Accounting Scandals and Implications for Directors: Lesson from Enron

• Main Authors: TAN, Pearl Hock Neo, Yeo, Gillian Hian Heng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Corporate Governance; Accounting; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/138; http://catalogue.library.smu.edu.sg/record=b1050999~S1
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The essay analyzes the role and responsibilities of independent directors in the wake of accounting scandals such as Enron. It discusses the issue of whether independent directors should re-direct their focus to their roles as stewards rather than maximizers of corporate wealth. In particular, the e...