Abstract
The economic prosperity of the late 1990s was characterized by a perceived expansive growth that increased the expectations of a company's performance. WorldCom, a telecommunications company, was a victim of these expectations that led to the evolution of a fraud designed to deceive the public until the economic outlook improved. Through understanding what led to the fraud, how the fraud grew, and what its effects were, lessons can be derived to gain a better understanding of the reasons behind a fraud and to prevent future frauds from occurring or growing as big as the WorldCom fraud did.
Notes
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Thesis Completion
2011
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Roush, Pamela
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.)
College
College of Business Administration
Degree Program
Accounting
Subjects
Business Administration -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Business Administration
Format
Identifier
CFH0003811
Language
English
Access Status
Open Access
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Document Type
Honors in the Major Thesis
Recommended Citation
Ashraf, Javiriyah, "The accounting fraud at WorldCom the causes, the characteristics, the consequences, and the lessons learned" (2011). HIM 1990-2015. 1107.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses1990-2015/1107