Talk:Accounting scandal

Bush speech

Source of Bush speech info: National Public Radio, "All Things Considered", July 9, 2002 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mav (talk • contribs) 21:04, 9 July 2002 (UTC)

Naming convention

I'm moving this from Accountancy scandals to Accounting scandals, the much more common term.

Does this violate the naming convention about plurals? --Ellmist Thursday, August 22nd, 2002.

Dual purpose

In a way. The article needs to be broken up into accounting scandal and something else which describes the specific current situation, perhaps 2000s accounting scandals. The naming convention violation is indicative of a deeper problem with the article, namely its dual purpose. --The Cunctator

I agree that the dual purpose is a problem. For the title of the article about the current situation, how about "Accounting scandals in the United States in 2002", or "Contemporary accounting scandals in the United States"? Or, if the problem is truly worldwide, just "Contemporary accounting scandals"? --Ryguasu

not all entries are for 2002; mostly in US, but multi-nationals involved. so maybe your last suggestion. --Rj 20:53, Mar 31, 2004 (UTC)

Corporate vs. Accounting

Is there a distiction to be made between corporate and accounting scandal? --Rj 18:46, Mar 29, 2004 (UTC)

Move

Since it's about more than 2002, I moved it to accounting scandals.--Jerryseinfeld 06:57, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Lack of historical perspective

Since the title has changed to Accounting scandals, rather than the old title of Accounting scandals of 2002, it is implied that the article is a broad based survey of accounting scandals. But the oldest one listed is in 2000. At a minimum, the article needs an opening paragraph stating the long history of accounting scandals, or you need to change it to Recent accounting scandals.

'I completely agree with this view that, this article needs a broader discussion including corporate failures before 2000. -- Muntasir Khaliek, Portobello College, '

The development of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States, as well as the development of generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS), and the increased role of government regulation is directly tracable to various "accounting scandals."

Leaving it the way it is, it looks like once Bush took office, corporations ran wild. Instead, this is merely the latest wave of scandals with a long history, stretching back far before there was a United States to mess up accounting. For example, take a look at the South Sea Bubble. I don't think you can blame Bush, or even the Republicans, for that one.--Fredrik Coulter 04:40, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

"Corporate accounting scandals" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Corporate accounting scandals has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 17 § Corporate accounting scandals until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 21:49, 17 May 2026 (UTC)