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Final Accounting Ambition, Greed and the Fall of Arthur Andersen

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ISBN-10: 0767913833

ISBN-13: 9780767913836

Edition: N/A

Authors: Barbara Ley Toffler, Jennifer Reingold, Jennifer Reingold

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A withering exposé of the unethical practices that triggered the indictment and collapse of the legendary accounting firm. Arthur Andersen's conviction on obstruction of justice charges related to the Enron debacle spelled the abrupt end of the 88-year-old accounting firm. Until recently, the venerable firm had been regarded as the accounting profession's conscience. In Final Accounting, Barbara Ley Toffler, former Andersen partner-in-charge of Andersen's Ethics & Responsible Business Practices consulting services, reveals that the symptoms of Andersen's fatal disease were evident long before Enron. Drawing on her expertise as a social scientist and her experience as an Andersen insider,…    
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List price: $19.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.53" wide x 8.24" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.484

Formerly the Partner-in-Charge of Ethics and Responsible Business Practices consulting services for Arthur Andersen,BARBARA LEY TOFFLERwas on the faculty of the Harvard Business School and now teaches at Columbia University's Business School. She is considered one of the nation's leading experts on management ethics, and has written extensively on the subject and has consulted to over sixty Fortune 500 companies. She lives in the New York area. Winner of a Deadline Club award for Best Business Reporting,JENNIFER REINGOLDhas served as management editor atBusiness Weekand senior writer atFast Company. She writes for national publications such asThe New York Times, IncandWorthand co-authored…    

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The Cult in Culture
Cain and Abel Andersen
Billing Our Brains Out
Lord of the Flies
Arthur the Terrible
The Cobbler's Children
The Fall of the House of Andersen
Other People's Money
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index