Document Type : Scientific research
Authors
university of tehran
Abstract
In 1985, Enron Company started its business in order to produce and sell energy and was promoted to the greatest company of energy all over the world, rapidly. So, this company acquired the seventh grade between five hundred big companies in the United States according to the rankeing done in 2001. At the end of 2001, the company became bankrupt and America was faced to the greatest bankruptcy in its history. Consequently, many companies or people lost their capital and jobs. Thus, it is worthy, to study the causes of bankruptcy in this company, and may approve the acts for protection of stockholders in order to provide a situation that may prevent such occurrences in Iran.
The present study aims at exploring the main reasons for its bankruptcy with emphasis on corporates law along with a brief introduction of Enron Corporation.
Findings of this research revealed that there are major factors in the collapse of this big energy company such as finance violations, lack of fraud risk management, lack of transparency and secrecy, structuring, disregard for the rights of shareholders and violation of the principles and moral rules.
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