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To Find Common Identifying Factors in different financial scandals

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To Find Common Identifying Factors in different financial scandals

Abstract

Financial scandals are known for their adverse effects on businesses They can cripple a business entity or lead to value of looking into the issue of scandals constitutes a study area of great value both to the academic discourse and the general knowledge

This looks into financial scandals with a view to finding common factors underlying them . Through a case study approach , the Amaranth Advisors , Allfirst Group , and Soceite

Generale are examined . Through the use of relevant literature review , it is established that though scandals are different in the nature of their emergence , there are a host of common factors that occasion them

The study finds that poor regulating posed by both internal and external mechanisms are to blame for this phenomenon . It is also established that issues such as rogue trading , office politics , laxity in rule application and sluggish responding constitute the other common factors underlying the scandals . The concludes by calling upon the tightening of measures , updating technologies , de-politicizing organizational business , and the adoption of stringent regulation to tame the vice

Introduction

Financial scandals involve business and political misdeeds by executives entrusted with large public and private institutions . These schemes entail complex methodical application of schemes with a view to misdirecting and /or misusing funds . Other forms of scandals may pertain to understating expenses , underreporting business liabilities overstating of revenues , overstating of...

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