MGT503 Business Ethics Assignment: Enron Scandal Case Study on Ethical Analysis and Regulatory Reform

B. Instructions

Steps:

• Write an essay in 3000 words using ethical theories to analyze the ENRON Scandal.
• Explain the factors that led up to the scandal and the impact of its unethical accounting practices on
  the company, its employees, other stakeholders and the broader financial market.
• How did the fallout from the scandal influence regulatory reforms and corporate governance practices in the years that followed?
• Additional requirements:
  • APA referencing will need to include appropriate refereed references in text to support  discussion as well as quote sources of information.
  • Presentation including labelled diagrams/tables, spelling and formatting.

C. Submission guidelines

• Word count: The word length is 3000 words, excluding table of contents and references but including tables and figures. State the word count in the last page before the References page.
• Formatting: The assignment must be submitted as a Word Document. The settings of the Word document include: A4 portrait size paper with 1 inch page margins in Times New Roman 12 with 1.5 line spacing in justified format.
• Cover page: Students must attach an assignment cover page with their name, student ID, subject code and title, and the deadline for the assignment.
• Referencing style: Use APA 7th referencing style. No footnotes. Try to present your tables and figures (together with labels and references) in the actual report for easy reading, not in the appendices.
• After submitting your assessment on Moodle, ensure that your Turnitin similarity index is no more than 20%. A higher score will be flagged for plagiarism. If it is higher than 20%, you may delete your submission (before the due date) and resubmit another copy of your assessment.

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