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  Case 14: Dynegy (2002)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …downplayed the importance of the SEC investigation. The company said that “a new management focus was needed” and that the trades being investigated were…
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  Case 15: Xerox (2002)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …management. In May 2000, Xerox made a public announcement that it had discovered accounting irregularities associated with its Mexican operations. CEO… …recogni- tion”. But when the engagement partner challenged Xerox’s non-GAAP accounting practices, the company’s senior management told the audit firm that… …itself as a business increasing its earnings every quarter and meeting its competitive challenges. Senior management repeat- edly told investors that… …they were routinely presenting an inaccurate picture of Xerox’s financial per- formance. In November 1999, CFO Barry Romeril told senior management that… …against CEO Paul Allaire, CFO Barry Romeril and four other Xerox executives. The SEC noted that compensation of Xerox senior management depended… …. “Xerox today is a stronger company with a new management team that has taken all the right steps to turn our business around.” Eventually, the SEC… …concerns about the company’s accounting to its senior management. KPMG was “intimately familiar” with the accounting used by Xerox, the SEC said. The audit… …, 2005 Xerox: The Downfall – The Inside Story of the Management Fiasco at Xerox, Business Week Online, March 5…

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  Case 16: Tyco International (2002)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …were “exceptional” and that Tyco’s management “prided itself on having a sharp focus with creating shareholder value”. Similarly, Swartz regularly… …to West Windsor, New Jersey, and installing new directors and management. The company filed its own separate lawsuit against Kozlowski, seeking the…
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  Case 18: Qwest Communications International (2002)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Wall Street that it used any means necessary to meet its “outrageously optimistic revenue projec- tions”. “Qwest senior management created a… …employees inter- nally referred to such transactions as “one hit wonders”). When senior management realized that it could not meet the projected growth… …sales increased each quarter as senior management continued to project significant year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter revenue growth. In 2001, in… …that the company “reset expectations and put the best face on to Wall Street that we can”. However, senior management rejected a reset…

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  Case 19: Adelphia Communications (2002)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …of all the cases. It should become a show-and-tell in all busi- ness schools as the antithesis of public company management and stewardship.” In… …resigned from management positions and the Adelphia board of directors, after a series of questionable transactions between the family and the company had… …the Rigas entities participated jointly in a cash management system operated by Adelphia (the “CMS”). This resulted in the commingling of funds… …centralized cash management system (which pooled cash from Adelphia and the Rigas entities) to their personal advantage. – Many Rigas entities were so…

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  Case 20: AOL Time Warner (2002)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …management of AOL Europe; for example, it caused its own designated directors and steering committee members to act in accordance with AOL’s directions. How-… …senior management now focused on making the company a more efficient operation devoted solely to information and entertainment. References…
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  Case 21: HealthSouth (2003)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …of Wall Street’s expectations, Scrushy would tell management to “fix it” by recording false earnings to make up the shortfall. (The conspirators also… …Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies 143 HealthSouth worked to restore credibility under new management. Bob May, the new chairman, said that the… …company’s board “remained appalled by the multi- billion dollar fraud that took place under Mr. Scrushy’s management and the envi- ronment under which such… …HealthSouth executives charged with accounting fraud, Healthcare Financial Management, May 2003 Troubled HealthSouth Faces Medicare Fraud Investigation…

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  Case 22: Symbol Technologies (2004)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …2003, and involved nearly the entire management team, including the CEO, CFO and senior vice presidents for operations, sales and finance. “This is a…
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  Case 23: Computer Associates International (2004)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …began slowly (mainly because of the obstruction led by Computer Asso- ciates’ senior management), it steadily gained momentum in 2004. In January 2004… …participated in a scheme to inflate revenues and then lied to cover it up. He said senior management pressured him to lie, although he didn’t name names. In… …name to “CA Inc.”. Since 2004, when Kumar resigned as chief executive, the company had replaced almost its entire senior management team. A spokeswoman… …intend to vigorously defend my good name and fight any and all efforts to place the crimes of Kumar and his management team at my feet.” He also said it…

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  Case 24: AIG (2005)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …a foreign subsidiary of Gen Re (a Connecticut-based holding company for global risk management operations). The transactions were structured to make… …General Eliot Spitzer. “And yet, top management routinely and persistently resorted to deception and fraud in an apparent effort to improve the company’s… …or director of any public company for three years.) Since stepping down in 2005, Greenberg has been a regular critic of AIG’s new management. In…

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