The Power Corruption Cycle
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Is there AN organization that you know of that had power corruption or ethical lapses apart from Enron and MCI worldcom.
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For example, big accounting scandals in recent years such as those of Enron and MCI worldcom have stemmed out of the fact that organization's corrupted leaders had access to resources of the organization derived from the power they possessed.
This led to wrong use of the power for the personal benefits of the leaders. Such corruption arising due to power adversely effect the trust of the public and the stakeholders of the company. WHAT WAS IT THEY DID?
Organization's corrupted leader fit into the power corruption cycle with respect to various activities in the organization. Such corruption and misuse can be used in the form of misrepresentation of account, choice of vendors, hiring, salaries.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY DID IT?
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The Power Corruption Cycle
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For example, big accounting scandals in recent years such as those of Enron and MCI worldcom have stemmed out of the fact that organization's corrupted leaders had access to resources of the organization derived from the power they possessed.
This led to wrong use of the power for the personal benefits of the leaders. Such corruption arising due to power adversely effect the trust of the public and the stakeholders of the company. WHAT WAS IT THEY DID?
Here is the whole Enron Story. For more information on this story, please visit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron
Enron had created offshore entities, a unit which may be used for planning and avoidance of taxes, raising the profitability of a business. This provided ownership and management with full freedom of currency movement, and full anonymity, that would hide losses that the company was taking. These entities made Enron look more profitable than it actually was, and created a dangerous spiral in which each quarter, corporate officers would have to perform more and more contorted financial wizardry ...
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