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

$1.$ 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?