Corporate Collapse: Accounting, Regulatory and Ethical Failure [Paperback]

Frank Clarke (Author), Graeme Dean (Author), Kyle Oliver (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521534267 | ISBN-13: 978-0521534260 | Publication Date: July 21, 2003 | Edition: 2

This newly revised edition sheds more light on why accountants often fail to deliver the truth about a company's position or to warn of its impending failure. Well-known examples of corporate collapse from the 1960s to the 1990s and beyond are studied as well as the recent HIH and One.Tel collapses. The volume is essential reading for professional accountants and auditors, company directors and managers, regulators, corporate lawyers and investors. First Edition Hb (1997): 0-521-58520-1 First Edition Pb (1998): 0-521-58523-6

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"This well-organized, informative, and controversial book should be on the required reading list of every accounting professional, student, and regulator, and every reader of financial statement reports." Choice

Book Description

This revised edition of Clarke, Dean and Oliver's provocative book tells why accounting has failed to deliver the truth about a company's state of affairs or to give warning of its drift towards failure. A number of well-known cases of corporate collapse from the 1960s to the 1990s and beyond are studied and the recent HIH and One.Tel collapses are examined. Corporate Collapse is essential reading for professional accountants and auditors, company directors and managers, regulators, corporate lawyers, investors and everyone aspiring to join their ranks.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 412 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (July 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521534267
• ISBN-13: 978-0521534260
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,072,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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