Case $1$: $$Enron $$ Not Accounting for the Future$$ and Additional Articles

Please read the case and the additional articles and then answer the questions listed below. The questions are posted as separate Word documents that you can use for answering the questions. You do NOT need to include the questions, if you prefer, or you can simply add your answers below each question, if that is better for you. You should make the font $12$ pt Times New Roman, black, regular $($not bold or italic$)$ text.

Case Questions

$1.$ What were the effects of the $$rank and yank$$ performance appraisal system on the organizational culture of Enron?

$2.$ What happened to Sharron Watkins, the whistleblower? What does that communicate about the company?

$3.$ What did $$mark$-$to$-$market$($described in the video$)$ allow the company to do$?$ What role did $$mark$-$to$-$market$$ do in terms of furthering the unethical behavior within Enron?

$4.$ What role did the company's chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow, play in creating the problems that led to Enron's financial problems?

$5.$ Did Enron's bankers $($Merrill Lynch$),$ auditors $($Arthur Anderson LLP$),$ and attorneys $($Vincin & Elkins$)$ contribute to Enron's demise? If so$,$ how?

$6.$ How did Enron$$s top leadership set the tone for the unethical behavior that became institutionalized within the company?

$7.$ How did the corporate culture of Enron contribute to its bankruptcy?

$8.$ What effect did the Enron case have on Americans$$ impressions of $$big business$?$

$9.$ What are the lessons we can learn about Enron in terms of HR practices, leadership, and culture?

$10.$ What can we learn about the impacts of scandals in general? Why is it so important to avoid scandals?