Homework Help: Accounting Ethics: Keeping it Clean.

Posted by A.W. on Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11:52am.

What did Arthur Andersen contribute to the Enron disaster? I have read about this and I am having trouble understanding it.

Accounting Ethics: Keeping it Clean. - Ms. Sue, Monday, March 30, 2009 at 4:44pm
Arthur Andersen, a huge accounting firm, apparently hid debts and covered for dummy firms owned by Enron. When Andersen feared discovery, the company ordered most documents destroyed.

Check these sites for more information.

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,193520,00.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Andersen

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