Enron, WorldCom, Andersen et al.: A challenge to modernity

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 971-993

  Unerman, Jeffrey ^a   O'Dwyer, Brendan ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Andersen; Enron; Giddens' mechanisms of modernity; Trust in accounting and audit; WorldCom

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142671282     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2003.04.002     Document Type: Article

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