation

ccounting problems in the 1990s from several prominent companies such as Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and HealthSouth created a breaking point. Following these scandals, many other organizations confessed t ...

(9 pages) 521 0 5.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Management Articles- Ethics

how most of the headlines were about fraud, like the New York Stock Exchange salary scandal and the HealthSouth scandal. In the article the author was not at all shocked at such unethical behaviour in ...

(8 pages) 34 0 0.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

02. Aaron Beam and the HealthSouth Fraud

. University of Central OklahomaETHICS AND ORGANIZATIONS 2 In reference to the Aaron Beam and the HealthSouth Fraud case in our text Velasquez (2012), the following questions from the text and my an ...

(4 pages) 4 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies