List of corporate scandals

List of corporate scandals

A corporate scandal is a scandal involving allegations of unethical behavior by people acting within or on behalf of a corporation. A corporate scandal sometimes involves accounting fraud of some sort. A wave of such scandals swept many United States companies in 2002 (see list at accounting scandals).

Contents

List of corporate scandals

Mutual funds

  • Epicurum fund/Parmalat
  • Mutual-fund scandal (2003)

Insurance

See also

Related media

  • The Corporation, a documentary and book examining and criticising the corporation and its history.
  • Conspiracy of Fools, Enron documentary.
  • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Oscar-nominated Enron documentary.

References

  1. ^ Miriam Hechler Baer (2008), "Corporate Policing and Corporate Governance: What Can We Learn from Hewlett-Packard's Pretexting Scandal", University of Cincinnati Law Review 77 (523), http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/ucinlr77&div=21&id=&page= 
  2. ^ a b c d e Jerry W. Markham, A financial history of modern U.S. corporate scandals: from Enron to reform, http://books.google.com/books?id=Z7qTGiF8FCgC 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cohen, Jeffrey R., Ding, Yuan, Lesage, Cédric and Stolowy, Hervé (August 1, 2008), Managers' Behavior in Corporate Fraud, SSRN 1160076 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Penelope Patsuris (26 August 2002), The Corporate Scandal Sheet, Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/2002/07/25/accountingtracker.html 
v · d · eCorporate scandals

South Sea Company (1720) · Panic of 1890 (1890) · Salad oil (1963) · Carrian Group (1983) · Polly Peck (1990) · Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) (1990) · Metallgesellschaft (1993) · Barings Bank (1995) · Long-Term Capital Management (2000) · One.Tel (2001) · Enron (2001) · Adelphia (2002) · WorldCom (2002) · Tyco (2004) · Bayou Hedge Fund Group (2005) · Société Générale (2008) · Bear Stearns (2008) · Anglo Irish Bank (2008 - ) · Satyam (2009) · Olympus (2011)
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v · d · eTypes of fraud
Financial
Advance-fee (Lottery scam) • Bank • Bankruptcy • Cheque • Credit card • Forex • Friendly • Insurance • Mortgage • Securities • Tax
Business related
Billing • Cramming • Disability • Drug/Pharmaceutical • Employment • Fixing • Identity theft • Intellectual property • Internet • Job • Long firm • Odometer • Phone • Quackery/Health care • Return • Slamming • Telemarketing
Family related
Government related
Other types

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