What happened in the Enron, Tyco, and Worldcom scandals?

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A new business student seeks clear, concise summaries of three corporate scandals but finds existing resources either too simplified or focused on the aftermath. Suggestions include using Google to search for summaries by substituting the company name, exploring economist.com for in-depth articles (though subscription may be required), and checking library resources for annual indexes. Some participants note that detailed information is often necessary to grasp the complexities of the scandals, implying that simplified explanations may overlook critical details. A specific website is mentioned as a potential resource for simplified explanations. The discussion emphasizes the challenge of finding straightforward summaries while acknowledging the inherent complexity of corporate scandals.
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I'm a new business student, and am trying to understand what happened in the three titled scandals, however, whenever I look on the net, I find complicated explanations, or news regarding the convicted men. All I want is a clear, concise, summary of what happened at these scandals. Can anyone help me out or possibly give me a link to a site that can offer me what I would like? thanx.
 
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You're going to need to learn how to do google searches. I went to google and typed in "summary of company name scandal" and got summaries of each scandal. (substitute the name of the company you're searching for where I typed "company name", in case that's not obvious)
 
I did that...the links are either too simplified, where all they really say is "accounting fraud", or they summarize the aftermath of the scandals - the lawsuits, etc. I'm looking for a reader's digest version just highlighting the main points of what the scandals were
 
Try economist.com. You might be asked to subscribe, pay up, etc. Alternatively you can look for printed copies in a library, they should have annual indexes, too.
 
All of the summaries I've seen explain exactly what happened. If you need more detailed information then you are going to have to read through everything and pick out what you are looking for.
 
You know what...

http://money.howstuffworks.com/cooking-books.htm

Exactly the companies your looking for and they have very simplified explanations of what happened.

But remember... there's a reason why most sites have complicated descriptions of what happened...
 

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