Enron and Beyond: Technical Analysis of Accounting, Corporate Governance, and Securities Issues

"Enron and Beyond" examines the financial, accounting, management, legal and ethical issues surrounding the collapse of Enron. With each chapter written by leading professors and accounting and legal professionals, the book goes far deeper than other works on Enron in analyzing what may be the largest corporate scandal in history. The book provides insights and recommendations that accounting and legal professionals, corporate officers, and lawmakers can use to prevent future "Enrons." Chapters include:

-- The Enron Saga: Key Players, Dates, and Events
-- Accounting for Derivatives
-- Financial Engineering with Special Purpose Entities
-- Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and the Enron Audit
-- Independence of Accounts Performing the Attest Function
-- Impact of Enron on the Internal Auditing Profession
-- Utility Industry Restructuring: Did Enron Make It Happen
-- Redefining the Roles of the Watchdog
-- Enron and Wall Street
-- Corporate Self-Governance and Corporate Checks and Balances
-- Employee Compensation and Retirement Plan Issues at Enron
-- Enron's Corporate Culture and Ethics