Talk:Arthur Andersen

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"Arthur Andersen realized, before the rest of the Big Five, that business consulting was a very lucrative business."

Big Five? Needs to explain who the Big Five are, I have no idea who the other four are.

I know I wrote this stub, but looking at it after a little while, I have to say it's rather Zenlike. --The Cunctator

Any info on founder Arthur Andersen? If so, could rename company article to "Arthur Andersen LLP" --Rj 21:05, Mar 31, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Andersen.com

Hey, Andersen.com is not functional - it just has a dummy welcome page. Does the company still exist?

It is included on the List of notable business failures--anon

Yes, Arthur Andersen, LLP is still in business, never declared bankruptcy and operates the Q Center (a conference facility available for rental).

[edit] After Andersen, who's next?

Re the punishment handed out to Arthur Andersen - in this case for the audit of Enron.

Andersen was a victim of a culture that doesn’t support financial audit. This is a crucial matter for debate, as the IMF now hopes to overcome the resistance of local politics to financial stability globally.

As for the wasted money in the European Union, the director-general of Internal Audit there was warned: “We have ways of breaking people like you”.

Under some pressure last year, the UK government issued a consultation document to try to change the loose culture among public servants. This document, the draft Civil Service Bill, may come to nought; but significantly it is the first time in 150 years that such a legislative step to control public spending was thought necessary. Things must be bad.

There is little political will to protect financial audit that acts for taxpayers. Arthur Andersen became victims of this attitude - who's next? Incidentally, there's no international forum to address this abuse, in what is a global economy.

[edit] The largest of the Big 5 ?????????

If there is any truth in this, it almost certainly applies to the U.S. practice only. Calsicol 12:11, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

The Big 4 article says it was the smallest, which is more in line with what I thought, but I'll change it to just "one of" Calsicol 12:13, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, before sister company Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) severed ties with Andersen Worldwide, S.C. (AWO), the umbrella organization that contained the Arthur Andersen (AA) and Andersen Consulting (AC) entities.

[edit] Athur Andersen?

Just wondering: why is is the title of this page 'Arthur Andersen' and doesn't it have the name the firm used for at least the last two years (or so) it exsisted: Andersen? The logo shown on the page is also the Andersen version.. Q300r bc2 07:01, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Andersen was never the legal name of the Firm; it had never changed from Arthur Andersen, LLP. Shortening it to just Andersen was a marketing decision.

[edit] Athur Andersen

During the last two years under Andersen name, the firm actively promoted its relation with Internet commerce that sunk in 2001 and tried to settle the issues after separation with Accenture. So Andersen wasn’t the good old Arthur Andersen, but rather the new firm. The real value that was lost, was what came from Arthur Andersen.

[edit] News?

I dont't see what's the use of this link to News Trove. It looks more like hidden advertising.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:AndersenLogo.gif

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BetacommandBot 04:42, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How Ironic...

If the text of the company history is to be believed, Arthur Anderson was founded on honesty, integrity and fair-dealing throughout it's 85-year history. How ironic that this firm's name is now regarded as synonymous with crooked accounting in Corporate America.Landroo 12:26, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm looking for ex coworkers who used to work at AA at the D.C. branch Faragut North. If anyone knows of the employee who goes by the Initials M.M.C please her I love her! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.85.238.204 (talk) 14:35, 9 June 2008 (UTC)