Creative Accounting, Fraud, and International Accounting Scandals

Business scandals are always with us from the South Sea Bubble to Enron and Parmalat. As accounting forms a central element of any business success or failure, the role of creative accounting is crucial in understanding business scandals. Including a collection of chapters from international authors, Creative Accounting, Fraud, and International Accounting Scandals aims to: Explore the role of accounting, particularly creative accounting and fraud in business scandals; Examine the motives and methods used by managers on creative accounting; View creative accounting and fraud from an international perspective by including a series of case studies from around the globe, which have been contributed to by accounting experts from these countries. Creative Accounting, Fraud and International Accounting Scandals is one of few books on this subject in the field of accounting and is ideal for students taking courses in forensic accounting and fraud, as well as international accounting. It is also highly relevant for professional accountants worldwide.Jones, Nick is the author of 'Creative Accounting, Fraud, and International Accounting Scandals' with ISBN 9780470057650 and ISBN 0470057653.