Much of the Controversy Surrounding the Enron Scandal Centered on the Use

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Essay

Much of the controversy surrounding the Enron scandal centered on the use of special purpose entities by Enron management.
Briefly explain what a special purpose entity is and identify two ways in which Enron abused the accounting rules for SPEs.

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