ACCT 461 WEEK 4 CASE STUDY LATEST
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ACCT 461 Week 4 Case Study Latest
Case 7-5 (“Accounting Fraud at WorldCom”)
Please locate the content for this Case Study at the end of
Chapter 7 in our course textbook.
Case 7–5: Accounting Fraud at WorldCom
1. Explain the nature of the accounting fraud.
3. What is the boundary between earnings smoothing or earnings
management and fraudulent reporting?
4. Why were the actions taken by WorldCom managers not detected
earlier? What processes or systems should be in place to prevent or detect
quickly the types of actions that occurred in WorldCom?
5. Were the external auditors and board of directors blameworthy
in this case? Why or why not?
6. Betty Vinson: victim or villain? Should criminal fraud
charges have been brought to her? How should employees react when ordered by
their employer to do something they do not believe in or feel uncomfortable
doing?

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