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The company
Andersens issuance admitted that
of materially false through 1996 it had
and misleading audit materially overstated
reports on Waste its reported pre-tax
Management earnings
Arthur
Anderson
Koenig Hau
(Auditor)
(Vice (Vice
President) President)
Rooney Tobecksen
(President) (CPA)
Getz
Buntrock (Senior Vice
(Chairman) President
Finance)
Arthur Anderson
(Auditor)
In the Restatement, the Company admitted that it had overstated its net
after tax income as follows:
Waste management itself paid 457 million fine
to settle charge of violating securities laws with
USA waste service.
Dean L.
Buntrack & Top Audit Industry
Management
The Employee of Arthur Anderson
Dean L. Buntrack &
Waste Management
Top Management (Auditor)
Incorporation
Unethical behaviour Perform duties Dont misuse the
by committing fraud ethically rights as an auditor
on its own company
Make a report if Perform duties
Should not have detect any ethically
special relationship suspicious action
Avoid self-interest
By hiring a new
management staff
will provide Reduce the
opportunity for the rationalization of
company to take an fraudulent actions
action in order to
protect itself
Act as a continual reminder to both regulators and accounting firms of the importance of
corporate governance, integrity and strong corporate culture within the accounting field
Accounting ethics is significant not only for everything and everyone in the company but
also for the society